La. Admin. Code tit. 35 § III-2303

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section III-2303 - Further Responsibilities of Secretary and Staff

A. The racing secretary shall be responsible for the programming of races during the race meeting, compiling and publishing condition books, assigning weights for handicap races, and shall receive all entries, subscriptions, declarations and scratches. Among the duties for which the racing secretary and his staff are responsible are:

1. safekeeping of registration certificates and racing permits for horses, recording information required thereon, and returning same to the owner or trainer at the conclusion of the race meeting;

2. having ownership of each horse current and up to date on foal certificates;

3. daily posting of entries for the benefit of the public as soon as possible after the entries have been closed and declarations have been made;

4. assigning stall applicants such stabling as he may deem proper after consultation with the stewards, and maintaining a record of arrival and departure of all horses stabled on association grounds;

5. publishing the official daily program, insuring the accuracy therein of the following information:

a. sequence of races to be run and post time for the first race;

b. purse, conditions and distance for each race, and current track records for such distance;

c. the full name of licensed owners of each horse, and description of racing colors to be carried. Where a horse or horses have been leased, both lessee and lessor will be listed;

d. the full name of the trainer, the full name of the jockey named for each horse and the weight to be carried;

e. the saddle cloth number or designation for each horse, and the post position for each horse if there is a variance with the saddle cloth designation;

f. identification of each horse by name, color, sex, age, sire and dam;

g. such other information as may be requested from time to time by the association or the commission.

La. Admin. Code tit. 35, § III-2303

Promulgated by the Department of Commerce, Racing Commission, LR 1:497 (November 1975), amended LR 2:426 (December 1976), LR 3:22 (January 1977), LR 4:272 (August 1978).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 4:143(10), R.S. 4:145 and R.S. 4:148.