Ind. Admin. Code tit. 71, r. 7-1-5 – No change permitted

Sec. 5. (a) The conditions for eligibility to a race may not be changed once entries are taken except with the consent of the judges under circumstances that may include:

(1) an error may be corrected; or

(2) if a race has fewer than eight (8) horses entered, a condition for eligibility may be changed, provided that the racing secretary gives at least a one (1) hour notice to the public before the published time of closing listed on the condition sheet.

(b) No change in trainers of a horse, entered and drawn to start, will be permitted. In the event of such change, the horse will be scratched and the parties responsible therefore shall be subject to fine or suspension. No change in ownership of a horse is permitted after the horse has been entered and drawn to start. In the event of such a change, the horse will be scratched and the parties responsible shall be subject to penalties.

(c) No owner shall list as the trainer of a horse a person who is not in fact the trainer of such horse, and no trainer shall allow his or her name to be shown on the declaration form nor the official program as trainer of a horse which he or she does not in fact have under his or her care and supervision as trainer of the horse. The judges may require proof that a person listed as the trainer of a horse is in fact the actual trainer of that horse.

(Indiana Horse Racing Commission; 71 IAC 7-1-5; emergency rule filed Feb 10, 1994, 9:20 a.m.: 17 IR 1151; emergency rule filed Mar 25, 1996, 10:15 a.m.: 19 IR 2077; emergency rule filed Mar 27, 2000, 8:20 a.m.: 23 IR 2006; readopted filed Oct 30, 2001, 11:50 a.m.: 25 IR 899; readopted filed Mar 23, 2007, 11:31 a.m.: 20070404-IR-071070030RFA; readopted filed Nov 26, 2013, 11:25 a.m.: 20131225-IR-071130345RFA; emergency rule filed Mar 17, 2017, 1:04 p.m.: 20170322-IR-071170167ERA; readopted filed Aug 28, 2019, 1:23 p.m.: 20190925-IR-071190319RFA; readopted filed Aug 3, 2023, 12:49 p.m.: 20230830-IR-071230428RFA; filed Aug 4, 2025, 10:22 a.m.: 20250903-IR-071250147FRA; filed Mar 16, 2026, 11:21 a.m.: 20260415-IR-071250679FRA)