PURPOSE: This rule sets forth the duties, responsibilities and powers of the racing secretary. (1) General Authority. The racing secretary is responsible for setting the conditions for each race of the meeting, regulating the nomination of entries, determining the amounts of purses and to whom they are due and the recording of racing results.

1. (A) Eligibility Certificates. The race secretary is responsible for receiving and safeguarding the eligibility certificates of all horses competing at the track or stabled on the grounds.
2. (B) Race Information. The race secretary shall be familiar with the age, class and competitive ability of all horses racing at the track.
3. (C) Classifications. The race secretary shall classify and reclassify horses in accordance with these rules and list horses in the categories in which they qualify. All lists are to be kept current and properly displayed in the room in which the declaration box is located for examination by horsemen and others,
4. (D) Listing of Horses. The race secretary shall provide the listing of horses in the daily program; s/he shall examine all entry blanks 12 CSR 50-30

and declarations to verify the information set forth; s/he shall select the horses to start and also the eligible horses from the declarations in accordance with the rules governing these functions.

1. (E) Nominations and Declarations. The race secretary shall examine nominations and declarations and early closing events, late closing and stake events to verify the eligibility of all declarations and nominations and compile lists of these for publication.
2. (F) The racing secretary shall designate one

1. (1) person to supervise the assignment of stalls to horsemen and shall ensure that a list of the assignments shall be made available to the commission within forty-eight (48) hours of the opening of the race meet and shall maintain the list in an updated condition,
2. (2) Conditions. The secretary shall establish the conditions and eligibility for entering the races of the meeting and cause them to be published to owners, trainers and the commission Unless otherwise provided by the conditions, the winner of a certain sum means the winner of a single race of that sum. Corrections to the conditions must be made within twenty-four (24) hours of publication.
3. (3) Posting of Entries. Upon the closing of entries each day, the secretary shall post a list of entries in a conspicuous location in his/her office and furnish that list to local newspaper, radio and television stations.

4. (4) Stakes and Entrance Money Records, The secretary shall be caretaker of the permanent records of all stakes, entrance monies and arrears paid or due in a race meeting and shall keep permanent records of the results of each race of the meeting.

   1. (A) All Inclusive. For the purpose of the setting of conditions by the secretary, winnings shall be considered to include all monies and prizes won up to the time of the start of a race.
   2. (B) Winnings Considered from January 1. Winnings during the year shall be reckoned by the secretary from the preceding January 1.
5. (5) Record of Drivers. Upon entry of a horse in a race, the owner/trainer shall furnish to the secretary the name of the driver who will drive the entry no later than scratch time of the day of the race unless unusual circumstances prevail and the judges grant contrary permission but in no event not later than forty five (45) minutes before post time.
6. (6) Cancellation of a Race. The secretary has the authority to withdraw, cancel or change any race which has not been closed. In the event the cancelled race is a stakes race, all 12 CSR 50-30-REVENUE Division 50-Missouri Horse Racing Commission

subscriptions and fees paid in connection with the race shall be refunded. Auth: section 313.540, RSMo (i986). Emergency rule ,filed June 20, 1986, effective June 30, 1986, expired Oct. 13, 1986. Original rule filed Oct. 3, 1986, effect& Jan. 12, 1987.