Indiana Administrative Code
Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION
Article 7 - RULES OF THE RACE
Rule 1 - Entries and Scratches
Section 1-29 - Declaration to start and drawing horses

(a) The permit holder shall provide a locked box with an aperture through which declarations shall be deposited. With the approval of the judges, the racing secretary or his designee may open the entry box. Upon opening the entry box, it must be declared empty by a race office official and judge or their designee prior to being relocked for the next race date entries. Race entries placed in the qualifying box in error shall not be considered as entered for pari-mutuel races.

(b) No owner, trainer, or agent for a horse with a declaration in the entry box shall be denied the privilege of being present when the box is open.

(c) The racing secretary responsibilities shall include:

(d) If it is necessary to reopen any race, public announcement shall be made at least twice.

(e) The judges shall conduct the draw for post positions along with a representative of the horsemen.

(f) Declarations by mail, telegraph, or telephone actually received and evidence of which is deposited in the box before the time specified to declare in shall be drawn in the same manner as the others. Such drawings shall be final. Mail, telephone, and telegraph declarations must contain all information required by the racing secretary. It shall be the responsibility of the racing secretary to see that such entries are signed by the person receiving such entries.

(g) When a track requires a horse to be declared at a stated time, failure to declare as required shall be considered a withdrawal from the event.

(h) After declarations to start have been made, no horse shall be withdrawn from the race except by permission of the judges. A fine or suspension, or both, shall be imposed for drawing a horse without permission, and the penalty shall apply to both the horse and the party who violates this rule.

(i) In all races, drawings shall be final unless there is conclusive evidence that an entry was timely received by the racing office and was omitted from the race through the error of the association, and is found prior to scratch time. Notwithstanding, any redraws must be preapproved by the judges.

(j) If a redraw is approved under subsection (i), and the race in question is two (2) or more divisions, the redraw will involve placing the horse in the division with fewer horses and redrawing, or drawing by lot the division to be redrawn.