North Dakota Administrative Code
Title 69.5 - Racing Commission, North Dakota
Article 69.5-01 - North Dakota Racing Commission Rules
Chapter 69.5-01-03 - Racing Officials
Section 69.5-01-03-11 - 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.

2. Conditions. The racing 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 hours of publication.

3. Posting of entries. Upon the closing of entries each day, the racing secretary shall post a list of entries in a conspicuous location in the racing secretaries' office and furnish that list to local newspapers and radio and television stations.

4. Stakes and entrance money records. The secretary is caretaker of the permanent records of all stakes, entrance moneys, and arrears paid or due in a race meeting and shall keep permanent records of the results of each race of the meeting.

5. Record of racing. The racing secretary, no later than the day following each race, shall attach or endorse on the registration certificate of each horse winning in any race the fact of that winning performance and the distance, the date of the race, and the type of conditions of the race.

6. Record of jockeys. Upon entry of a horse in a race, the owner or trainer shall furnish to the racing secretary the name of the jockey who will ride the entry no later than scratch time of the date of the race unless unusual circumstances prevail and the stewards grant contrary permission, but in no event later than forty-five minutes before post time.

7. Handicapping. The racing secretary, or a handicapper assigned by the racing secretary, shall assign the weight to be carried by each horse in a handicap when weights are not stated in the condition of the race.

The commission has adopted the association of racing commissioners international's model rules of racing for all scale of weights criteria, version 11.0.

8. Penalties not cumulative. Penalties and weight allowances are not cumulative unless so declared in the conditions of a race by the racing secretary.

9. Winnings.

10. Cancellation of a race. The racing secretary has the authority to withdraw, cancel, or change any race which has not been closed. In the event the canceled race is a stakes race, all subscriptions and fees paid in connection with the race must be refunded.