Plans and executes the programming of races during race meets, allots stalls, compiles and publishes conditions and stakes books, assigns weights for handicaps and received all entries, subscriptions, declarations and scratches. Conducts recruiting of quality stables during the off-season and participates in business planning to include responsibilities for developing and managing the racing department budget.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
? Leads racing office to ensure a competitive and effective racing program and to cultivate superior relationships with horsemen
? Ensures that all organization activities and operations are carried out in compliance with local, state, and federal regulations and laws governing business operations
? Set the conditions for each race of the race meet.
? Regulate the nomination of entries
? Determine the amounts of purses and manages the purse account in coordination with the Director of Finance
? Receive and safeguard the registration certificates of all horses competing at the track or stabled on the grounds.
? Be familiar with the age, class, and competitive ability of all horses racing at the meet.
? Examine all entry blank forms and declarations to verify information as set forth therein.
? Select the horses to start and the horses which are also eligible horses from the declarations in accordance with IRB.
? Provide the listing of horses in the daily program.
? Examine nominations and declarations and early closing events, late closing events, and stakes events to verify the eligibility of all declarations and nominations and compile lists thereof for publication.
? Establish the conditions and eligibility for entering races and causes them to be published for owners, trainers, and the IRB and to be posted in the racing secretary's office.
? Post a list of entries in a conspicuous location in the race secretary's office and make the list available to the media after the draw is completed each day.
? Will act as caretaker of the permanent records of all stakes and will verify that all entrance monies due are paid prior to entry for races conducted at the meeting.
? Screens stall applications and assigns stalls
? Publishes official daily program ensuring accuracy.
? Maintains tabulations of horses relative to eligibility of horses to allowance races and the writing of conditions thereof.
? Confers daily with horsemen concerning races, stabling or related problems.
? Confers with management relative to the stakes schedule and publishes upon their approval.
? Prepares and orders all forms, entry blanks, badge registration lists, equipment, etc. necessary to conduct daily operations of racing office.
? Mails stakes and condition books, stall applications and all other nomination forms.
? Keeps check of horses arriving/departing grounds.
? Consults with Controller regarding purse schedule distribution relative to daily handle and future purse projections.
? Assigns weights for all handicaps.
? Cooperates with track superintendents concerning problems which arise with racing strip or barn area.
? Reports to Stewards any cognizance of misconduct or rule infractions.
? Ensures that the responsibilities, authorities and accountability of all direct subordinates are defined and understood.
? Develop and implement operating plans for all live race meet departments, including budgeting for profit planning, programs for capital investing, expense budgets and cost standards, together with necessary controls and procedures to effectuate the plans.
? Verify ongoing customer satisfaction issues and develop quality assurance measures to maintain and improve operations.
? Acts as liaise with local horseman organizations
? Responsible for recruitment of horseman and horses to stable and race
? Provide advice and review on any other matters as needed by the President or CEO.

Supervisory Responsibilities:
Racing manager, Stall Superintendent, Clerk of Scales, Assistant Racing Secretary, Placing Judges, Paddock Judge, Administrative Assistant, Clockers, Outriders, Association Steward, Horseman’s Relations Representative, Starter, Association Veterinarian.

Personal Qualifications:
? Dedicated to do what it takes for the company to be successful.
? An entrepreneurial attitude coupled with the ability to work in ambiguous and unstructured environments is necessary.
? Excellent interpersonal and communications skills
? Successful experience managing and motivating people, negotiating and managing vendor relationships.
? Strong analytical proficiency in relation to essential functions, recognizing patterns and themes

Education, Training and Experience:
Bachelor’s degree or ten to fifteen years of racing experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger reach, handle, or feel; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

The noise level in this work environment is usually moderate.

Arlington Park reserves the right to modify, interpret, or apply this job description in any way the company desires. This job description in no way implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. This job description is not an employment contract, implied or otherwise. The employment relationship remains “at-will.” The aforementioned job requirements are subject to change to reasonably accommodate qualified disabled individuals.
 

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