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must be eligible for the race that he is to be entered in.
“Obviously the owner must read the race card before he enters his horse in a race,” says Katherine Kingsley, racing secretary for the Middleburg Hunt point-to-point. “We have to rely on their honesty somewhat if they are entering a new horse and hope that the horse does meet the conditions.
“I would like to see all pointto-points require that a horse new to jump racing be schooled over the course before a committee or an official of the meet. Some meets do this already, but not all. It would help the horse and all the other horses in the race a great deal.”
Horses running in NSHA recognized steeplechase meets must have proved themselves over jumps in order to be entered.
A horse that qualifies for a race is identified for the racing secretary by age, color, sex and if it is a thoroughbred, by breeding. The person entering the horse must also give the jockey’s colors so they can be recorded on a program.
“Most horsemen enter their horse in a race at the last minute,” says Colonel Sam Richards, joint master of foxhounds for the Casanova Hunt. “The deadline is noon on the Monday before the race, and Monday mornings are always busy for the racing secretary.”
This year the job should be easier for several racing secretaries as a new system of a central entry position is being tried.
“It gets to be a real chore at times taking all these entries in,” says Mario DiFrank, publicity director for the Fairfax Hunt. “I
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