71 IAC 1-1-5 "Also eligible" defined

Sec. 5. "Also eligible" means: (1) a number of eligible horses, properly entered, which were not drawn for inclusion in a race, but which become eligible according to preference or lot if an entry is scratched prior to the scratch time deadline; or (2) the next preferred nonqualifier for the finals or consolation from a set of elimination trials which will become eligible in the event a finalist is scratched by the judges for a rule violation or is otherwise eligible if written race conditions permit.