R 431.3140 Also-eligible list.

Rule 3140. (1) If the number of entries for a purse race exceeds the number of horses permitted to start in a race as provided by R 431.3125, then the names of as many as 4 horses entered but not drawn into a race as starters shall be posted on the entry sheet as “also-eligible” to start. (2) If any horse is scratched from a race for which an also-eligible list was created, a replacement horse shall be drawn from the also-eligible list into the race in order of preference. If none is preferred, a horse shall be drawn into the race from the also-eligible list by public lot. (3) A horse that draws into a straightaway race from the also-eligible list shall start from the post position vacated by the scratched horse. (4) A horse that draws into a non-straightaway race from the also-eligible list shall start from the outermost post position. (5) The owner or trainer of a horse on the also-eligible list who does not wish to start the horse in the race shall so notify the racing secretary before scratch time for such race. (6) A horse that is on an also-eligible list and that also has been drawn into a race as a starter for the succeeding day shall not be given an opportunity to be drawn into the earlier race for which the horse had been listed as also-eligible.