Assistant Racing Secretary: Race Scheduling & Weights

Zia Park Casino; Hobbs (NM); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

PENN Entertainment in New Mexico seeks a Racing Secretary assistant to plan and arrange racing schedules and assign handicapped weights to horses at the racetrack. You will analyze official workout and past performance records to ensure fair race matchups and coordinate with track management on purses.

Qualifications include a Master’s degree or 4–10 years related experience, ability to qualify for NM Racing Commission license, and strong reading, math, and reasoning skills.

Qualifications

• Education and/or experience as described in the posting.
• Ability to interpret and analyze complex racing data.
• Licensing with the New Mexico Racing Commission required or eligible.

Responsibilities

• Analyzes official workout and past performance records to arrange races between horses of equal experience and ability.
• Handicaps horse in each race by assigning weight it will carry based on data such as age, sex, total winnings and distances won.
• Confers with track management to plan race types and determine purses.
• Reviews applications to enter and train horses.
• Registers names of persons with financial interest in horses.
• Reviews racing information to be published in newspapers and racing forms.
• Directs activities of workers compiling racing information and assigning stable space.
• Records official racing results and ownership changes for documentation.
• Observes races to study horse form and verifies entries and handicap weights.
• Accepts entries and checks eligibility of each horse entered.

Skills

Language Skills

Mathematical Skills

Reasoning Ability

Education

Master's degree

NM Racing Commission license eligibility

Job description

PENN Entertainment in New Mexico seeks a Racing Secretary assistant to plan and arrange racing schedules and assign handicapped weights to horses at the racetrack. You will analyze official workout and past performance records to ensure fair race matchups and coordinate with track management on purses.

Qualifications include a Master’s degree or 4–10 years related experience, ability to qualify for NM Racing Commission license, and strong reading, math, and reasoning skills.