Racing Official

We’re changing entertainment. Join us in a fast-paced, diverse environment where enthusiasm for fun drives our team. At PENN Entertainment, you’ll have opportunities for career growth and support to expand your possibilities. Base salary is determined by relevant knowledge, skills, and experience, and is part of a competitive Total Rewards package that includes wellness programs for financial, physical, and mental well-being. Benefits such as day-one medical coverage, 401(k) matching, and annual performance bonuses vary by position. Paid time off is earned according to local policy and increases with tenure.

About the role

The Racing Official position covers a wide range of duties, including acting as Placing Judge, Paddock Judge, Horse Identifier, Clerk of Scales, Claims Clerk, and/or Clocker.

Responsibilities

• Placing Judge: Observe races from start to finish, input horse running order into a computer for public display, determine the order of finish using photo finish systems, prepare screenshots of photo finish images, and plot horse locations on images.
• Paddock Judge: Verify published workouts, ensure horses wear proper equipment, confirm a responsible trainer and groom are present, monitor paddock safety, report late or missing horses, and ensure timely post parade.
• Horse Identifier: Monitor foal papers and digital certificates, track Coggins test results and vaccinations, and verify horse identities using lip tattoos, microchips, and markings.
• Clerk of Scales: Oversee the jockey’s room, ensure timely jockey arrival, weigh jockeys in/out, report weight discrepancies, verify jockey equipment, coordinate rider changes, and prepare GPS timing units.
• Claims Clerk: Monitor the claim box, process claims, ensure order delivery to winning claimants, and conduct fair shakes for multiple claims under Steward supervision.
• Clocker: Time official workouts, document and report results, monitor morning training, operate the emergency warning system, and hand-time races as a backup to the clocking system.

Additional reasonable related duties may be assigned.

Requirements

• Proficiency in Microsoft applications (Excel, Access, Word, Outlook).
• Preferred knowledge of Ohio State Rules of Racing and how to read a Condition Book.
• Preferred Incompass Software experience and basic horsemanship skills.
• Excellent customer service and communication skills.
• Ability to work in a team-focused environment and respond to visual/oral cues.
• High school diploma or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to read, interpret, and communicate in English; written communication skills may also be required.
• Basic mathematical skills (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) using whole numbers, fractions, and decimals, including units of American money, weight, volume, and distance.
• Ability to operate an adding machine and basic computer skills.
• Ability to apply common-sense understanding to carry out instructions in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to qualify for licenses/permits required by federal, state, and local regulations.
• Valid driver’s license with acceptable driving history as determined by PENN Entertainment’s auto insurance carrier.

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to stand, use hands to handle objects/tools, and reach with hands/arms.
• Frequently required to talk or hear.
• Specific vision abilities: close vision, color vision, and peripheral vision.
• Physically mobile with reasonable accommodations, including ability to push, pull, carry, and lift up to 35 lbs.
• Ability to push, pull, reach, bend, twist, stoop, stack, crouch, kneel, and balance in varying work areas.
• Must be drug-free.

Work Environment

• May be exposed to toxic fumes, chemicals, odors, dust, mechanical parts, electrical shock, and moving objects.
• Must be able to work in various weather conditions.
• Moderate noise level; surveillance and audio recording in limited areas.
• Potential exposure to unrestricted second-hand tobacco smoke.