Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 45, November 9, 2024
Section 163.381 - Duties of placing judges(a) The placing judges shall occupy the placing judges' stand at the time the horses pass the winning post in a race, and their duty shall be to place and record five horses or as many more as they think proper in order of their finish in each race.(b) The placing judges shall properly display the numbers of the first four horses in each race in the order of their finish.(c) When the placing judges differ in their placing the majority shall prevail.(d) The placing judges shall make public their decision as promptly as possible.(e) If it is considered advisable to consult a picture from the finish camera, the placing judges shall post, without waiting for a picture, the placements that are in their opinion unquestionable, and after consulting the pictures, make the other placements.(f) In determining the places of the horses at the finish of a race, the placing judge shall consider only the relative position of the respective noses of the horses.(g) After the jockeys riding the first five horses to finish have been weighed in and found to have carried the correct weight, the clerk of the scales shall so notify the stewards, who shall notify the placing judges when the result is official.(h) Upon receipt of the notice the placing judges shall promptly display the sign official.(i) There may be no alteration of placement after the sign official has been purposely displayed.(j) Nothing in this chapter may be construed to prevent the placing judges, with the approval of the stewards, from correcting an error before the display of the sign official or from recalling the sign official in case it has been displayed through error.(k) The placing judges shall enforce § 163.163 (relating to weighing in).(l) The placing judges shall file with the Commission a daily copy of the official placement of the first five horses in each race of that day, and shall supply to other officials such information in respect to the racing as the association may require.