205 CMR 4.28 - Placing Judges
(1) Three Placing
Judges shall occupy the Placing Judges' Stand during each and every race, and
their duty shall be to place and record the complete order of finish in each
race.
(2) The placing Judges shall
properly display the numbers of the first four horses in each race in the order
of their finish.
(3) When the
Placing Judges differ in their placing the majority shall prevail.
(4) The Placing Judges shall make public
their decision as promptly as possible.
(5) If it is considered advisable to consult
a picture from the finish camera, the Placing Judges shall post, without
waiting for a picture, such placements as are in their opinion unquestionable,
and, after consulting the picture, make the other placements.
(6) The Judges may call for a picture from
the photo-finish camera to aid them in arriving at a decision. However, in all
cases the camera is merely an aid and the decision of the Judges shall be
final.
(7) In determining the
places of the horses at the finish of a race, the Placing Judges shall consider
only the relative position of the respective noses of such horses.
(8) Upon receipt of such notice the Stewards
shall promptly display the sign "official."
(9) There shall be no alteration of placement
after the sign "official" has been purposely displayed, except as in outlined
in
205 CMR
6.04(4).
(10) The Placing Judges shall each day file
with the Commission a copy of the official placement of the first six 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.
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