11 Va. Admin. Code § 10-50-90 - Placing judge
The licensee shall appoint three qualified persons to act as placing judges for a flat race meeting. The judges shall occupy a stand directly above the finish line during the running of each race. Among the duties of the placing judges are:
1.
Placing horses at the finish of race. The placing judges shall only consider
the position of the horses' noses and not any other part of the body;
2. Placing the horses in the order of finish
and displaying the result on the infield results board;
3. Calling for a photograph from the
photo-finish camera when the finish indicates a close finish or when the judges
are not in unanimous agreement as to the correct order of finish;
4. Referring photo-finish photographs to the
stewards for concurrence before the order of finish is displayed on the infield
results board, when the placing judges are not in unanimous agreement or there
is an apparent dead heat following the examination of the photograph;
5. Submitting to the stewards and the
horsemen's bookkeeper at the conclusion of each racing day a list of the
placings of those in each race and those horses which did not finish;
6. Correcting errors in the displaying of the
order of finish on the infield results board, with the permission of the
stewards, before the race is declared "official" by the stewards; and
7. For Standardbred race meetings, the
stewards may act as placing judges; however, all three stewards shall inspect
any photo-finish and be in unanimous agreement before posting the order of
finish.
Notes
Statutory Authority
§ 59.1-369 of the Code of Virginia.
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