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By CLIVE CARME
. Arundel Newspapers Staff Writer
To most steeplechase spectators, jockeys and horses appear to be the prime players at a race meet — everyone else is just there to watch and have fun.
But, some people aren’t at a meet simply to have fun. They make sure everything goes according to plan.
They are the officials — an integral part of a race meet, which the public barely no-1 tices.
Actually, that’s the way it should be. If a race is run fairly, the officials should remain on the sidelines. It's only if something happens during a race to prevent a fair outcome that the officials have to show themselves.
“The officials’ job is to enforce the rules of racing and to arbitrate any claims of foul or improper practice,” says Charles T. Colgan, stewards’ secretary and vice-president of the National Steeplechase and Hunt Association, the official sanctioning body for steeplechasing in America. “They make all the decisions on a particular day at a racecourse.”
Spectators at flat race tracks notice the officials when a little red “Inquiry” sign lights up on the tote board. At steeplechase
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