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races there are no tote boards — at least at none of the steeplechase courses in Virginia — so the spectators are not as aware of the officials. Instead the spectators notice officials when a race's results are not announced soon after the finish.
As “policemen" of the course, the officials’jobs frequently begin well before the race is run.
There are several types of official at a steeplechase meet as set down in the rule books oftheNSHA.
When a jockey is ready to ride in a race, he must report to the clerk of the scales. The clerk of the scales weighs the jockey and his equipment — the saddle, whip, helmet and weight cloth — to see if he meets the required weights for that jockey’s horse in the race. When the race is over, before it can be made official, the jockey must report back to the clerk of the scales to make sure his weight hasn’t changed — to be sure he didn’t ditch any added weights so his horse could run faster.
After reporting to the clerk of the scales before the race the jockey then goes to the paddock where the horse is saddled. The paddock judge records all the different horses and their jockeys in the paddock and tells the jockeys when to mount up and take
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