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ty is to decide whether or not to , wave the horses around your fence on the next circuit.” That, he explained, is where knowing the race distance is most important
“Good judgement is what you must exercise,” Sanford continued. "You must also know the difference between rough riding, unsafe riding, and tactical race riding. 1 make notes on paper where 1 think there was a potential inquiry. Fortunately, it is not the patrol judges’ job to determine the outcome of a question, only to report. But you must do that with some accuracy.”
Placing Judges
Horses and riders have made the course. Now they fall under the jurisdiciton of the placing judges who determine the official order of finish, first through last.
Col. Sam Richards works many, race meets each year, often acting as the human eyes of a finish-line camera. “Our job starts in the paddock,” Richards explained. “You match a number with a horse name.
“1 use a recorder to say the numbers as they cross the finish line,” he added. “That way, 1 get Will lO’Keefe, most often the official race announcer] and my own call.”
Richards explained that several placing judges work each race, often with one judge watching the first six finishers, the other the final six. If the judges agree On the finishing order of a race, there is no need, he said, to look at the racing video tape, “but if there is a
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