New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle T - New York State Gaming Commission › Chapter I - Division of Horse Racing and Pari-Mutuel Wagering › Subchapter B - Harness Racing › Part 4105 - Officials Of Race Meetings › Section 4105.8 - Duties of judges

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
It shall be the duty of the judges to:
(a) Closely observe the performance of all
					 horses and drivers competing at the race meeting.
(b) Determine the result of every race
					 contested before them and to place the horses competing therein in the order of
					 their finish.
(c) Investigate any
					 act of cruelty to a horse racing at a meeting whether seen by them or reported
					 to them and punish any person guilty of such cruelty.
(d) Investigate any accidents on the track to
					 determine the cause thereof and promptly make a full report to the
					 commission.
(e) Exclude from any
					 race, a horse that is improperly equipped, dangerous, unmanageable, unfit to
					 race, or liable to cause accident or injury to another horse or driver in the
					 race or that has fallen upon the track during the program.
(f) Where a violation of any rule is
					 suspected to conduct an inquiry promptly and to take such action as may be
					 appropriate and render their report to the commission. Any action, as a result
					 of such inquiry, must be concurred in by at least two of the three
					 judges.
(g) Be represented by at
					 least two judges in the judges' stand before wagering opens. All judges shall
					 be in position at least 15 minutes before the first race, at all times when
					 horses are on the track thereafter, and for 10 minutes after the last
					 race.
(h) Observe the preliminary
					 warming up of horses and the scoring, noting the behavior of the horses and the
					 drivers, the equipment of the horses and any lameness which might appear as
					 well as the changes of the betting odds shown on the totalisator commissions
					 and any other incidents relating to the racing.
(i) Advise the paddock judge of the schedule
					 of post times for the program as set by the presiding judge.
(j) Be responsible for locking the
					 pari-mutuel machines immediately upon the horses reaching the official starting
					 point of the race.
(k) Maintain
					 communication with the patrol judges, by telephone from the time the starter
					 picks up the field of horses until all horses pass the finish line. A written
					 record is to be made of every "break," violation of rules or incident reported
					 by the patrol judges. A mechanical recording shall be made and preserved of all
					 communications between the patrol judges and the main judging stand at all,
					 other than limited, pari-mutuel meetings.
(l) Cause the appropriate signs to be posted
					 on the result commission to indicate objection or inquiry in event of rule
					 violation or complaint and notify the public address announcer of the horses
					 involved and the nature of the objection. When a decision is made, the judges
					 shall cause the objection or inquiry sign to be removed, the correct placing of
					 the horses to be shown, and the "Official" sign to be shown.
(m) Display the "Photo" sign if there is less
					 than one-half length between contending horses or if a contending horse is on a
					 break at the finish. They shall examine the photo of the finish before
					 rendering decision on the placing thereof and to cause copies of such photos to
					 be posted and displayed to the public.
(n) Sign the judges' book after each
					 race.
(o) Suspend payment of purse
					 moneys on the positions affected by a protest or appeal until final decision is
					 rendered.