Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 038 - Wyoming Gaming Commission
Sub-Agency 0001 - Pari-Mutuel
Chapter 5 - OFFICIALS
Section 5-13 - Placing Judges

(a) The Placing Judges shall occupy the Placing Judges' stand at the time the horses pass the winning post in each race, and their duty shall be to place and record five horses or as many more as they think proper in the order of their finish in each race.

(b) The Placing Judges shall announce their decisions without delay and display the number of the first four horses in the order of their finish, and their decisions shall be final unless objection to the winner or any horse placed within the purse is made and sustained. This rule shall not prevent the judges from correcting any mistake, such correction being subject to confirmation by the Stewards.

(c) When the Placing Judges differ, the majority shall govern, but first a photograph of the finish shall be inspected as an aid in the decision and at all times when the winning range is less than half a length and in other cases where the horses are widely spaced across the track, the photograph, if available, shall be inspected and an identical copy shall be posted for public observation.

(d) If it is considered advisable to consult a picture from the finish camera, the placing judges shall post, without waiting for a picture, placements as are in their opinion unquestionable, and after consulting the picture, make the other placements.

(e) The Placing Judges shall consider only the relative position of the respective noses of the horses in determining the places of the horses at the finish of a race.

(f) Nothing in these rules shall be construed to prevent the Placing Judges, with the approval of the Stewards, from correcting an error before the display of the "Official" sign in case it has been displayed through error.

(g) It shall be the duty of the Placing Judges to advise the Clerk of Scales of the finish of each race as it is declared "Official".