- (a) The Placing Judges shall occupy the Placing Judges' stand at the time the horses pass the finish line in each and every race, and their duty shall be to place and record all horses in the order of their finish in each race.
- (b) The Placing Judges shall properly display the numbers of the first four (4) horses in each race in the order of their finish.
- (c) When the Placing Judges differ in their placing, the majority shall prevail.
- (d) The Placing Judges shall make public their decisions as promptly as possible.
- (e) If it is considered advisable to consult a picture from the finish camera, the Placing Judges shall post without waiting for a picture such placements as are in their opinion unquestionable, and after consulting the picture make the other placements.
- (f) In determining the places of the horses at the finish of a race, the Placing Judges shall consider only the relative position of the respective noses of such horses.
(g)
- (1) After, and not until the outrider shall have communicated no-claim/no-protest status to the stewards, as contemplated by 23 CAR § 357-507(g), the stewards shall notify the Placing Judges when the result is official.
- (2) If the outrider does not communicate no-claim/no-protest status to the stewards, then after, and not until, the jockeys riding the first five (5) horses to finish have been weighed in, the Clerk of Scales shall so notify the stewards, and the stewards shall then notify the Placing Judges when the result is official.
- (h) Upon receipt of such notice, the Placing Judges shall promptly display the sign "Official".
- (i) There shall be no alteration of placement after the sign "Official" has been purposely displayed without approval of the stewards.
- (j) Nothing in this part shall be construed to prevent the Placing Judges, with the approval of the stewards, from correcting an error before the display of the sign "Official", or from recalling the sign "Official" in case it has been displayed through error.
- (k) The Placing Judges shall each day file with the Arkansas Racing Commission a copy of the official placement of the first five (5) horses in each race of that day, and shall supply to other officials such information in the respect to the racing as the franchise holder may require.