7 Pa. Code § 205.373
After one or two preliminary warming up scores the Starter shall notify the drivers to come to the starting gate. During or before the parade the drivers must be informed as to the number of scores permitted. The horses shall be brought to the starting gate no nearer than 1/8 of a mile before the start as the racetrack will permit. On mile tracks horses will be brought to the Starting gate at the head of the stretch.