Irish horsewear brand Horsewell Horsesewar Classroom: Which part of the horse race is the line that counts?

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Q: In a speed race, where does the horse cross the line when it crosses the finish line?

A: In the human track and field event, the finish line is based on the chest or shoulder line. In the speed race, the horse nose position is the key point of the horse's contact line.

Q: In horse racing, if two or more horses cross the finish line almost at the same time, how do you tell which one is the head horse?

A: At this time, you need to rely on the finish clock to distinguish which horse hits the line first. The technology emerged in the late 1930s, when strip cameras were used to judge the outcome of a race.

Before the advent of end-time timing technology, people used high-speed motion picture cameras. The first use of high-speed cameras was in 1878, the famous "horse jump" - humans first confirmed that horses can leave the ground with all four hooves at the same time when they are galloping.

Now, when a race needs to be decided by means of a finish timer, the race board lets a photo displayed on the big screen to inform the fans that the race is now judging the race.

▲End-of-line timing interpretation interface

Q: How does the finish timer capture the moment when the horse crosses the line?

A: Modern racecourses use infrared sensors, generally in the last 800 meters, 400 meters, 200 meters and the end of the end of the track at the inner and outer railing set a pair of sensors, one side is an infrared emitter, the other side is an infrared receiver, through the infrared induction through the point of the horse, and through the line connection to the camera tower on the timer automatically record the time of the horse from the time of exit from the gate to here, easy to get the race time of each horse and the location distance between them.

The electronic timer is connected by an antenna to a horse gate, and the timing process is non-human-operated and can be accurate to one thousandth of a second.