Equipment listings

[Tom]

Credit to par four at derby list for this link - check out the equipment info they haved over there!

http://www.hkjc.com/english/racing/StartersR3_HV_20071205_E.asp

[kenwoodallpromos]

What is a visor?

[stuball]

that's what a dealer wears at the casino......NO?

LOL

Stuball :cool:

[point given]

Credit to par four at derby list for this link - check out the equipment info they haved over there!

http://www.hkjc.com/english/racing/StartersR3_HV_20071205_E.asp

Interesting to see that they have an "ear plugs" listing. Standardbred races allow the driver to "pop the plugs", BUT, Tbreds arenot allowed to do this. If a horse races with ear plugs, they must stay in, from what i read. There was a case a couple of monthes ago of a Tbred stakes horse whose plugs were pulled during the race, as the video showed them dangling wildly in the stretch. I think a trainer caught this and objected, and the next time the horse ran, the plugs stayed in.

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What is a visor?

i'd hazard a guess that it is blinkers or eye cups, or a plastic shield over the cups to protect the eyes from flying stuff.

[skate]

all right, thanks.

got the address, gonna spend some time and check it out.

[Tom Barrister]

A visor is a blinker with a small hole/slit on the side, so that the horse has enough of a peripheral view to see other horses coming up alongside it.

[kenwoodallpromos]

Thanks!