 |
|
09-17-2017, 02:45 PM
|
#1
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 2,956
|
He was a She
Last edited by upthecreek; 09-17-2017 at 02:58 PM.
|
|
|
|
09-17-2017, 04:39 PM
|
#2
|
|
PA Steward
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Del Boca Vista
Posts: 88,589
|
And this just happens to occur on the night the "regular horse ID person wasn't working."
You can't make this stuff up...
|
|
|
|
|
09-17-2017, 04:51 PM
|
#3
|
|
@TimeformUSfigs
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Moore, OK
Posts: 46,828
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by PaceAdvantage
And this just happens to occur on the night the "regular horse ID person wasn't working."
You can't make this stuff up...
|
They asked me to fill in at the last minute. It's not my fault!
|
|
|
|
|
09-17-2017, 04:59 PM
|
#4
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 209
|
[QUOTE=cj;2220979]They asked me to fill in at the last minute. It's not my fault
|
|
|
|
|
09-17-2017, 05:15 PM
|
#5
|
|
Veteran
Join Date: Feb 2016
Posts: 4,553
|
When prior to the race does the lip number check occur...?
Does this happen each and every time or just done sporadically...? Is this check something that can be problematic or easy to miss, get wrong. etc...
I have never seen anybody check lip ID's while in the paddock, so it must be done at least 30 minutes prior...or maybe they just check the winner after...
I have no idea how it works...anyone know...?
|
|
|
|
|
09-17-2017, 05:59 PM
|
#6
|
|
Out-of-town Jasper
Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 2,364
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by VigorsTheGrey
When prior to the race does the lip number check occur...?
Does this happen each and every time or just done sporadically...? Is this check something that can be problematic or easy to miss, get wrong. etc...
I have never seen anybody check lip ID's while in the paddock, so it must be done at least 30 minutes prior...or maybe they just check the winner after...
I have no idea how it works...anyone know...?
|
Back in pre-simulcast days when I would go to the paddock I would always see them checking tattoos, so I'm guessing it is done at different times at different racetracks.
__________________
“If you want to outwit the devil, it is extremely important that you don't give him advanced notice."
~Alan Watts
|
|
|
|
|
09-17-2017, 06:32 PM
|
#7
|
|
Veteran
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 5,222
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by VigorsTheGrey
When prior to the race does the lip number check occur...?
Does this happen each and every time or just done sporadically...? Is this check something that can be problematic or easy to miss, get wrong. etc...
I have never seen anybody check lip ID's while in the paddock, so it must be done at least 30 minutes prior...or maybe they just check the winner after...
I have no idea how it works...anyone know...?
|
They're checked as they come in the paddock. As you can imagine, any other time could lead to running ringers.
You may not notice it unless you're looking, but you'll see the groom stop the horse while someone with a clipboard lifts the upper lip. In a few years, most all will have been chipped so it'll be a scanner over the shoulder.
Last edited by Fager Fan; 09-17-2017 at 06:35 PM.
|
|
|
|
|
09-17-2017, 07:16 PM
|
#8
|
|
Veteran
Join Date: Feb 2016
Posts: 4,553
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fager Fan
They're checked as they come in the paddock. As you can imagine, any other time could lead to running ringers.
You may not notice it unless you're looking, but you'll see the groom stop the horse while someone with a clipboard lifts the upper lip. In a few years, most all will have been chipped so it'll be a scanner over the shoulder.
|
And just who is that someone who lifts the lips and checks...what is his job title and description...is that all he does all day or is this just one small task of a larger job under the racing secretary...?
Last edited by VigorsTheGrey; 09-17-2017 at 07:18 PM.
|
|
|
|
|
09-17-2017, 08:51 PM
|
#9
|
|
Veteran
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 5,222
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by VigorsTheGrey
And just who is that someone who lifts the lips and checks...what is his job title and description...is that all he does all day or is this just one small task of a larger job under the racing secretary...?
|
It's the Horse Identifier. They also handle all the registration papers for the horses on the track/in the races.
|
|
|
|
|
09-17-2017, 09:14 PM
|
#10
|
|
Veteran
Join Date: Feb 2016
Posts: 4,553
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fager Fan
It's the Horse Identifier. They also handle all the registration papers for the horses on the track/in the races.
|
Sounds like an interesting and important job...a combination of office and field work...great work environment, opportunity to learn a lot, meet people and interact with equine stars, nice...!
|
|
|
|
|
09-17-2017, 09:15 PM
|
#11
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2016
Posts: 109
|
Ohio also performs redundancy check of the winner before posting race Official. You can watch the identifier in the winner circle give the "OK" wave to the officials. They started doing it when Spiess got a couple 80-1 shot horse-switched winners thru. One of which was a 5yo male in against 3yo fillies. Got past all those expert horsemen on the track too.
|
|
|
|
|
09-17-2017, 09:39 PM
|
#12
|
|
GARY
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Florida
Posts: 1,339
|
WRONG HORSE
Further investigation revealed the mare was actually Zenyatta
in a for a proper before returning to Ca.
|
|
|
|
|
09-17-2017, 09:46 PM
|
#13
|
|
Veteran
Join Date: May 2016
Posts: 1,831
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by therussmeister
Back in pre-simulcast days when I would go to the paddock I would always see them checking tattoos, so I'm guessing it is done at different times at different racetracks.
|
In NY I know they use tattoos and pictures of the horses markings. Been doing it that way for decades. Still up to the Horse ID guy to do their job, else, forget it
|
|
|
|
|
09-18-2017, 02:56 PM
|
#14
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2014
Posts: 4,520
|
The horses in question have completely different markings.
glad I didn't bet the exchange in that race. I would have lost my shirt betting against the Broberg chalkie.
Allan
|
|
|
|
|
09-18-2017, 08:50 PM
|
#15
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: pen
Posts: 4,583
|
“There was an egregious mistake and I just can't talk about it further,” Broberg told the Paulick Report on Sunday. “Obviously it is very embarrassing. I've already talked to the owners that were involved. My intentions are to make the purse right with them. We'll have to see how it plays out from there.”
what does broberg mean by this?
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
|
