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Originally Posted by ZippyChippy423
What’s wrong ? What exactly stops the clock with the final time? Some say it is the mirror at the finish line others say different. In any case the horse must trigger something that produces a final time at the finish line. My point is that whatever that trigger is automatically knows what horse finished in any given order. You can’t have a final time that quick without an object making that time.
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At tracks using a teletimer system, the final eye is usually located right next to the mirror. Timing stops when the lead horse passes the eye.
Tracks using the GPS system, I believe the finish is a fixed GPS point, likely correlating wherever the track may have already had a mirror or timing eye. Timing stops at that point.
Those who hand time races generally just use the poles, which may or may not be in line with the mirror/timing eyes but are generally within a very short distance (a foot or two). Obviously timing stops when they hit the watch.
Clear as mud?
The idea that timing races in hundredths makes everything more accurate is folly.