Week/Weekend Stakes Beyers

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

That type of timing error is avoided if the timer starts at the break of the gate. It's not real common ... but outriders and starters at some tracks can be oblivious to run-up ... and they accidentally put themselves in the path of the beam and trigger the timer before the first horse gets there to trigger it.

which is how it should be.