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They are called assistant starters.

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What is the purpose of the horse racing gate?

Do you mean the starting gate? It is like a loading stall. The groom leads the horse in, with the jockey mounted, then the groom closes the gate. There the horse waits for the starting gate to swing open. Things trainers hate are when a horse leans on the back or front gate. This can set the jockey of balance.


What is the starting gate called in horse racing?

The starting gate.


What is the dimension of the horse racing starting gate?

4th


Who determines which horse will be in which gate number at the starting line?

the boss


What is post time in horse racing?

The horses are called from the paddock to the starting gate


How do you build a CO2 car starting gate?

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Can a horse run faster than a person?

From the get-go or when both burst out of the starting gate, absolutely!!


What did Philip McGinnis invented?

The horse race starting gate (first used in Canada)


When a horse is scratched are the horses shifted toward the rail?

When a horse is scratched, the horses in the race do not physically shift towards the rail. The remaining horses maintain their positions in the starting gate and continue to run the race as usual.


How did your horse get beat in the horse racing?

My horse sprained her ankle, coming out of the gate.


What is the nickname for the golden gate bridge?

Iron Horse


Why in American horseracing is racehorse accompanied to starting stalls by a horse not in race?

Horses, by their nature, are social animals. A racetrack with crowd noise, other horses, etc, can make a horse nervous. The other horse (known as an outrider pony or simply a pony) serves to keep the horse calm as he or she heads toward the gate.