The "photo finish" in horse racing is significant because it accurately determines the winner of a race when the horses finish very close together. It involves a high-speed camera capturing the exact moment the horses cross the finish line, providing an objective and precise way to determine the winner in a close race.
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The Winner is whoever passes the Winning Post first. If it a Photo finish they look for the horse who has a nose in front.
I suspect that either horse racing or some other track event where a photo at the finish would be used to determine the winner.
"Win by a nose" is a horse racing term -- and means that the lead horse was just a little bit ahead of the second place horse. Actually, in the finish-photo the lead horse is ahead by the tip of its nose. Hence the term "photo finish" by the way... ;-) In everyday useage, "win by a nose" means any race that is very, very close.
The term 'photo finish' is usually applied in racing terms, when two or more competitors cross the finish line so close to each other that it is initially difficult to determine the winner. By use of this term, the winner is usually determined by a photo or video of the moment the competitors cross the finish line.
Photo finishing is considered useful as it removes the element of contestability from sports such as horse racing or Olympic sports, where large amounts of money are placed on speculative gambling.
Donkey's Photo Finish was created in 2003.
Photo-Finish was created on 1978-10-01.
Tom's Photo Finish was created on 1957-11-01.
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The cast of Photo Finish - 2000 includes: Melissa Timms as Wife
Whichever horse and jockey team cross the finish line first. If it was a close call between two horses or more they check the photo taken when they crossed the finish line and it will show which pair touched the finish line first.
Photo Finish - 2012 II was released on: USA: 13 November 2012