Workmen checking the new magnetic starting gate which has been installed at the Santa Anita race track. Start control opens and closes each stall individually, while sufficient magnetic contacts are used to close the barrier and prevent horses from breaking through. In the rear of each stall a l0in. flexible belting operates on a roller to keep horses from backing up. Padded stalls are 28in. wide from ground to stirrups, and widen to 35in. providing more arm and leg room for jockeys. Two gates open outward within each stall.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 March 1940, Page 9
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89Workmen checking the new magnetic starting gate which has been installed at the Santa Anita race track. Start control opens and closes each stall individually, while sufficient magnetic contacts are used to close the barrier and prevent horses from breaking through. In the rear of each stall a l0in. flexible belting operates on a roller to keep horses from backing up. Padded stalls are 28in. wide from ground to stirrups, and widen to 35in. providing more arm and leg room for jockeys. Two gates open outward within each stall. Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 March 1940, Page 9
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