Placing Judge 3

Placing judges from left, Stephen Foster, Ralph Theroux and Sonny Taylor watch a race from their perch high above the Aqueduct race track in New York City on February 22, 2007. The judges manually post the horse positions during the running of a race and back up the electronic photo finish and timing systems. The purse payout in each race and all the money bet on a race depend on precise position. "There is no margin for error," Theroux says. You can never be wrong." ..Betting on the horses is still a popular game and the money still flows, but off track betting and other forms of entertainment have eroded live attendance at the races. The daily diehard betters and horse lovers who sparsely populate the place on work days are joined by a bigger crowd on the weekends. ..The Aqueduct, located in Ozone Park, Queens, is the only horse racing track in New York City and probably the coldest in the country (most of the others are in Kentucky, Florida or California). Horses race on the winterized inner dirt rack from January 1st through the end of April. Aqueduct was built in 1894, renovated in 1959, then opened for winter racing in 1975. It is the winter race track operated by the New York Racing Association (NYRA), which also runs Belmont and Saratoga in the warm seasons. Betters at Aqueduct watch and bet on the nine daily live races and all other races around the country via Simulcast. ..

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Placing judges from left, Stephen Foster, Ralph Theroux and Sonny Taylor watch a race from their perch high above the Aqueduct race track in New York City on February 22, 2007. The judges manually post the horse positions during the running of a race and back up the electronic photo finish and timing systems. The purse payout in each race and all the money bet on a race depend on precise position. "There is no margin for error," Theroux says. You can never be wrong." ..Betting on the horses is still a popular game and the money still flows, but off track betting and other forms of entertainment have eroded live attendance at the races. The daily diehard betters and horse lovers who sparsely populate the place on work days are joined by a bigger crowd on the weekends. ..The Aqueduct, located in Ozone Park, Queens, is the only horse racing track in New York City and probably the coldest in the country (most of the others are in Kentucky, Florida or California). Horses race on the winterized inner dirt rack from January 1st through the end of April. Aqueduct was built in 1894, renovated in 1959, then opened for winter racing in 1975. It is the winter race track operated by the New York Racing Association (NYRA), which also runs Belmont and Saratoga in the warm seasons. Betters at Aqueduct watch and bet on the nine daily live races and all other races around the country via Simulcast. ..