24. The equipment judge shall fulfil the following obligations:(1) he shall check the equipment of the horses that are in the paddock before a race in which those horses participate;
(2) he shall establish and keep up to date a card for the equipment worn by each horse participating in a race;
(3) he shall check the equipment of each horse participating in a race to ensure that it corresponds exactly to the equipment described on the card referred to in subparagraph 2;
(4) he shall report to the paddock judge any change or modification in a horse’s equipment.
He shall be present in the paddock at least 45 minutes before the post time of the first race of a race program.
Decision 90-09-19, s. 24.