27. The horse identifier shall fulfil the following obligations:(1) he shall identify the horses that are in the paddock before a race in which those horses are to participate;
(2) he shall check the tattoo of each horse in order to ensure that it is the tattoo of the horse declared in the race;
(3) he shall report to the paddock judge any doubt or error pertaining to the identity of a horse.
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. 27.