• Posted Jan. 16, 2013 12:01 a.m.
  • Thoroughbreds get Photo-finish
  • January 16, 1936

    Thoroughbreds get Photo-finish

    Photo-finish cameras have been used since the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm. The camera's first use for thoroughbred horse racing occurred on January 16, 1936, at Hialeah Race Track in Florida.

    www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/01/dayintech_0116

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