photo-finish cameras

Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) has upgraded the equipment and technology used to determine the outcome of photo finishes at all 26 racecourses across Ireland. From next week's Punchestown Festival there will be 12 state-of-the-art photo-finish cameras in use along with a number of large 4K ultra high-definition screens, which will be used to evaluate results. Graham Reid, HRI's Technical Operations Supervisor, said, "These new cameras have incredible capabilities, with even greater sensitivity in lower daylight and unbelievable high speed. "With 40,000 frames per second and a pixel density exceeding 5,000...