American Teletimer New Developments

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February 26, 2003..... NEW CHARTING TECHNOLOGY DEBUTS AT MEADOWLANDS

The same digital technology that produces the precise order of finish at the end of each race will now determine the margins charted at each quarter pole and at the top of the stretch, starting Saturday night at the Meadowlands.

American Teletimer Corporation of Mountainside, New Jersey, selected the Meadowlands to introduce the new technology, which will automate the process of determining margins at each pole. The Teletimer Electronic Imagining Charting System utilizes the existing digital photo finish methodology combined with remote, wireless, high-sensitivity, digital photo finish cameras at each quarter pole as well as an eighth of a mile from the finish for the stretch call.

"We're pleased that American Teletimer has asked us to be the first track in the country to offer the precision made possible by this technology," said Meadowlands Director of Racing and Racing Secretary Tad J. Stockman. "We've had it in place and tested it for a month, and now we're ready to roll it out. We've always tried to offer the betting public the most information possible and feel this is another step in that process."

"This system is accurate to 1/1000ths of a second, with visual confirmation of all presented data," said Joel Rosenzweig, president of American Teletimer, which has been servicing the pari-mutuel racing industry since 1938.

"Without the expense and problems related to installing and maintaining fiber optic cabling, we're able to capture the images with wireless technology," Rosenzweig explained. "With super high sensitivity, the cameras do not need the lights that are at the finish line. The cameras are located on a pipe 12 feet off the ground at each quarter pole and are in weatherproof enclosures with a 12-inch by 12-inch antenna that radios the information to the photo finish room. "Chart callers will continue to provide the flavor of the race," Rosenzweig noted. "They will note the breakers, parked out horses, interferences and other information."

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