Yes, I agree Luckyboy, it is a good aspect to take into account.
There are some interesting things happening today at Hawkesbury:
SR5 No1 Arbitrage
-scratched from Canterbury yesterday. Also, unfortunately, in the same race:
SR5 No 4 Euripedes
-Beadman's only ride for the day(remember my comments about leading jockeys going to the provincials for only one ride?
SR7 No 1 Mining Silver
-scratched from Monday to run here in an easier race.
These are pointers to help us determine what stable intentions are-we'll see how they go and hopefully return us a profit.
Unfortunately, the change of jockey theory let me down yesterday at Canterbury:
23.4.03 SR5 No 1 Youthful Edition
won it's previous two races in the country. It was brought to town, a capable apprentice replaced it's regular jockey and it had the advantage of a 3kg claim. Unfortunately, it was not up to the task but that's the way it goes. I went against one of my own rules here and backed a horse ridden by a 3kg apprentice but I thought it had enough pluses to outweigh the fact it was to be ridden by a 3kg claiming boy but it couldn't do it.

Cheers.