I was a keen student of weight/performance relationship - with some spectacular results! - and have just recently returned to racing after a 30 years long spell !!!

With the help of computers I hope to be able to come up with a more precise definition of meaning of weight. The figures that I start with are anywhere between 1.0 kg to 4.0 kg per length, depending on the horse's age, track condition, distance. Say, for three year olds, 1,600 m on a good track you may expect a horse to drop back by about one length for each 4 kg of weight. Or, on a heavy track by about one length for each kg of wight. These figures date back 30 years and will be re-evaluted in near future.

By the way, this relates to two same horses meeting again under those conditions, that is, it is relative rather than absolute.

hope I haven't confused you,
capellia

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