I heard that bit of wisdom(???) and almost fell off my chair laughing! Not only did he say it was more important than weight but, unless I misheard, it was the MOST important factor these days!

Here I was thinking I had to consider class, weight, speed, etc but all I have to do is back the horse in the first couple of barriers.

In my opinion barrier is fairly UNIMPORTANT except in a very small number of races and I generally ignore it or just make a small adjustment to my required price for wider runners.

I think it just goes to prove that race callers make lousy tipsters!

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