gday all

i drive em for a living and trust me. Weight will stop a train every time. It's not just a saying it is a fact

But don't let that stop you backing the toppie carrying 62 kg in an open handicap.. If you keep backing those horses you will go broke.. Neil runs an intersting article on horses that weight did stop in the newsletter. I think ( he can correct me) that horses carrying 59kg or more as a general rule are dud bets ..

For those who have a decent data base, run your successful sytems thru and play with the max weight carried and I reckon you may be surprised what a difference a kilo here a kilo there does make over a period of time.. Personally, 57.5 - 58 kg (on the flat) is about as much as I want a horse to carry if it has my cash on board.. and I prefer them to have less if possible.. but as ever each to their own.

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