This filter has been bandied about on this forum by darkydog2002 many times, and I believe he got it from Malcolm Knowles book.

In 2 of my systems I use TAB 1 to 6 but have had a tinker around tonight and replaced TAB 1 to 6 with 55kg+ and it's made an impressive difference. I wonder how the Pareto system would go by substituting the weight for TAB 1 to 6 ???

Thanks also for your input moeee, I wouldn't have tinkered had it not been for you.

I tinker all the time Barny.
Sometimes I get better.
Sometimes i get worse.
But in the long Run I end up just the same had I not tinkered.

Hi Barny,
Yes I did.
I try and get as much research as I can from this source as its applicable to Australian Racing conditions.
Cheers
darky

Hi darkydog2002, I've always paid little respect to weight because of my unshakeable belief that unless there's a really large weight pull in favour of one horse over another, it makes no real difference. But now I'll look for weight as a good indicator to class, and I do have a system or two that uses weight variance as a filter to determine which horses are going up and down in class.

Hi Barny,
I,ve always been a weight man myself as I figure if its good enough for the
Official Race Club Handicappers its good enough for me.
Cheers
darky

There have been a couple close finishes today where undoubtedly weight has been the deciding factor between winner & loser.

So ignore weight at your peril!...a phrase my doc has often uttered

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