All top weights (not just tab 1) in handicap races 1st Jan 2007 to 31st Oct 2008.

23,155 selections, selection S/R of 16.3%, POT -19.0%.
non claiming jockeys : 16,320 selections, selection S/R of 17.2%, POT -17.7%
claiming jockeys : 6,835 selections, selection S/R of 14.1%, POT -22.1%

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Permanence is an illusion

You need look no further than:
KemblaR4
a certain horse missed the start and was ridden hard to keep in touch and was finishing on to the line but could not win or run a place.
I wonder how a senior rider would have ridden it?
One of my favourite sayings is: "all butchers don't necessarily work in a butcher-shop!"

Cheers.

...happens to the best of them too.... (a-la the Fisho thread!)

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.......Giddy Up..... !!