Re: weight

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Marinera@aol.com wrote:
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> If you cloned a 950 pound horse, trained the two of them identically, put a
> 140 pound rider on one and a 220 pound rider on the other and sent them down
> the Tevis Cup trail, which one would get to Auburn first? If you think you
> had a sure thing in the lightweight, you are wrong. The ride for which we
> have the longest set of statistics would tell you that Nick Mansfield, Pat
> Fitzgerald, Ed Johnson (twice), Bud Dardi (twice) Sam Arnold, Boyd Zontelli
> (twice, two different horses) and Chris Knoch (twice) all put more than 200
> pounds on their steeds and managed to beat the lightweights. Yes, weight is
> a factor, but so are a dozen other things, the most important of which is
> rider savvy. These riders proved that the weight handicap can be overcome by
> working on strong points in other areas.
>
> Julie Suhr

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