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				 Need Help Understanding 
 This bugs me.  I just watched a replay of the second race at Aqueduct today. #5 unseated the rider and proceeded around the track in superb fashion.
 I've been at this game a few years now.  Is it real or is it my imagination that the rider-less horse always seems to do well.  Am I imagining that or does it really happen.  And if it really happens, then what explains that?  Is a jockey's weight really that important because I tend to ignore it totally in my play.  I wonder if my handicapping would improve if we ran the ponies like the puppies.
 
 I don't know.  Probably just venting here but I've always wondered about this.
 
 Thanks.
 
				__________________"God have mercy on the man who doubts what he's sure of."   - Bruce Springsteen
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