Obviously it's moot now that he's retired, but part of the weight challenge is that it keeps other horses wanting to try their hand against you. When otherwise you'd be facing a bunch of walkovers. Curlin's still getting takers. I haven't seen any fields with only a couple opponents. Plus he's also not as sharp. He's terrific but you don't just load horses up with weight for the heck of it. It's to try to balance out the field and have them all hit the wire at the same time. That's the goal. Who's he gonna face that he'd get loaded down with 140? Even if they thew a 3yo maiden in a G1, he still won't get 140. If anything they'll give the new horse some insanely low weight to make. I don't think he's got the regard to warrant the weights that would make it remotely interesting. He's well regarded and sure it's another challenge but not to the point Jackson would let them pile it on to prove a point. You'd get Asmussen pulling him from races. Ergo, no point in bringing him back to see the occasional 132.
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