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Originally Posted by BigBlue

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.

its your imagination.
and of course it is important...to the point where a year or so backx a horse didnt have a rider on its back throughout wsrming up and into the gate, and complaints were filed. I think the horse got declared a non starter when it was all said and done.
and i cannot imagine havibg thousand pound horses running freely with no direction from a rider. That would be a tremendous mess.