Chris Antley

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Originally Posted by Magnanimous

The most ridiculous thing in racing is that they keep the weights so low. Exercise riders who get on the horses every morning often weigh 140+.

People have evolved. They are much bigger now than 50 years ago. If you gave these guys an extra 10 pounds it would be a HUGE difference in their lives.

Yes it will make a big difference in the current jockey's lives, but there will always be another (slightly larger) group of riders that will flip to make the new higher weight.

Raising the weights for jocks will by no means eliminate the abuse they put themselves through to make weight.

Make the weight 130 and you'll have 140 pounders in the hot box and fipping like mad to make the 130.