Handcapping weight.

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Originally Posted by paisjpq

really? why?
a number on paper won't actually tell you anything about the horse. there is no ideal weight...it's not like supermodels where they all have to be a size 0.

I do agree about sometimes a horse looking heavy or soft...and that CAN make a difference because it is an indicator of fitness...but I don't see how weight is.

Got ya, you added this part later. And so when a trainer says a horse didn't hold his weight, it was muscle mass he was losing.