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Old 03-01-2010, 12:30 PM
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Not at all. In recent years Milwaukee Brew won with 115 and Martial Law and others with 113...

Hell, Noor beat Citation (132) in 1950 carrying 110. And Stagehand toted 100 (!) in 1938 when he beat Seabiscuit (130).
I'm currently reading Dorothy Ours' Man O' War book and finished a book on Saratoga, it's crazy how low the weights were for the lesser horses!
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Old 03-01-2010, 12:51 PM
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I'm currently reading Dorothy Ours' Man O' War book and finished a book on Saratoga, it's crazy how low the weights were for the lesser horses!
Whats the name and authour on the book on Saratoga, since that is now hands down my favorite place on earth
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Old 03-01-2010, 02:08 PM
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I'm currently reading Dorothy Ours' Man O' War book and finished a book on Saratoga, it's crazy how low the weights were for the lesser horses!
Read it a few years back.. Very good book.
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