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[randallscott35]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

I fail to see how people cant grasp this concept. If you naturally weight 130 pounds and the weights that you are being asked to do is 115 then you either have to reduce 15 pounds or get another job. If we increase the scale of weight to 130 pounds then people who naturally weight 140 pounds are suddenly not far from riding weight and begin to reduce. If we raise the scale to 140 pounds then guys who weigh 150 pounds begin to reduce...

The thing is this, where do you draw the line? The weight scale HAS been raised and very rarely will a non bug rider be asked to do less than 115.

I understand what you are saying, I would fall in the middle of that though....If you used that rationale all the way back you would have Calista Flockhart riding at 80 pounds so it's not so cut and dry.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by randallscott35

I understand what you are saying, I would fall in the middle of that though....If you used that rationale all the way back you would have Calista Flockhart riding at 80 pounds so it's not so cut and dry.

No one is asking anyone to do anything life threatening. If you are forced to go to those extremes to ride then you are more than likely too big. Asking jockeys to weigh 115-118, which is where most of them fall, is not unfair.

[randallscott35]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

No one is asking anyone to do anything life threatening. If you are forced to go to those extremes to ride then you are more than likely too big. Asking jockeys to weigh 115-118, which is where most of them fall, is not unfair.

Not unfair....just that times change and bodies change. James Madison would've made an excellent jock.

[MaTH716]

Originally Posted by randallscott35

Not unfair....just that times change and bodies change. James Madison would've made an excellent jock.

Couldn't the same argument be used as far as the horses go?

[randallscott35]

Originally Posted by MaTH716

Couldn't the same argument be used as far as the horses go?

Not sure how, I mean the modern thoro is surely a lot less sturdy than years ago. Drugs and bad breeding are part of the reason....I guess you could use that as an argument not to increase weight. True.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by randallscott35

Not sure how, I mean the modern thoro is surely a lot less sturdy than years ago. Drugs and bad breeding are part of the reason....I guess you could use that as an argument not to increase weight. True.

Without going off into another tangent, the increase in the number of horses bred during the late 70's/early 80's has far more to do with the reason that horses are thought of as less sturdy than drugs. I suppose that it could be considered "bad breeding".