EG, Your reading comprehension skills lack.
Among other things, I never said Exterminator carried 150lbs, it was Roseben and he did that on multiple occasions.
I only made the Roseben point, because another poster thought MoW deserved his ranking as #1 in the 1900's, because he 'carried a lot of weight, set a lot of records, and horseman thought he was special'
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Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS
Roseben carried 150lbs on multiple occasions (12lbs more than Man O' War ever carried) and routinely gave between 50-to-60 lbs in weight to his opposition. Oh yeah, in a 20 length victory, he also ran 7 furlongs at Belmont Park, in 1:22 flat, breaking the North American record by almost three full seconds.
His track record stood at Belmont for 51 years, until Bold Ruler broke it in 1957
Roseben also won 52 races. Needless to say, he wasn't in the top 100.
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