Handcapping weight.

[Sightseek]

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.

[paisjpq]

Originally Posted by Sightseek

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.

the thing is that unless I was actually looking at the horse i wouldn't trust the number enough to know what it was telling me...if that makes any sense.