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WE MUST END WEIGHT BURDEN FOR JUVENILES

Keith Knight argues that the weights carried by two-year-olds are damagingly high

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Keith Knight
This is an emotive subject and very few racehorse trainers, breeders or even administrators will have any degree of acceptance of my point of view. I dare say few will agree with me. But then again how many people actually ever consider the subject of two-yearolds and the weight we put on their backs?
In the 3.00 at Brighton on September 4th, a Nursery, the top-weight carried 9st 9lbs, with the bottom weight due to carry 9st 1lb. The nine runners were all twoyear- olds. Does...

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