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Racing Weights

by Andy Ford
(United Kingdom)


I don't really understand the weights of the horses per race.

In this race Al Mubhir is the top weight with 9-2 but its says he up 7lb on his OR rating, his last race weight was 9-10 so that's 8lb less than this race.

Could somebody tell me what his weight for the race actually is & try & explain it to me as I'm obviously a bit thick LOL. TIA

Answer: His last OR before this race was 90 and today it is 97 which equates to a 7lb rise i.e. 1lb for each rating rise.

The actual weight he carries is in relation to the other horses in this class of race and not in relation to the actual weight carried in his last race.

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Apr 01, 2023
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by: Anonymous

I know the last race is irrelevant but am I right in thinking that he carried 9-10 in that race & 9-2 in this race, so if I watch it & think the weight may have been an issue in that race he may run better off this 8lb lighter weight in this race.

I know the OR rating is to determine how much he carrys in whatever race hes in & this is a class above his last race, but weight can be an issue so if the above is correct it may n into play.

Thank you for taking time answering my questions.

The weight is only an issue if his OR is higher than the previous race. If the handicapper thinks his performance rates a rise in the weights he will raise his OR and conversely will lower them if he performed poorly.
Apr 01, 2023
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by: Chris

His last race weight of 9-10 is not relevant to this particular race, as each race has its own set of weight assignments.
Apr 01, 2023
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by: Anonymous

I understand the OR rating going up 7lb but my question was is his weight for the race 9-2 as this is 8lb less than his last race which i dont understand because his OR rating is up 7lb

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