richiebee Wrote:
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> Olden Days:
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> Recently(?), NYRA seems to have nudged the scale
> up a couple of pounds so that the top weight in
> overnight races is 125 or 124, where it used to be
> 122. For years H. Allen Jerkens was a vocal
> opponent of any adjustment of this sort (kind of
> surprising in that “The Chief� employed some
> legendary plus sized exercise riders).



Many trainers HATE any added weight, even if applied equitably . . . D. Wayne, prominent, among them . . .