Why are we not seeing horses breaking Course records any longer???

eastexpo Wrote:

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> leonabr Wrote:
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> > perhaps there is a guy they called the
> handycapper
> > who also got a lot of explaining to do.many
> times
> > i saw jockeys gear the horse down way before
> > winning poles.wayback the use to showoff with
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> > many lenghts.
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> I tend to agree with this one. Look at the weights
> the young horses have to carry these days.

Agree, and over the years they have kept raising minimum riding weights. I remember seeing horses carded at 44kg..

The Shark broke the 1200 m Course record on July Day

Perpetual Wrote:

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> BTW longest standing records:
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> Greyville 2900 Taki 07/11/1970 49.5 182.80
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> Clairwood 1800 Sabre 27/07/1974 51.5 106.00

If I'm not mistaken, I think Sabre's time was a world record when he set it. It's not surprising if it still stands locally.

i totally believe that with the export of horses ,the quality of horses that have been left have no chance of breaking the records.