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Originally Posted by herkhorse
Caught a few nice prices using Dylan Williams at Oaklawn.( 13-3-0-1) I think he's been riding well, but I'm interested in your thoughts on the bug advantage. Does the 5 lbs. allowance make a big difference? Do you give the weight break much credence when handicapping?
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Many racing secretaries believe that when assigning handicap weight, which of course we never seem to see anymore, that 1 pound is a length distance in a mile race, so based on that assumption you are talking about ~5 lengths in a mile race, or roughly 1 second difference give all other things as close to equal as possible.
The way I see it, when you have
Julien Leparoux last year or Talamo this year that the bug weight can make a slight difference, but the apprentice has to show me that he is at a level at least close to his competition as far as a jockey goes...