Thanks Trevor, couldn't recall what happened at HP. I 150% agree with you that weight matters, I'm sure it does & no one will ever convince me otherwise. Its ridiculous to think that when horses for trainers in the gallops are given a 1kg penalty, connections are devastated & has seen horses scratched from some big races. Yet week after week drivers can give away as much as 50kg.
Weight can stop a freight train is an old racetrack expression.