Things are changing

[trish]

Trish, I think they still had to get on the scales after the race. When a minimum weight was no longer required drivers still lined up as per the photo, the steward used to check the whips and the drivers had an opportunity at this time to lodge a protest before "all clear" was given.
I think a minimum weight should never have been abolished and am still convinced that weight matters.

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.