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    I always thought it was somewhat ceremonial (like an athlete standing on the winners dias) but also to give drivers a chance to lodge any protest with a steward and the steward a better chance to give the horses a once over.
    The gallops obviously still do it as they must have the place-getters weigh in - I like it but if it is a waste of time and would hinder shorter time between races we can live without it
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    I recall that drivers were once required to weigh 10 stone, else carry weight under their seat.
    That was the case until approx 1970.

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    [QUOTE=aussiebreno;36958]So I took a closer look at the picture and it looks like maybe the saddle is off the third horse, in the Dixon like colours. So they actually literally weighed the saddle like the gallops?

    The Dixon colours looks like K B Newman in stall 2, and his mate Clarrie next to him!

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    Quote Originally Posted by eliteblood View Post
    I recall that drivers were once required to weigh 10 stone, else carry weight under their seat.
    That was the case until approx 1970.
    Yes it was that weight , as kids we weren't allowed in the stabling area but I think they had to weigh in before they drove in races, I know my dad was a light weight & had to carry weight (lead) under his seat, always loosing the wing nuts. The photo was still like a correct weight thing even though they had already weighed in. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

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    [QUOTE=The Form Student;36963]
    Quote Originally Posted by aussiebreno View Post
    So I took a closer look at the picture and it looks like maybe the saddle is off the third horse, in the Dixon like colours. So they actually literally weighed the saddle like the gallops?

    The Dixon colours looks like K B Newman in stall 2, and his mate Clarrie next to him!

    Adams in 1?? Newman in 2 & looks like Clarrie's colours in 3....who's the 4th???

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    Perce Hall or Owen Glendenning!

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    Quote Originally Posted by trish View Post
    Yes it was that weight , as kids we weren't allowed in the stabling area but I think they had to weigh in before they drove in races, I know my dad was a light weight & had to carry weight (lead) under his seat, always loosing the wing nuts. The photo was still like a correct weight thing even though they had already weighed in. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
    Our Richard hates the horse name Uncle Wingnut - maybe it is a throw back to those 'weight under the seat' days Trish LOL
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    Quote Originally Posted by eliteblood View Post
    I recall that drivers were once required to weigh 10 stone, else carry weight under their seat.
    That was the case until approx 1970.
    That is i meant by weighing in Trevor
    Have whoever you want on but don't ever have yourself on

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    I can remember them lining up beside one another after the race at the local track late 90's, maybe into early 2000's. It could have stopped for OHS reasons maybe, can't think of any other reason.


    Track attendants would be there too to lead horses up to the fence, hang onto them etc.

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    Quote Originally Posted by trish View Post
    Yes it was that weight , as kids we weren't allowed in the stabling area but I think they had to weigh in before they drove in races, I know my dad was a light weight & had to carry weight (lead) under his seat, always loosing the wing nuts. The photo was still like a correct weight thing even though they had already weighed in. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
    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.

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