Maybe Lauren Panella should be carrying a 20kg lead bag in the sulky with her to even things up!
Jim Walsh (think that's the correct spelling) of Regal sulkies fame and fortune can produce a truck load of documents to disprove this statement. The company claimed that because of the positioning of the seat behind the wheels this automatically had the effect of pushing the sulky forward. From memory the claim was that there was little to no difference in the weight of a 90 kg driver or a 120 kg driver, it is all in the balance of the sulky. Add quick hitch harness which it is said to have a lifting effect (sulky pushing forward and quick hitch harness lifting from on the girth). This man spent a life time researching this for the design of his sulkies. Hope I didn't bore everyone shi......
These drivers who drive this way are playing with themselves (no picture needed thanks Kevin :-))
Tell them to sit on their reins also.
Well I could not let this go without a pic
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I held my breath as I peeked. ;-)
They used to weigh in.
Have whoever you want on but don't ever have yourself on
Yes Greg they did
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?
What I recall is maybe just 'checking in' I'm sure it's called something else. The first four or whatever used to line up on the outside fence like above. Now they just go past the steward on the way back and that's that. What was all that about?