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Kentucky Handicap Horse Racing: A History of the Great Weight Carriers

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In a handicap, horses are assigned weights based on their past performances as a way to try to create evenly matched fields. The better the horse, the heavier the weight assigned. In the United States, handicaps once accounted for the majority of stakes races and were known to boast large purses attracting the leading horses of the day. Kentucky-bred horses such as Discovery, Equipoise and Kelso won under the heaviest of weights, dominating the handicap division year after year, and were immortalized in the hall of fame. ...

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Kentucky Handicap Horse Racing:: A History of the Great Weight Carriers 2014, History Press, Charleston

ISBN-13: 9781626194694

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Kentucky Handicap Horse Racing: A History of the Great Weight Carriers 2014, History Press Library Editions

ISBN-13: 9781540224682

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