What does weight for age mean in horse racing? – Today’s Horse Racing Tips
For weight, you need to first consider your horse's age. An older horse may be at least half the weight of a younger horse and at most five to seven times the weight. How is weight measured as weight for age? You may be thinking this sounds like a simple calculation, but there is some nuance here. Weight for age is measured in kg. There is no "normal" size that horses can reach to reach a certain weight, and even then, horses at different sizes have different "normal" values. If you want to know how much weight your horse can grow by, you know first that you need two pieces of information: "age" and body weight. For body weight, we measure your horse by how much weight it gained when…