@ Samba
The ideal wt. for a racing horse should be between 420 and 480 kgs.The youngsters(3 years old ) may be below 420 kg. and win the race.The hoses that win a race when they are above 500 kgs,are only 5%. When a horse wins a race at particular wt. his wt should be same (+kg.or - 5 Kgs)for the next race,if he is fit.But a difference of 10 kgs. more or `10kgs less .means you should have another thought about placing a bet on that horse,and more than that wt.is absolutely no.
When horses run in a gruelling race like Derby,they lose about 4 to 5 kgs wt.To recover that wt,they need some days ,so do not run for two weeks.That"s why ,when a particular horse takes part in a classic rate next week and wins ,everybody calls it a tremendous effort put by it.

Can someone explain what weight is ideal for a racing horse

The present arrangement is adequate. About 2O-25 minutes before the start of race the present weight and the weight during previous run are displayed.

Posting of horse weight at around 11 am on the race day is not a bad idea. May be some people benefit from that move. But, stewards are supposed to follow international conventions in this regard. If at racing centers abroad there is such a compulsory provision, then we can insist that in India also.

Godzilla jee,

All Mumbai based horses that participated in Mumbai racing 2O17-18 had complete rest, decent food and enviable rest during the three months. Southpaw is not the only horse that got royal treatment. 4O kg difference in weight means the trainer should not have given entry of that horse. But, having given entry, he could have, as a courtesy to punters, withdrawn that horse.

Lesson to punters. Smoking, going to the canteen, taking fruit juice, or talking politics & other talks etc. all are being done during the betting time. Nearly everyone who backed Southpaw have failed to see the weight of the horses [current & previous] displayed on cctv.

Godzilla see the reply by others a now compare with yours.
what was the point and what did you answer.

Please do give it a thought before writing in future

@ T Tactician,

You have a point. It is definitely possible to post the weights on the website of a club by 11/12 AM or a bit later...

@ Turf Tactician,

Rightly said.Depriving the information about the weight of the horse on frivolous grounds is as good as not giving the handicap weights.Certain trainers' horses seem to get away with it on a regular basis.

Turf Tactician

Aarey bapa .. Southpaw was eating and resting between concluded Mumbai Season till begining of Pune season .. for nearly 3 months...hence it has become fat...give sometime to the trainer and Southpaw to trim down.....they have started giving antacid to blow out the air in Southpaws stomach.......

Be patient till then...

Very valid point GG had stated that it cannot be done one day in advance

Why not at 1100 hrs race day and post on their web site for every one to see.

It will not happen because currently a battle for new lot of posts in RWITC this year is on. Mudslinging at each other is there
Racing is at the back burner as of now No improvement in any field can be expected