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weight for age

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noun

Horse Racing.
  1. the poundage assigned to be borne by a horse in a race, based on the age of the horse.


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Big Dave L. 26 furlongs, purse $5,100, maiden claiming weight for age $5,000, 3-year-olds and up, fillies and mares.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 7, 2010

The types, allowing weight for age, can be found in all the best schoolboy fiction.

From Time Magazine Archive

“You can tell them Seabiscuit will meet War Admiral anywhere, weight for age, track fast, from a quarter mile to a couple of miles,” he said.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

One would only hear scraps of conversation relating to weight for age, the rules of racing, and the performances of the imported horses, as one passed the open doors of bars and canteens.

From Luck at the Diamond Fields by Belgrave, Dalrymple J.

Not weight for age he couldn’t, if what I hears is true.

From Luck at the Diamond Fields by Belgrave, Dalrymple J.

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