weight for age
Americannoun
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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
So was I, weight for age; and I dashed wildly after him.
From An African Millionaire Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay by Allen, Grant
And it was the old man's opinion, often expressed, that weight for age Monkey would beat the crooks at their own game every time.
From Boy Woodburn A Story of the Sussex Downs by Ollivant, Alfred
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