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I can tell you that when I was just starting to bet, aged about 15 or 16, a pal returned from a summer holiday in Ireland having attended a couple of meetings while there. We're talking circa 1971. He said his granda in Ireland had told him "they don't try in the big handicaps over here unless they think they've got a stone and a half in hand of the handicapper". This would suggest the big handicaps had no shortage of unexposed horses.

[QUOTE="Desert Orchid, post: 2138976, member: 65242"] I can tell you that when I was just starting to bet, aged about 15 or 16, a pal returned from a summer holiday in Ireland having attended a couple of meetings while there. We're talking circa 1971. He said his [i]granda [/i]in Ireland had told him "they don't try in the big handicaps over here unless they think they've got a stone and a half in hand of the handicapper". This would suggest the big handicaps had no shortage of unexposed horses. [/QUOTE]

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