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Racing: Weight of expectation heavy for Callsign Mav
8 Jan, 2021 08:00 AM
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Group 1 winner Callsign Mav and the 63kg he will be asked to carry in the open handicap over 1400m at Awapuni is a big task. Photo / File
NZ Herald
By: Michael Guerin
Trainer John Bary has an addition to one of racing s oldest sayings and punters should take note before backing the best horse racing at Awapuni tomorrow. Everybody in racing knows weight can stop a train, says Bary, and I think it can even stop a bullet train.
The bullet train in question is Bary s Group 1 winner Callsign Mav and the weight in question is the 63kg he will be asked to carry in the open handicap over 1400m.