5lbs = .25 lengths in the UK

[curious]

Lbs less than topweight	Runners	total lengths beaten	runners*lbs	Average lths behind TW	avg/lb
0	5839	1152.5
1	966	1270.7	966	1.315	1.315
2	1148	1352.3	2296	1.178	0.589
3	1141	-1006.85	3423	-0.882	-0.294
4	1183	46.7	4732	0.039	0.010
5	1345	345.25	6725	0.257	0.051
6	1348	-184.3	8088	-0.137	-0.023
7	1477	3295.2	10339	2.231	0.319
8	1488	3480.4	11904	2.339	0.292
9	1450	472.2	13050	0.326	0.036
10	1568	1280.9	15680	0.817	0.082
11	1429	2415.6	15719	1.690	0.154
12	1453	2789.75	17436	1.920	0.160
13	1488	2301.8	19344	1.547	0.119
14	1350	4209.7	18900	3.118	0.223
15	1455	3561.05	21825	2.447	0.163

 

(results for horses with greater weight differences have been left out)

To explain what these numbers mean, let’s look at those horses that were carrying 5lbs less than the topweight.

There were 1,345 of these horses, giving a total of 6,725lbs (1345*5lbs) difference. These 1,345 horses finished a total of 345.25 lengths behind the topweights, an average of 0.257 lengths per horse, or 0.051 (0.257/5lbs) per pound

Edited August 14, 2019 by curious

[curious]

And this was for hurdle races and is likely heavily biased to the high side because the lengths beaten include the beaten lengths of runners eased or not persisted with.

[Thomass]

Hahaha onya...'Pomgolia Hurdles'

where breathing, cadence, length of stride et el

IS TOTES DIFFERENT to anything wrt NZ Flat Racing

Talk about desperation