The main advantage is that the weight is distributed over the wither rather than in a lead bag right across the hos back.
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He/she isn't, the horse is. The handicapper looks at the previous form (results) for all horses in the race and decides what weight each horse ought to carry to, in theory, make the race a dead-heat. The jockey and tack (saddle etc.) are weighed and anything below the handicap weight given to the individual horse is added as weights, into the weight cloth. Jockey and tack are weighed again after the race to check the weight, allowing a little for sweating of the jockey.
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ET or handicap racing is when the weight of a horse is adjusted according to their age. There is also a sex allowance for fillies.
if you are wondering how they out weight on a horse , then led gets put inside the saddle
Horse reins are what jockey's use to "brake" a horse.
There is no height limit, most horse jockeys range from 5'1''-5'5'', the tallest horse jockey was 6'1''. The qualifications to be a jockey depends on their weight and the discipline or type of racing the horse is used for.
A person who rides horses (mainly thoroughbreds) is called a Jockey
A jockey is someone that you pay to ride your horse in a race. Normally a regular sized human is too heavy, so a jockey stands in for you. most are anywhere from 5'0" to 5'5" tall and weight between 105 to 120 pounds. A person who rides a horse in a competition
A jockey uniform is the coloured silks worn by the jockey when riding in a horse race. The colours of the silks are chosen by the owner of the horse when he registers his ownership of the horse.