He’s not right. He’s naive if he thought there’d be only a minimal impact on rating and weight.i am in no way a Brae fan, in fact i think he is a total ******** but he is correct. He won a race half the distance of the cup and has only won a group 3 staying race 3 months ago. Explosive Jack won 3 derbies and got 1.5 kgs less.
Explosive Jack’s wins came in 3yo company, which doesn’t compare to a WFA in open company and is always rated down relatively.
I’m not sure why there’s even an argument. It’s always been the case that if you take a lowly rated horse into WFA company and win you’ll cop a huge ratings spike. Hence why most choose to go through the grades before tackling WFA.