Editing Man o' War (section)

===Weight carrying===
At the time, there were few [[weight-for-age]] races in the United States. The majority of races were run under handicap conditions, with better horses being assigned higher weights in an attempt to equalize the chances of the other horses in the field. As one writer put it, "the one certain thing about racing is that weight will eventually stop the greatest of racers and bring them down to equal terms with horses of much less quality."<ref name=Ambitious>{{cite web|title=AMBITIOUS PLANS FOR MAN O'WAR; Samuel Riddle Seeks Three-Year-Old Crown for His Juvenile King of Last Season. Will Get High Imposts.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1920/01/25/archives/ambitious-plans-for-man-owar-samuel-riddle-seeks-threeyearold-crown.html|website=The New York Times|access-date=March 27, 2017|date=January 25, 1920}}</ref> As a two-year-old, Man o' War carried {{convert|130|lb}} in six races; few racehorses have ever carried that much at any age. As a three-year-old, he carried as much as {{convert|138|lb}} in races, conceding as much as {{convert|34|lb}} to other horses. Had he raced at age four, the handicappers would have started him at 140 pounds, increasing the amount each time he won until such time as Man o' War either lost or was injured. For this reason, Riddle decided to retire him at the end of his three-year-old campaign.<ref>{{harvnb|Ours|2006|pp=256–257}}</ref>