Talk:Springbok (horse)/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Wizardman  Operation Big Bear 02:54, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

I'll be reviewing this article. Here are the issues I found:
 * Couldn't the website refs used just once (i.e. staff, thoroughbred heritage) just have the full ref in the citation rather than in its own separate section?
 * "He carried 110 pounds (50 kilograms) in the race, which had a winning time of 3 minutes" so does that mean the jockey weighed that much? That reads as if it was a stretch to add in more info, modify it a bit.
 * The page on American Champion Older Male Horse starts off at 1874. If that was in fact the first award, it would certainly be worth noting that he won the first two.

I'll put the article on hold for a week and will pass it when the issues are fixed. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 02:54, 11 July 2011 (UTC)


 * I could do that, but why? This is more consistent, and just as easy for me to work with.
 * It means the jockey and his saddle with any additional weight required to get to 110 pounds. It's actually very normal information to include in racing articles - it's part of the handicapping system for horse racing, which adds weight to horses who are considered "better" racers in order to try and equalize high value horse races.
 * When exactly the awards were begun is something of a muddle - as the article notes - the "official" awards only begin in 1936 - before that there was no official governing body, thus I'm hesitant to go beyond the source in this article - as there may be other horses "considered" to have won the award prior to Springbok .. I've read widely on early Thoroughbred racing history in the US but not enough to be sure that there weren't other earlier horses considered the champion. Ealdgyth - Talk 18:23, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

Fair enough; on the first one, I just figured it would be easier for readers, but they probably won't care one way or the other. I don't have any other concerns, so I'll pass the article as a GA. Wizardman  Operation Big Bear 20:15, 11 July 2011 (UTC)