handicapper
A handicapper is someone who sets the conditions or odds for a handicap race or competition — calculating how much weight, time, or advantage each competitor should carry to level the playing field.
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A handicapper is someone who sets the conditions or odds for a handicap race or competition — calculating how much weight, time, or advantage each competitor should carry to level the playing field. In horse racing specifically, the official handicapper assigns weights to horses based on their past performance. The term also appears in sports betting, where a handicapper is someone who analyzes and predicts the outcome of games.
The handicapper gave the favorite an extra twelve pounds to carry, which made the race genuinely open.
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One who determines the conditions of a handicap.
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A horse entered in a handicap race.
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(North America) A disabled person.
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