American Pharoah, Texas Red share 126-pound highweight in Experimental Free H.

Champion two-year-old male American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) and Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) winner Texas Red (Afleet Alex) shared the highweight of

126 pounds on The Jockey Club's 2014 Experimental Free Handicap, released

Thursday by The Jockey Club.

The 126 pounds assigned to American Pharoah and Texas Red

is the standard impost for top Experimental colts and equivalent to the

assignment on last year's high weight, New Year's Day.

The filly division also had co-high weights with

Take Charge Brandi (Giant's Causeway), champion two-year-old filly and Breeders'

Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) victress, and undefeated Breeders' Cup Juvenile

Fillies Turf (G1) heroine Lady Eli (Divine Park) each receiving 123 pounds, one pound higher than the

second-weighted males, Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) scorer Hootenanny

(Quality Road) and Grade 1 conqueror Carpe Diem (Giant's Causeway).

This year's list of eligible horses was expanded to review

all juveniles of 2014 who started in graded or listed stakes races run in the

continental United States instead of only the top-four finishers. Out of the

eligible 196 males and 174 fillies, a total of 100 males and 88 fillies were

assigned weights.

All Experimental Free Handicap weight assignments are available within the Resources

section of www.jockeyclub.com.

Kentucky is the foaling state of the top four weighted horses and the leading

state of all weighted horses with 71 males and 59 fillies. Florida ranks second

with nine males and five fillies. Ireland led foaling countries outside of the

United States with seven fillies and one male.

Kitten's Joy is the leading sire of weighted horses with two fillies and four

males. Tied for second with five total are Curlin, Sky Mesa and War Front.