Weight problem, Like most jockeys Robin Platts fights a constant battle with the scales

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Weight problem, Like most jockeys Robin Platts fights a constant battle with the scales

Date5/6/1976

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Goode, Jeff (photographer)

Platts, Robin (subject)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Weight problem, Like most jockeys Robin Platts fights a constant battle with the scales. He never eats breakfast and rarely has lunch. Some days he must spend an hour or more in the sauna in the jockeys' room to shed excess weight.

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0073939F

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