 But once "tamed," he was quick to exercise and very eager to eat.At two, Hamburg carried 129 pounds in the Double Event, Flash, and Autumn Stakes, 132 in the Electric Handicap, 134 pounds in the Congress Hall, and in the Great Eastern, he was loaded with 135 pounds.Some of his better rivals carried almost as much, but these weights were, and remain, very high, especially for a juvenile horse.