Dubai Escapde

Originally Posted by Gander

Smokey Glacken was trying to win the race Pat. She took a run at the winner and was simply dusted. That took a toll on her and cost her any chance at a 2nd or 3rd place finish, but you cant knock the jockey for trying. Sure, Castellano probably could have ridden her a bit more conservatively and gotten a suck up 2nd, but Smokey Glacken is a nice horse who the connections thought could win. Why not take a try at the win? She did and that effort cost her an on the board finish. She is a much better horse than High Button Shoes and Magnolia Jackson.

I dont blame the jockey. You just have to tip your hat to the winner. What a nice filly.

There is no doubt she was going to get beat. But the horse is going to run worse in the stretch the more you hit her. And hitting her was only going to cause her to lose earlier and cost her second imo. Watch her other races. This horse is screwed up. When she is dead tired, some other tactic will have to be used.