Post Race Visual
- Bruno@Racingwithbruno
- 6 days ago
- 3 min read
What are y’all doin’?
December’s flyin’ by faster than a damn three legged snowplow , and meanwhile we’ve got some killer deals on credits sittin’ here gettin’ cold. Get you some for the rest of December and rollin’ right on into 2026—they don’t expire, they don’t spoil, and they’ll be good whenever you wanna use ’em. We even got some all-inclusive specials for y’all fancy types.
And look—if you’ve been keepin’ up the last few articles, you know we’ve been in full Beat-The-Caws mode. We’re out here tryin’ to crack the last great handicapping mystery: the ol’ visual inspection. Paddock, post parade, post race—every bit of it. We’ve talked everything but the post race, so let’s get into it.
Because lord have mercy, we gotta talk about that overrated-as-a-diet pepsi gallop-out. Some folks see a horse gallopin’ out big and they get all hot ’n bothered like they’ve stumbled onto secret treasure. Settle down. A lotta the time, that “wow he found more energy!” moment is just what happens when the jockey quits ridin’, stands up a little, and the horse finally gets to take a breath. Pressure goes off, horse rebreaks, and suddenly everybody’s screaming, “He had more in the tank!”
And look, y’all know that guy on social media—you can’t miss him. According to him, every jockey on Earth is stiffin’ horses on purpose, he’s solved the identity of the Unknown Soldier, and he’ll tell you exactly who killed JFK if you give him two Busch Lights and a Wi-Fi signal. There’s always some grand conspiracy pourin’ out of his keyboard like he’s the Dan Brown of bad horse-racing takes. And of course he’s got his little squad of sycophants in the comments yellin’ “HELL yeah!” like he’s preachin’ the gospel instead of just bein’ wrong at high volume. I treat those posts like what they are: pure, uncut fictional entertainment from the Horse Racing Twitter Comedy Central.
But anywho—we digress. Back to the most overrated thing since gas-station sushi: the gallop-out.
Yeah, that horse, you know who looked like he just jumped in at the wire? he was just relieved the poor guy stopped treating him like a pinata.
And don’t even start with the “If he only had more ground!” chorus. They ain’t movin’ the wire, folks—they move the gate. There are horses who live to tease you with those big ol’ gallop-outs and then come right back next time and lose like it’s their job. Perennial heartbreakers.
Now—here’s what actually matters post-race: How they come back. That tells the truth.
If you’ve got Race Track Network (and if you don’t, go sign up—online.rtn.tv—quit playin’), you can scroll through the replay and watch ’em coming back after the wire. Learn what “good” looks like.
A horse that just won should look like he’s struttin’ back to the winner’s circle thinkin’ hell yeah I did that. Ears up, little bounce, proud of himself. That’s a follow-up horse.
But one that’s head down, tail draggin’, lookin’ like he needs two ibuprofen and a nap?
No thank you.
He might’ve won the battle, but that race beat the hell out of him.
Put your hours in. Watch the physicality. Learn the look. You will get better. Take the time.
Take a new approach.
Take YOUR damn game back from the CAWs