[Jax Cajun]

I wonder if this same theory would apply to John Valazquez's looking for Street Sense aboard AG Saturday?
"When he asked the horse to move, he was looking back to see what was behind him," Sheik Hamdan said of his jockey. "I hate that. When you go, you go. You don't sit and worry about what is behind you."

other harsh comments for Jara...

DUBAI — Shaikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and UAE Minister of Finance and Industry, said the Panamanian jockey Fernando Jara, who rode Invasor to victory in the $6 million Dubai World Cup on Saturday night, made an indecisive judgment for Premium Tap to make a race out of it.


Speaking to newsmen at the Dubai World Trade Centre yesterday, the leading horse breeder and owner noted that the inexperienced 19-year-old rider tracked the early speed but unnecessarily eased the horse once he went strike for strike with Premium Tap, otherwise he could have won more impressively.

“I have spoken to Jara after the race and told him that his mistake could have cost him the race, because the horse may not respond again when asked the question for the second time.

“It was a risky misjudgment and warned Jara not to do it again. The Panamanian is still very young and did not understand what would have been the tactical cost of such a move,” Shaikh Hamdan said. Responding to a question of Khaleej Time whether the four-year-old Candy Stripes colt will be able to lower the records of Cigar and Secretariat, Shaikh Hamdan said: “Invasor is the best horse in the world and that was what made the difference. I wonder how did the handicapper rate the winner of the Breeders’ Cup at 129?” he asked.

Regarding the poor form of Discreet Cat, Shaikh Hamdan said it was astonishing. “In fact I have expected the Godolphin horse to lose even before the start of the race. Trainer Saeed bin Suroor told me that they were planning to come off the pace and I didn’t like the idea and that was why Discreet Cat failed to keep pace and faded away in the early stages of the trip,” he said.

“How you expect someone to win a race while you are pulling him from his shirt,” he said.

Meanwhile, Shaikh Hamdan said when asked about the similarity between the Arabian horse and the Arab man, they are quite different.

“The Arabian horse is obedient while the Arab man is up tide. Only Arabian horses and dogs are faithful,” he said with a smile.