Well, the horse seemed completely useless for racing; Smiley describes her as "so slow and always had the asthma, or the distemper, or the consumption, or something of that kind".
Another unusual thing about her is that in a race, she always started off way behind, but then right near the end picked up her pace and won by a neck's length (coughing and sneezing the entire time).
The metaphor that people used for her was "fifteen-minute nag", referring to the fact that she seemed so slow that it would take her 15 minutes to finish a race. Besides metaphors, Smiley describes her picking up the pace in a very descriptive and humourous way; read through it in paragraph 5 or so-there's some great imagery in there. I hope that helps!
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