Home. Watching the fifth at Roscommon. Looking at the form for the fifth at Stratford. Checking the scratches for the first at Presque Isle. Waiting for the ninth at Parx where Brie’s Mission makes his debut for Matt Groff and Jack Fisher. A Clancy Bloodstock purchase.
Time ticks as Saratoga looms. Nine days until Opening Day. Eight days until our first deadline. A lot of loose ends. Advertising the loosest. Most loose? The first new advertiser to mention this post gets a discount.
In a lot of ways, publishing the Belmont Special helped. We finalized ads earlier, set up the office earlier, knocked off the writing rust earlier, got in the mood earlier. Hopefully – theoretically – that should help the process next week when we converge for our 24th season of racing coverage. The elephant is at the bottom of the stairs.
