Sean Clancy

So close. And yet so far. Welshman nearly secured another Grade 1 stakes win for Riverdee Thursday. The 7-year-old pulled hard throughout the 2 1/2 miles of the Aqueduct hurdle stakes. Despite all the early energy expenditure, the son of Flintshire still reached the lead over the last hurdle, opened … Read More

Welshman aims at the Grade 1 Lonesome Glory at Aqueduct today. Post time 1:10. Fresh off a win on the flat at Fair Hill, the son of Flintshire takes on seven rivals (Evie’s Prince is scratched) in the $150,000 stakes. Trained by Jack Fisher and ridden by Graham Watters, the … Read More

“Can I see her walk please?” “That’s good, thanks.” “Great eye.” “Nice walk.” “I like him.” “Should we vet her?” “Next.” Off to the Keeneland Sales today. Start to look at horses tomorrow. Bidding and buying (hopefully) Monday. Book 4 starts Monday at 10 with 420 horses. Hips 2002-2421. Book … Read More

The lights just turned on. Batting practice in the cage. A couple of pitchers stretch their high-school arms with colorful bands clipped to the chain link backstop. Clang. Clang. Clang. Balls ricochet off the top of the cage. A plane flies overheard. The marching band takes a break, they have … Read More

Thanks for the leeway to wallow in the photo-finish blues for two days. Slowly getting over it. Like always, each loss finds its way down the ladder of losses. Nothing will get close to Eagle Poise in the San Juan Capistrano. A sliver of a nose in the last jump. … Read More

Head up. Head down. Short stride. Long stride. Win. Lose. A nose. That’s it. A nose. There is nothing like a nose in horse racing. Pietrelcina rallied along the rail to nail pacesetter Watermelon Crush. But when did he nail him? One of those where you slide off the couch … Read More

Every day, I peruse cards from France, Ireland, England and North America and log the races I want to watch. From a buyer’s perspective, a bettor’s eye and a fan’s view. It’s always an eclectic list. Today’s list spans three columns, a rarity, and is certainly eclectic. La Teste De … Read More

The good thing about having options is you can use them. Cyber Ninja ran evenly in the two-other-than at Kentucky Downs, further confirming his lack of interest on the flat. We’ve kicked around adding blinkers, changing some things but watching him yesterday, he looks like a horse who has had … Read More