Sean Clancy

The circuit rolls through Ben Venue Farm for the Old Dominion Hounds Point-to-Point Saturday for three sanctioned races and perhaps eight unsanctioned races. We entered seven. Fifty years ago, it went like this (courtesy of the Steeplechasing in America)… The second of the Point-to-Points to be run over the Glenwood … Read More

Anyone near Elkton April 12? Go see Chris Smither at the Elkton Music Hall. Friday night. 8:00. We need all the local venues, live music and folk/blues/rock singers we can find. And we need all the Chris Smithers in the world. Just go. You’re not too tired. You’re not too … Read More

Not a lot of time to decompress in this sport. This world. Digesting and analyzing performances from the weekend. Where should we go next? Who’s fit enough? Who needs another spin? Who rides next? Where and when? Looking to the weekend overnight. We entered six and adding one more at … Read More

Include It returned just where he had left off. A winner. The 9-year-old Maryland-bred has now win six in a row (two point-to-points and four NSA races). Trained to perfection by Todd and Blair Wyatt and ridden to perfection by Elizabeth Scully, the son of Include lagged way behind in … Read More

It’s been a while. Cheltenham provided some of the buzz of racing morning. But not the buzz of having runners (stay tuned, we’ll have runners there next year). And more importantly going to see the runners. I’m a little out of practice. Passes…overnight…binoculars…extra silks…Waze… But it comes back to you. … Read More

We are back in action this weekend. Our first runners of 2024. Snow Geese lines up in the second division of the maiden at Carolina Cup Saturday. Bernie and Kate Dalton put their southern base to good use with a win at Aiken. Hopefully that continues with our promising 4-year-old. … Read More

Congratulations to Upland Flats Racing, trainer Ricky Hendriks and jockey Harrison Beswick on West Newton’s win in the Aiken feature. Purchased for £40,000 by Stroud Coleman and Clancy Bloodstock way back in 2019, the son of Kitten’s Joy won for the fifth time over hurdles. Bred by The Queen, West … Read More