Sean's Blog

That’s about the way to describe yesterday’s A. P. Smithwick. Well, certainly from Awakened’s point of view. Now, if you’re involved with Historic Heart, Proven Innocent…it’s a different story. As for Awakened, he broke off tepidly, trailed, tried to make a little run and wound up sixth. No cheer. No … Read More

Seven weeks…49 days…1,176 hours…70,560 minutes…4,233,600 seconds. Yes, we’ve been counting. Awakened returns today for the Grade 1 A. P. Smithwick at Saratoga. The 2-1 favorite takes on seven rivals in the $150,000 stakes.   The 8-year-old made his seasonal reappearance in the Beverly R. Steinman at Saratoga during the Belmont … Read More

Wayne Cutler always asks. And he always asks his dad and his brother. Just a wink, a nod, a glance to the sky. A little help, boys. Thursday, Cutler switched it up.  The 64-year-old looked up like he always does as the horses approached the gate for the feature but … Read More

Lorraine produced her fourth second in her sixth start for Riverdee Stable and Danielle Hodsdon at Colonial Downs Saturday. Our French-bred filly broke sharply, angled, cleared, stalked, kicked, opened…and got nailed. A half-length. She earned $14,000 for the effort. The 4-year-old filly relishes distance and performed at her best while … Read More

Riverdee won two at Colonial Downs Thursday morning. Roja Redemption settled sweetly in third for Graham Watters, gradually moved forward and drew off under a motionless Watters to score for a solo win. How solo? Announcer Jason Beam declared, “Roja Redemption is extremely, extremely in front.” The son of Flintshire … Read More

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The new week starts on Wednesdays in Saratoga. Two off days, five on days. The Jonathan Kiser kicks it off today. The novice stakes attracted a strong group, led by China Beach. Bernie and Kate Dalton trying to add to an already stellar year. We previewed it and everything else … Read More

A brief respite to run the Boilermaker yesterday. The annual 15K festival in Utica, N.Y. The date falls right every six years when the first Sunday of the meet lines up with the date of the 9.3 mile run. We ran it in 2019, a long time ago. We ran … Read More

Still in history mode as we celebrate 25 years of The Special… We made it back for the second year. It was a close call. Looking back, I guess we broke even the first year. Certainly, didn’t make any money but we somehow, someway, saw a few glimmers of hope … Read More

An answer to a trivia question. Who is the only horse to win three maiden races in a season (possibly a career)? Vintage Year. The son of Point Of Entry won his third maiden race yesterday, storming from the back under Sheldon Russell to upset a maiden turf race at … Read More