Sean's Blog

24528 We’re sorry for the inconvenience, but your flight DL5064 from LGA was canceled. You’re rebooked on DL4635 on Jul 17 at 12:14 pm, with your connecting flight DL5333 on Jul 17 at 3:17 pm and no further action from you is required. Well, there might be some further action … Read More

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

Day after day. Set after set. Horse after horse. Story after story. Race after race. Summer after summer. This right here in your hand has been in my head. The Saratoga Special, a daily newspaper covering it all for the six weeks at Saratoga.  It’s been in there, rocking and … Read More

Chasing bids at sales around the world. Underbidder on one at Tattersalls at 4:30 in the morning. Hard to get back to bed after that. The 3-year-old Kentucky-bred goes off to Bahrain. He would have liked Kentucky Downs. Researched and followed a few at Fasig-Tipton, to no avail, as prices … Read More

Jhirsch went too fast, too early at Saratoga yesterday. Not anyone’s fault, just the way races go sometimes. We knew we wanted to go forward and get over, which Jose Lezcano did, but there was pressure from Willintoriskitall and Sky Masterson as the field ripped down the backside. The first … Read More

Each year, they sneak up on you. You know they’re out there but never quite sure where. It’s not like you look for them or wait for them or think about them. Then they appear, around the long, slow, descending left bend on the Northway. Usually at dusk, sun fading … Read More

It’s that time of year. Earlier than ever. Off to Saratoga today to catch the ninth tomorrow. Jhirsch making his Riverdee debut at Saratoga. Whew. This was the plan, or part of the plan, when we bought him. A steeplechase prospect down the road, but for now, a New York-bred … Read More