Sean's Blog

A good start to the weekend with a winner and a second at Laurel yesterday. Koru broke sharply (way better than last time), found a sweet spot in third, moved through on the rail and won by a head. At 3/5, it was a little more tense than anticipated but … Read More

Eight entries over three days. Whew, we love action. And, yes, we looked at the weather. We’ll see what happens. FRIDAY: 12:10. Laurel Park. Race 1. Starter allowance turf. Roja Redemption. 1:06. Laurel Park. Race 3. Waiver maiden claiming turf. Koru. SATURDAY: 12:10. Laurel Park. Race 1. Maiden turf. Lorraine. … Read More

That was the headline of the Saratoga Special Sunday morning. Sovereignty dominated the Belmont Stakes. Check out the story. Page 6.

Who do you like? The Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty, the Preakness winner Journalism, the Derby third Baeza… Read The Belmont Special.

Awakened returned to the races with a solid third in the Grade 1 Beverly R. Steinman at Saratoga Wednesday. Owned by Riverdee and Ten Strike Racing, the 8-year-old slipped through on the inside, got in front and gave us a moment. The son of Curlin felt the burden of top … Read More

Jack Fisher called at 6:55 Tuesday night. You don’t want trainers calling at 6:55 at night. Any night, especially the night before a Grade 1 stakes in Saratoga. “Rosie’s going into labor.” Not what I had on the bingo card. Rosie Watters, wife of jockey Graham Watters and soon-to-be mother, … Read More

Off the turf at Laurel Park today. Roja Redemption will stay home, go for a gallop up Jack Fisher’s synthetic strip and maybe a roll and an easy afternoon in a muddy paddock. No problem. With an early win and a third, he didn’t need to run. We need to … Read More

Juggling and jigging. Wondering and weaving. Monitoring and moving. It’s that time of year. We entered Cyber Ninja for the Cape Henlopen at Delaware Park Saturday. The $200,000 turf stakes has been postponed due to rain. Now, should we look for other races or wait two weeks? We were jumping … Read More

It’s that one moment. That one moment when it could happen. It’s really all you want as a bettor, owner, trainer, jockey, writer, fan in this crazy game we play. That one moment when it’s possible. Palpable. Preferably the later the better. Pietrelcina and Koru gave us those moments yesterday. … Read More