Sean's Blog

Twenty-eight degrees and sunny at 35538. Nine maiden hurdle horses gallop to the first in Southwell’s fourth. Harry Skelton puts Le Fauve on the lead, the field stretches out like a tail from a kite. Quiet day on the racing front. The races-to-watch list goes halfway down one column. Lingfield’s … Read More

Twenty-six degrees, sunny at 35538. Back to work after a whirlwind Thanksgiving break. Dinners. Parties. Dinner parties. Evidently, today is something called Cyber Monday Riverdee has all your shopping needs. Imarajan. Cyber Ninja. Jhirsch. Roja Redemption. American War Hero. All shapes, sizes and prices.

The closest we came to Black Friday was driving to the Midway movie theatre from Rehoboth Beach. Outlets on either side. Shoppers snaking and sniping. Chaos. Gridlock. Honking horns. A few fingers. And expletives. The giving season. Gladiator II. Not as good as I. Thanksgiving done and dusted. A few … Read More

I like how Kim Bailey writes his blog. He leads with the weather. Every day. Plus 3, windy and raining when driving in. 8mm overnight.. Selective watering on the chase track at Doncaster for this weekends meeting! That’s it, simple. He never has to worry about a creative, pithy, catchy … Read More

No entries. No scratches. The Monday/Tuesday tradition has ceased. Well, paused. The nine-month, 27-meet, 36-stop tour has come to a close. Aiken to Aiken. Until March. Time to diversify. Time to regroup. Time to restock. Working on all three. And a long to-do list which had been shelved until after … Read More

End of the road trip. End of the season. Home for the Eagles Sunday night. Disappointing day Saturday. Penicillin Success and Palio pulling up in their respective races. A lost shoe, a bad trip, a lost weekend. Both seem OK. Perhaps, the ground was too loose and too soft. Perhaps. … Read More

Ballyburn won his chasing debut at Punchestown. Steel Ally lugged top weight in a handicap hurdle at Haydock. The Morgiana still to come. I’ll be on the road by then, trying to stay focused on I-20 in South Carolina and not racing in Europe. The American jump season comes to … Read More

One more road trip before the season finishes. The Aiken Steeplechase offers a crescendo. Seven competitive races. Most of the championships are locked up, the trainer’s title still on the line. It will be the first time to the new course for me. Not many courses I haven’t seen in … Read More

Took the long road home Monday. Option A was I-95, straight and true, 30 minutes shorter than Option B, a route north, winding, through the flatlands of South Carolina. The forgotten towns, main streets running perpendicular, a traffic light in a few. An old man sitting on a bench. A … Read More

Another road trip coming to a close. About to get on the road, the long road home. It’s longer when you don’t win. It’s that simple. We didn’t win. King Tsunami ran hard to finish third, came back lame with a grabbed quarter. Enough to explain his tame finish. Cool, … Read More