Sean's Blog

What a word. And what a goal. OK, we haven’t mastered daily here. But here goes. It’s been a few days. Somehow, Friday turned to Saturday which turned to Sunday…and now it’s Tuesday. Snowy morning, but all gone now. The Racing Post hit a few chords this morning. Our friend … Read More

Foxfield has become one of the bright lights in steeplechasing. The venerable meet hit hard times and has bounced back. Thank you to a dedicated team of steeplechase loyalists. With the tough loss of Queen’s Cup this spring, Foxfield stepped up to host the novice stakes, part of a seven-race … Read More

Here goes. Time to get to work. Write every day. Hey, everybody needs a goal. They say we gain one hour of sunlight during February. At least that’s what the Saratoga Stryders informed us this week in their weekly newsletter. I skimmed it and deleted it. But I noted the … Read More

Well, here goes. About to hit the publish button on the brand-new Riverdee Stable Website. I guess, if you’re reading this, it worked. It’s been a long time in coming – and a longer time in editing, creating, designing and dreaming. I know better than making a bunch of promises. … Read More

The first Saturday in May…the last Saturday in May. It’s Gold Cup Day. In the midst of a hot, dry spell, somehow, the rain has come over the past two days. Good for some. Bad for a few. And questionable for others.

Richard Farquhar, of Walking the Courses (read a feature on his amazing walk here), organizes a Masters competition for charity. Pick four players, best cumulative score wins. Now I’ve gone to Masters dot com and am tracking Simpson, Oosthuizen, Rahm, Dechambeau, Day, Im, Hatton and

Hey, how’d it go on Whitney Day? 

Reinvestment Risk emerges as the talking horse who talks in the first…Everfast enjoys a class relief…Midnight Bisou gets beat…Vexatious, yeah, Vexatious

Has it hit you? Like, really, hit you. Like, stop-and-sink hit you.  It hadn’t fully hit me until a couple of phone calls and emails this week, ones that hung in the air, stopped me in mid-sentence, mid-scroll. Ones that made me ponder life, made me wistful for better days, … Read More