Goodbye to Todd Snider. The singer songwriter died at 59. A confounding end to a complicated life. A too-young old friend. A companion on long road trips and quiet runs and last calls. Miles and I sang his songs together. I hummed along to his songs on my own. I … Read More

Six jump races at Aiken. Five jump races and a flat race at Camden. That’s it. The finale. Solid entries over both cards. A lot of cross entries, which will spread it out a little more before they drop the flag for the Travers Line maiden claimer at Aiken Saturday. … Read More

I’ll Sort That. Lulamba. Fingle Bridge. Nardaran. The Yellow Clay. Jetara. Dinoblue. Found A Fifty. Captain Guinness. Kopek Des Bordes. Just a few of the names on a routine Monday. Navan moved its card because of heavy rain from Saturday to Monday which provides a real bonus to a quiet … Read More

Back home late Thursday night. Empty-handed, although I did find a horse for sale privately. That might take care of the trip. We’ll see. The market for horses in training is strong. Crazy strong. I bid on a few, started to bid on a few, walked up and turned around … Read More

Ventured to Keeneland for the horses in training sale yesterday. I should have read the weather report or road report or some report. Waze took me straight through a whiteout in the West Virginia hills. Not the first time I’ve done that. But we made it. Just. Perused the catalogue, … Read More