Two weeks

In two weeks, we’ll be on deadline. The first deadline of The Saratoga Special 2025. Our 25th season. Imagine that. We embarked on our first year, from an out-of-business yoga studio on Broadway. I recruited four students from Skidmore and realized quickly that creative writing was very different than turf … Read More

Got It

This from my great friend, George Baker. It went something like this….. Day 5 in The Big Brother House dawned overcast, muggy, humid and sultry. A long week of fabulous sport set aside time spent with great mates. A potent mix. But by Saturday morning, the batteries were running a … Read More

SInned

Busy Saturday. My cheat sheet runs to two columns, starting at Compiegne at 7:23, breezing through Royal Ascot, some stakes at Laurel, solid races at Churchill Downs, the Ohio Derby at Thistledown, the Canterbury Derby up north and finishing at Churchill Downs at 11:10. Good thing Miles is in Italy, … Read More

FRiday

Home after a road trip to Lexington. Tough drive home yesterday. Storms off and on all the way. A white-knuckle drive. Glad to be home. Royal Ascot wrapping up its Friday card. I’ll nibble at Nightwalker in the King Edward VII. One day to go. I’ll wade into the Saturday … Read More

25 years

Road trip to Lexington to celebrate 25 years of The Saratoga Special as part of the Keeneland Library’s Lecture Series tonight at 6:30. An Evening with The Saratoga Special This is the 25th season of The Saratoga Special, which will be celebrated with Eclipse Award-winning Turf writers Sean Clancy, Joe Clancy and … Read More

Bloodstock

Clancy Bloodstock finds winners. From 4 furlongs to 32 furlongs, we have unearthed stakes winners around the world. Sure, steeplechasing has proven to be a specialty, but we can find any horse for any job. 

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Riverdee STable

A select racing partnership, Riverdee Stable competes nationally and internationally, aiming at the biggest festivals around the world (Saratoga, Keeneland, Cheltenham, Royal Ascot, etc.). Horses are purchased through public auction or private sale, focusing mainly on horses of racing age but we also buy yearlings and 2-year-olds.

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Roll Of Honor

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Valdez

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Gibralfaro

Eagle Poise

Eagle Poise

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