No live racing for us today. But it doesn’t mean we aren’t racing. I’ve got a watch list that spans two columns of a sheet of paper (old school). It starts with the third at Fontainebleau and finishes with the eighth at Charles Town, 6:12 a.m to 8:32 p.m. Ninety-some … Read More

The alerts beep and appear at 9 o’clock every day. The digital calendar and all its glory. Carolina Cup just dropped in from the top of my laptop. A spear through the concentration level. A reminder of racing tomorrow, a reminder that we don’t have any runners at the South … Read More

Counting down the days. Include It aims at the Louis Neilson III apprentice timber at the Cheshire Races Sunday. Trained by Todd and Blair Wyatt and ridden by Elizabeth Scully, the 10-year-old will be our first NSA runner of the season when he takes on four rivals in the $15,000 … Read More

Took in a little action at Piedmont Point-to-Point Saturday. James Wyatt won his first timber race aboard Be Counted. That was the highlight for me. Seeing a kid you’ve watched grow up go out and do something independently and successfully, that’s special. Be Counted, a 11-year-old son of Gio Ponti, … Read More

Back writing after taking a few days off after Cheltenham. A whirlwind trip, complete with every speck of drama that racing can provide. From Sherminator to State Man. Golden Ace to Galopin Des Champs. From Epsom to Sandown. Taunton to Cheltenham. Somewhere along the line of that week, there was … Read More