Thanks for the leeway to wallow in the photo-finish blues for two days. Slowly getting over it. Like always, each loss finds its way down the ladder of losses.
Nothing will get close to Eagle Poise in the San Juan Capistrano. A sliver of a nose in the last jump. Like Chris McCarron says when he’s asked how long it took him to get over Alysheba losing the Belmont. “I’ll let you know,” the Hall of Fame jockey says. Yeah, I’ll let you know when I get over losing the San Juan Capistrano. As for Pietrelcina in the maiden claiming $16,000 at Colonial Downs Saturday, I’m slowly getting there. It would help if we had more runners. Action always helps silence the defeats. Even if you don’t win, it’s a distraction.
Looking ahead, Welshman will probably be our next runner in the Lonesome Glory at Aqueduct Sept. 18. Then we should have a strong team heading to Shawan Downs Sept. 27. Hoping for rain.
Looking for races for a few others, Jhirsch, for one.
And looking for new horses, mostly recasting and regrouping for 2026. It’s an endless process. If you’re lucky. And always looking for new partners.
Race of the Day: The Prince of Wales Stakes at Fort Erie. The second leg of the Canadian Triple Crown. King’s Plate winner Mansetti, 5-for-7 on synthetic, and 0-for-1 on dirt, tries to transfer his talent to the main track. The fourth, fifth, sixth, 10th, 13th-place finishers from King’s Plate return. New York-based Dylan Davis travels to ride Scorching, fourth in the King’s Plate. Post time 5:35.
And after winning the StableDuel contest at Kentucky Downs Sunday (still playing with house money from Radnor 2023), I’ve gone back in at Horseshoe Indianapolis. Yeah, chalk and cheese.
