Sean Clancy

NOTE: They have one yellow male left!! ONE!!  How do you solve a problem? Get a bigger one. With our house in the throes and shambles of renovation, we are going to look at a puppy this afternoon. A yellow Labrador Retriever. It was Annie’s idea.  Sean is trying to write every day, for more … Read more

Bring in two. Switch one. Feed eight. Turn out four. Muck four. Bring in two. Turn out one.  Galopin Des Champs. Chacun Pour Soi. Honeysuckle. Sir Gerhard. In between.  Time for scrambled eggs and toast.  Sean is trying to write every day, for more from the Inside Rail, check out the blog’s main page. 

Do you read The Saturday Special? Thoroughbred Racing Calendar Plays of the Day Lingfield. Race 1. 8:11. Moel Arthur has shown glimmers of form in his three starts. The son of Flintshire makes his handicap debut in the opener. At 10-1, he should handle these and get your day off right. Moel Arthur duly obliged at … Read more

It was the first sporting event to pique Miles’ interest. Four years ago, today. Eagles and Patriots. Super Bowl LII. Minneapolis, Minnesota. Five-time champion Tom Brady. Career backup Nick Foles.  I revved up Miles, 9 at the time, about the Super Bowl. I explained the significance of it, explained the frustration of being an Eagles’ … Read more

We are in the process of renovating our house. Long overdue, going all the way back to when we bought the 1860s-original-with-1980s-additions identity crisis about a dozen years ago. Like good horse fanatics, we renovated the bank barn first and put off doing anything to the house.  We could only put it off for so … Read more

2/2/22. With appreciation for today’s date, did you see the last race at Wolverhampton Tuesday? The Play Coral Racing-Super-Series for Free Handicap going 1 1/6 miles attracted just two horses. Golden Sands at 1/6. Havana Goldrush at 4-1.  A two-horse race, 0-80 handicap…I skipped it. And Thoroughbred racing yet again reminded me to never skip … Read more

Monthly resolutions. That was the plan for this year. Instead of the lofty, mostly unattainable yearly resolutions that fade away, I made a resolution to keep it in check, partly, by regrouping and appraising on the 1st of each month. It’s a take on Tim Ferriss who suggested a pro/con list and a look back … Read more

Frank Whiteley Jr. was born on this day. 1915. Jackie Robinson was born on this day. 1919. That’s all I’ve got for today. Sean is trying to write every day, for more from the Inside Rail, check out the blog’s main page.   

Fourteen degrees. Barn duty.  We didn’t look for antique doors yesterday. Truck unhooked, ready to go, when we got the call. Colic. Call the vet. Take temperature. Banamine. Walk. Watch. Hook up the trailer. More medication. Watch. Tube. Watch. Off to the clinic. So far, so good. Horses.  Watched Life Is Good win the Pegasus. … Read more

Cheltenham. Gulfstream. And everything in between. Read the Saturday Special for a cheat sheet.  A few inches of snow. Feathery, light, peaceful. Nothing dramatic. Horses are loving it.  Watched Double Indemnity last night. The Clancy Film Festival.  Miles practicing piano this morning. Talent show looming. Off to look for antique doors in Front Royal. Did … Read more