Sean Clancy

Travers Day. And 64 pages of coverage. Cover Story. Sovereignty makes his sixth cover of the year. The Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes winner takes on four rivals in the Travers.   We’ve got the Travers and the other Saturday stakes covered. New York-bred Iron Dome bumps win streak to three with a romp in … Read more

And look at that, it’s Travers Week. Aired. Nitrogen rises to the top of the 3-year-old filly division with an Alabama romp. Take five. British import Givemefive makes U.S. debut in the Jonathan Sheppard. It hasn’t started to rain. Yet. New York-bred 3-year-olds star in the Fleet Indian and Albany Thursday. A Cup of Coffee … Read more

Where did the time go? It’s week six at Saratoga. Charlie Appleby finally makes an appearance at Saratoga this summer and, wow, what an appearance as Godolphin’s El Cordobes upsets the Grade 1 Sword Dancer. And that makes five. Laurelin improves her record to 5-for-5 for Newstead Farm, Graham Motion and the people’s choice Kendrick … Read more

Riding the wave. After a record sale earlier in the week, New York-breds take center stage. The Special talks to every consignor. Yes, that’s right, every consignor for the 304-horse marketplace. Far Bridge tries to defend his title in the Sword Dancer. Charlie Appleby, with Nations Pride and El Cordobes, makes his long-anticipated appearance at … Read more

You hit the Pick Six. The final Sales Week Special is here. Six in a row and back to your regular scheduled program. Wednesday and Saturday from here on in. $4.1 million…$3 million…$2.9 million…$2.6 million…Let’s just say the first session of the Fasig-Tipton sales hit the mark and the second one went out of the … Read more

Five questions … What’s the score? One down, one to go for Fasig-Tipton. Five down, one to go for The Special. What’s the time? It’s 1:34 in the morning as we type this out. Who’s the session topper? A cool $2.7 million for Hip 37 and another eight yearlings ticked past seven figures. And they … Read more

Bonus Coverage. Four down, two to go in the six-in-a-row skein of racing and sales. Jam session. Bring Theband Home rocks and rolls for Hall of Famers Mark Casse and Javier Castellano in the Troy. 1:00.38 of speed. Mythical trounces four rivals in the Adirondack. Much love mon. Bruce Brown – and Tuba – make their … Read more

Three in a row of six in a row. Hey, Champ. Sierra Leone returns to the top with a last-to-first rally in the Whitney. Next stop, Jockey Club Gold Cup. Deterministic has them crying in the winner’s circle after the Fourstardave. Kilwin puts Rusty Arnold back in the Saratoga spotlight in the Test. Riley Mott … Read more

Fierceness, Sierra Leone and other titans clash in the Grade 1 Whitney. We’ve got John Velazquez, Flavien Prat, Dylan Davis, Joel Rosario, Irad Ortiz Jr. and Sheldon Russell talking strategy for the $1 million stakes. The Saratoga Special, the Fourstardave, the Saratoga Derby and the Test underpin a stellar Saturday in Saratoga. The pendulum swings … Read more

Twenty-one years after taking the sport on an implausible journey, Smarty Jones joins the Hall of Fame. Joe’s feature takes you back to the glory days of the Pennsylvania-bred wunderkind who went 8-for-9 in his far-too-short career. Birdstone. The name still stings. How much rain did we get? Turf racing was washed out Thursday and … Read more