Cup of Coffee: Perfect Practice
It was a good work. A good work for any horse. For a jumper, it was go-to-the-window good.
Good Fortune – A.P. Smithwick Stakes Recap
By Joe Clancy
While not quite Walter Matthau and George Burns, Bill Pape and Jonathan Sheppard could probably star in a movie or at least do a bit together.Much more than a horse – Remembering John’s Call
By Joe Clancy
“I hope to live my life as well as he did his own.”Cup of Coffee: Closing Time
Pizza boxes teeter on the top of trash cans. Stall plaques, promising the world a few days earlier, lean against stall doors or hang in solitary, remnants. White kickboards are strewn for pickup and storage until the next show. Muck sacks get thrown in a heap, then filled in a heap, then tossed in a heap.
Three for the Show – A.P. Smithwick Preview
By Joe Clancy
Jonathan Sheppard is not a handicapper. He doesn’t know which one of his three horses in today’s first race will run the best. Doesn’t care either.Cup of Coffee: Progress Report
Ten cards in the books, 30 to go. The things we’ve learned so far . . .
Great Expectations – Fasig Tipton Sales
By Katie Bo Williams
An increase in the buy-back rate from 19.8 to 35 percent comprised part of the discouraging figures from Monday night’s opener at Fasig-Tipton; however, there was trade to be done with a well-placed and appropriately valued horse. It wasn’t all bad.Just Like Dad – Fasig Tipton Sires
By Joe Clancy
In 2007, all of Saratoga talked about Street Sense. The Kentucky Derby winner outgamed Grasshopper to win the Grade I Travers and electrify the old grandstand once again. Jim Tafel smiled. Carl Nafzger talked about it. Calvin Borel whooped it up.Big Finish – Fasig Tipton Sales Night 2
By Sean Clancy
The first night of the Fasig-Tipton Select Sale lacked electricity.Step One – Fasig-Tipton Sales Recap Night 1
By Sean Clancy
It was a horse sale. Nothing spectacular, nothing abominable – at least in relation to the times in which we live.