Jon Stettin’s Blog
Eight three-year-olds are scheduled to race a mile and an eighth on the grass at Belmont in The Pennine Ridge. As we often see in these grass races, especially in New York the pace of lack of is a mystery....
On Saturday at Belmont Park they will run The Soaring Softly at 7 furlongs on the turf. The field is small, but I think I found a spot I like. Lady Beth moves to the grass from a synthetic (Tapeta)...
Saturday they will run the second jewel of The Triple Crown. The Preakness at a mile and three sixteenths is always an interesting race and there have been some classics. Afleet Alex almost falling and still winning comes to mind....
Saturday Plays at Belmont Saturday at Belmont they will run the Man O War, a turf marathon, The Peter Pan, a nice three-year old stake, and The Runhappy a sprint. Something for everybody as they say. For me the Man...
Recently the subject of boxing horses in exactas and triples came up on social media. This is a subject I have written about on Past The Wire and talked about on Past The Wire TV many times. I’ll be the...
There will be a lot of eyes on The Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park on Saturday where Forte will try and keep his position as the early Kentucky Derby favorite. The undercard is filled with stakes and the better wagering...
The Gulfstream Park Championship meet as it is called does not lack for two things: turf sprints and tapeta races. Turf sprints I like, tapeta I have not yet embraced. With the recent announcement Belmont Park will be adding a...
Gulfstream will run both The Hutcheson and the Silks Run on Saturday. The Hutcheson will be run at 7 furlongs on the main track while the Silks Run will go 5 furlongs on the beat-up turf course if the weather...