Jon Stettin’s Blog

Kentucky Derby prep season continues on Saturday with the Tampa Bay Derby. Tampa Bay is a great racetrack to put a solid foundation in a horse and I always watch horses running back after competing at Tampa. The Tampa Bay...

The Fountain of Youth, part of a cross country all dirt pick 5 with races from Gulfstream Park and Santa Anita may have lost Mo Donegal, but it remains a full competitive field with a lot of options. Opinions are...

If you read Past the Wire, watch Past the Wire TV, listen to our Gate to Wire podcast, read my column here, or follow me on social media then you likely already know I do not make any box wagers....

The three-year olds continue on the Kentucky Derby trail Saturday at Tampa Bay Downs in the Grade 3 Sam F Davis stakes. The race drew a full field of 12 which offers bettors a wide range of horses and angles...

We have two, even potentially three Kentucky Derby prep-races if we only count the stakes for three-year males. Who knows what can come out of a maiden or allowance race and although unlikely it is not a mathematical impossibility. We...

There are many in horseracing who feel the 2022 Pegasus is a two-horse race between Knicks Go and Life is Good. It may be but they still must run the race, and we have all seen these free squares and...

Sure, we would all love to make more money betting less money and nobody I know would argue against that. Well maybe you can argue if you bet more when you win, you’d win more, but betting less to win...

The Tropical Turf Single On Saturday Gulfstream Park will run the Grade 3 Tropical Turf which may serve as somewhat of a preview of the Pegasus World Cup Turf to be run January 29th. Todd Pletcher and Chad Brown both...

Derby Prop Time It is the time of year the focus starts to shift to the three-year olds and the Kentucky Derby trail. The prep races are underway, and we’ll see a few potential ones this weekend. Over the years...