Jon Stettin’s Blog
On Sunday after some exciting racing on Saturday a lot of people might be focused on football. After all it is week 2 in the NFL and excitement is high. I will be focused on Belmont and the one-mile Pebbles...
The Grade 3 Ladies Sprint at Kentucky Downs Twelve fillies and mares are scheduled to start practically on the turn of this over the hills and through the meadows turf course at Kentucky Downs in the Ladies Sprint. Leave it...
The 2021 Jockey Club Gold Cup There are not a lot of races with the kind of storied history the Jockey Club Gold Cup has. Sadly, of late it has lost some of its previous luster. It was a race...
The 2021 Travers Stakes The Travers, or as they say the midsummer Derby will be run Saturday at legendary Saratoga Race Course. The Feld is led by two year old champion Essential Quality who won the Belmont Stakes and Jim...
The 2021 Grade 1 Alabama Stakes The Alabama has always been one of my favorite stakes not only at the Saratoga meet, but throughout the entire year. Maybe it’s because it is a mile and a quarter compared to the...
Two-year-old stakes at Saratoga are some of the most fun races to watch and the toughest to handicap. Often you have horses who have made only one or two starts, and at times many of them have won them. I...
The 2021 Grade 1 Whitney The Whitney drew a small albeit quality field of 5. Knicks Go looks to have a clear pace advantage and is likely to be bet accordingly. The 6-5 morning line will probably be close to...
The 2021 Jim Dandy Stakes The Jim Dandy at Saratoga on Saturday is a race with serious Travers implications. The odds on favorite is last year’s two-year-old champion and this year’s Belmont winner Essential Quality. Clearly, he is the horse...