Jon Stettin’s Blog

The Week Between

It is the week between the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness. Make sure and check out Past the Wire TV, we brought you the best Kentucky Derby content, we have some great stuff coming for the Preakness and some special...

Opportunities Elsewhere

Churchill Downs is not the only racetrack running on Saturday and sometimes when many eyes are focused elsewhere one can find opportunities. I’ll try and do that. At Belmont at Aqueduct which is Aqueduct Green Up caught my eye as...

The Grade 3 Royal Heroine

A very competitive field of 9 are set to compete in the Grade 3 Royal Heroine over the Santa Anita grass course. We have done well the last few weeks with Encino and Silver Knott so we will see if...

The Grade 2 Elkhorn

Last week we were able to nail The Lexington winner and we will see if we can do it again this Saturday at Keeneland. I’ll look at the Elkhorn for two reasons. I think the favorite will be an underlay...

The Lexington 2024

A field of ten horses are scheduled to go to post for The Lexington on Saturday and why not, a win can get you into the gate on the First Saturday in May. I’ll look at the field and see...

The Blue Grass Stakes 2024

There is just something about the spring meet at Keeneland. With three, no pun intended, important three-year-old races on Saturday it just made sense to go after the 11-horse field in the Blue Grass. No question this is a competitive...

The Florida Derby 2024

Eleven three-year-olds are scheduled to go in the Grade 1 mile and an eighth Florida Derby. The race is not only an important 100-point Derby prep but the staple of the Gulfstream Park Championship meet. It is only fitting South...

Sprinting at Santa Anita

The Chosen Vron has been nothing short of a win machine with a huge heart sitting at 15 for 20 lifetime. It seems all he does is win whether against California bred sot in open company. He is 10 for...

The Tampa Bay Derby 2024

I always look twice at horses coming off the Tampa Bay Downs dirt track. I think it is a somewhat quirky track that can play funny, but it gets horses fit and legged up as they say. It is also...