Jon Stettin’s Blog

The Fountain of Youth 2024

Nine are scheduled to go to post for The Fountain of Youth on Saturday at Gulfstream Park. Two of the scheduled runners, Speak Easy and Merit are also entered in an allowance race on Friday and as of now we...

Saudi Cup Saturday

It is Saudi Cup Saturday, and there is some nice horse racing across the globe. We’ll look at a few spots and see if we can come up with any plays. The Kentucky Derby points and prep race, The Rebel...

The Royal Delta 2024

The Royal Delta at Gulfstream Park drew a full and competitive field of 11 for the Grade 3 mile and a sixteenth race. The race is what is often referred to as a great betting race and you’ll get no...

The Sam F. Davis Stakes 2024

The Kentucky Derby trail continues with a stop at Tampa Bay Downs on Saturday. Let’s get right to it and look at the field and see what we come up with in the way of contenders and pretenders. El Principito...

The Holy Bull 2024

The Holy Bull at Gulfstream Park on Saturday features the return of two-year-old champion Fierceness who is also the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner. He has been working very good for his three-year-old debut at Palm Beach Downs and is obviously...

The 2024 Pegasus World Cup

It is Pegasus day at Gulfstream Park, and they have quite a good card with plenty of opportunities. We figured we’d do the big one and see how it shakes out. We also did The Pegasus by The Thorograph Numbers...

Saturday Plays January 20th, 2024

We’ll start out west at Santa Anita in the Grade 3 La Canada Stakes. The race drew a small field of six fillies and mares. Midnight Memories from the Bob Baffert barn should take the bulk of the money and...

The Sunshine Turf Classic 2024

California breds will go a mile and an eighth on the grass to close out the Saturday card at Santa Anita. Kings River Knight will be a solid favorite in the wagering, but we’ll take a shot against him. Aligato...

Saturday Plays January 6th, 2024

Three-year olds will go a one turn mile in The Jerome at Aqueduct on Saturday. They only drew 5 horses but only one caught my eye. Regalo has a nice outside draw shipping in from Maryland for Brittany Russell who...