Jon Stettin’s Blog
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...
The Tampa Bay Derby I have always been a fan of horses running at Tampa and moving to other tracks. The Tampa track tends to lay dep and heavy even when fast times are produced, and horses come off of...
When a horse like Forte returns as a three-year old there is bound to be excitement and anticipation. Has he gone forward? Is he better at three than he was at two? Is he still the leader of the pack...