Jon Stettin’s Blog
Saturday Stakes Look February 27th, 2021 Two key Kentucky Derby points races will get a lot of attention on Saturday. The Fountain of Youth will be run at Gulfstream Park, and The Southwest will be run at Oaklawn Park. Both...
2021 The Saudi Cup Anytime you get Grade 1 type horses to race over a track they are not familiar with, in a land they are unfamiliar with, it makes for an interesting horserace. Interesting races often give us value-laden...
2021 Sam F. Davis Stakes Three-year-old colts and geldings looking to get on the Derby Trail will race a mile and a sixteenth over the Tampa Bay Downs strip on Saturday. The race is not known for producing Kentucky Derby...
2021 Derby Preps, The Robert B’ Lewis and Holy Bull While there is still time for a Derby horse to exit a maiden special weight or allowance/conditions race, most eyes are on the point or prep races. There are two...
The 2021 Pegasus World Cup The Pegasus World Cup might not be the world’s richest race anymore and might not have a star-studded field this year, but I think it is a competitive race, and it anchors an all-stakes pick...
The 2021 Lecomte It is always fun to watch the better three-year olds develop and start to sort themselves out. The Grade 3 Lecomte at the Fair Grounds on Saturday will give us a look at some nice three-year olds...
Gauging Races When Life is Good broke his maiden with an impressive performance at Del Mar, he created quite a buzz and bandwagon. I had heard about the colt and that he was really good well before the race, so...
I think we are all glad 2020 is coming to an end. Despite the pandemic, horse racing was able to continue running, and I do not think the sport as a whole received the recognition it deserved for that. I...