Jon Stettin’s Blog

The 2021 Grade 1 Keeneland Turf Mile If you missed the 70’s and 80’s in horse racing, you truly missed some glory years when the Sport of Kings was so much more than what it has been reduced to today....

The 2021 Grade 1 Keeneland Turf Mile Too often the Sport of Kings has questions with no answers. On better days we have more questions than we do answers. That’s usually not a good place to be. Today I’ll talk...

The 2021 Grade 1 Keeneland Turf Mile It is easy to talk about the big wins and scores and at one point or another most, if not all, of us do it. I remember them all, but we know this...

The 2021 Grade 1 Keeneland Turf Mile This past Saturday we saw the most exciting edition of the Belmont Derby in the short history of the race. Martin Panza, of the New York Racing Association, had a great idea implementing...

The 2021 Grade 1 Keeneland Turf Mile When AmWager asked me to write about either my favorite or the best filly or mare I have personally seen, I knew it would be difficult. The issue is, I have about 20...

The 2021 Grade 1 Keeneland Turf Mile It is one of the oldest sayings around the racetrack. Anyone who has spent time around the game has heard it countless times. It is also one of the most accurate sayings connected...

The 2021 Grade 1 Keeneland Turf Mile Most of the Thoroughbred community is talking about last Saturday’s Belmont Stakes. Not me, I see little point in looking in the rear view and prefer to ponder what’s ahead. Lost in the...

The 2021 Grade 1 Keeneland Turf Mile I always find it curious when so called expert handicappers proclaim to know the winner of a race before it is even drawn. The Kentucky Derby is perhaps the biggest example of this,...

What we are going to do here is go back. Back to a time when racing was much more mainstream. Racetracks were crowded during the week and every Saturday was like a holiday. The atmosphere was almost always electric, especially...