Jon Stettin’s Blog
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...
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...
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...
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...
Starting things off out West down the hill at Santa Anita I’m a Gambler looks interesting in the Grade 2 Joe Hernandez. The 4-year-old gelding takes blinkers off after a subpar effort and adds Frankie. He looks like he will...
We don’t run many two-mile races here in the US. Turf, dirt, synthetic, it doesn’t really matter it is a distance we just don’t race at much. We don’t really breed horses to go that far anymore, nor to be...
They say pace makes the race and we have all seen that hold true often enough. There is plenty of speed signed on in The Garland of Roses Saturday at Aqueduct and for me a filly who should be running...
The Cigar Mile drew a full field of 12. Not bad for one of the last remaining major races on the 2023 calendar year. The field looks competitive, and we’ll see how it shapes up and where we land. Coastal...
I hope everyone had as Happy a Thanksgiving as they could. All the best to all of you and yours. To the matters at hand. Let’s see if we can find a few live horses on Saturday. In the Grade...