Jon Stettin’s Blog
I don’t know about you, but I have a hard time calling any race at Kentucky Downs a sprint. I don’t care if it is 4 furlongs, over that course to me nothing is a sprint. That includes The Grade...
The Pacific Classic drew a full field of 11 including three promising three-year-olds tackling older foes as the Breeders’ Cup Classic get closer. With Arcangelo stamping himself at the head of the three-year-old class, at least for now with a...
The Travers turned out to be quite the race this year. We have The Derby winner, The Preakness winner, and The Belmont winner. The others are not exactly slouches either. It is an exciting race and will go a long...
It is Alabama Day at Saratoga, but you’d be hard pressed to argue the racing at Del Mar this year has not been better than the Spa and I decided to go west where the turf meets the surf. The...
The one-mile Fourstardave a Grade 1 named for a perennial Saratoga Horse for Course will be run Saturday. The race drew a field of 7, and as of now it is still scheduled to stay on the grass. It’s Saratoga...
The Whitney is always one of the better races of the year and gets a lot of attention. Although it is not typically a prep for The Travers like The Jim Dandy I do remember when Alydar won it after...
A field of 5 three-year olds are set to go to post for the traditional Travers prep, a big race on its own, The Jim Dandy on Saturday. Two of the 5. Come out of The Belmont Stakes. 3 of...
The Haskell is a cool million-dollar Grade 1 that drew a sharp field of eight three-year olds. It is disrespectful to call it a prep for The Travers but it has somewhat evolved into that while still maintaining a fair...
The first few days at Saratoga are always exciting. Most of us wait for the meet all year long and when it comes, we are more than ready no pun intended. The first stake of the meet, the two-year-old filly...