JON STETTIN
Two Coasts, One Mission
We’ve got Florida-breds at Gulfstream Park and Cal-breds at Santa Anita Park on tap Saturday, and if you’re going to do any damage, you might as well try to do […]
Read MoreThe Sunshine Classic 2026
The Sunshine Classic goes Saturday at Gulfstream Park at a mile and a sixteenth and, on paper, it’s a small but interesting field of six. My eye immediately goes to […]
Read MoreThree-Year-Old Stakes Preview: One Last Statement Before the Derby Trail Gets Serious
Before the Kentucky Derby points races truly separate the men from the boys, this weekend’s three-year-old stakes offer something just as important: intent. These are proving grounds. Horses looking to […]
Read MoreMalibu Stakes Preview – One Last Shot for the Three-Year-Olds
The Malibu Stakes, the final “big race” of the year for three-year-olds, goes Sunday at Santa Anita Park after a rain delay—and it came up loaded. Bob Baffert sends out […]
Read MoreThe Harlan’s Holiday
I’m not sure how we can have a better result than last week but we’ll give it a shot just the same. The Harlan’s Holiday Stakes at Gulfstream Park brings […]
Read MoreThe Inaugural Stakes 2025
The Inaugural Stakes is exactly what its name suggests — the traditional opening punch of the Tampa Bay Downs stakes calendar. First run in 1982, the race has long served […]
Read MoreHollywood Derby Preview
A Deep, Competitive Grade 1 Where the Trip Makes the Difference The Grade 1 Hollywood Derby at Del Mar is one of those races that usually attracts a good field, […]
Read MoreTurning Superfectas Into Exactas: The One-Way Street to Beating a Chaotic Bet
People love to talk about “hitting” the superfecta, as if it’s some solvable math puzzle or a riddle you just haven’t guessed right yet. Let me save you the nonsense: […]
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