Jon Stettin’s Blog
The Grade 3 Royal Heroine 2024
A very competitive field of 9 are set to compete in the Grade 3 Royal Heroine over the Santa Anita grass course. We have done well the last few weeks with Encino and Silver Knott so we will see if we can keep rolling. Miss Lizzy will break from the rail and she does bring it just about every time she runs. She does look a bit cheap for these and even her best is
The Grade 2 Elkhorn
Last week we were able to nail The Lexington winner and we will see if we can do it again this Saturday at Keeneland. I’ll look at the Elkhorn for two reasons. I think the favorite will be an underlay and I love turf marathons. The Grey Wizard breaks from the rail off a layoff. He can handle this distance and has won fresh over this course. Saez up helps and I view him as
The Lexington 2024
A field of ten horses are scheduled to go to post for The Lexington on Saturday and why not, a win can get you into the gate on the First Saturday in May. I’ll look at the field and see who I think gets home first here. Secret Chat goes from the rail which is not generally a bad place to be at Keeneland. He has never run a bad one in his three starts
The Blue Grass Stakes 2024
There is just something about the spring meet at Keeneland. With three, no pun intended, important three-year-old races on Saturday it just made sense to go after the 11-horse field in the Blue Grass. No question this is a competitive renewal with implications about who will stake their claims to being among the top sophomores in the division. I’ll look at this wide-open race and provide my thoughts on the field. Top Conor has only
The Florida Derby 2024
Eleven three-year-olds are scheduled to go in the Grade 1 mile and an eighth Florida Derby. The race is not only an important 100-point Derby prep but the staple of the Gulfstream Park Championship meet. It is only fitting South Florida winter based two-year-old champion Fierceness is the headliner. He should go off a well back significant favorite in the wagering, but he is far from a cinch in my view. Hades who also returns