Jon Stettin’s Blog
The Sunshine Turf Classic 2024
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 goes for the hot Mark Glatt barn and gets a jockey switch to Prat. The 7-year-old gelding doesn’t win much, or even race much for that matter with only 14 lifetime starts, but he does
Saturday Plays January 6th, 2024
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 brings husband Sheldon along to ride. Russell wins races and this son on Maximus Mischief has the perfect stalk and pounce style for his outside draw. I think he will relish the. Cutback from the
Saturday Spots December 30th 2023
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 be in the garden spot with the perfect pace set up if good enough. The back class is there, the barn is on fire, and this guy likes to win when in the right spot.
The H Allen Jerkens, Two Miles on the Turf
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 durable enough to handle it. Frankly, that distance is a challenge under just about any conditions. On Saturday at Gulfstream Park, we will get to see one of the few two-mile races here in the
Pace Play
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 her best late jumps off the page and says here I am. Disco Ebo is speed from the rail. Kant Hurry Love will be stalking in a good spot, but I want someone a bit