Jon Stettin’s Blog
Spot Plays for Saturday October 28th, 2023
Well, we were able to get Vahva home last weekend and pad the Breeders’ Cup bankroll a bit and we’ll see if we can do it again this week. It’s the last weekend before the big show so it is time to start getting serious. One way you can do that is take a look at what the Thorograph Numbers and Patterns have to say about The Breeders’ Cup Classic contenders. You can do that
The Queen Elizabeth II Cup
A full field of 12 is set to go in the Grade 1 QE II Cup at Keeneland. Let’s hope we can pick the right horse in the right race after last week. Cox fooled me he ran the horse I liked at Keeneland in the stake at Aqueduct and won. I hope some of you “made the trip.” I didn’t. Mission of Joy has a nice cozy rail draw and Johnny V up. She’s
The Breeders’ Futurity
The Grade 1 Breeders’ Futurity is one of the more interesting races of the Keeneland Fall meet. We get to see some potential Breeders’ Cup Juvenile horses and some possible contenders for the three-year-old classics next year. All eyes are on this one for sure. A field of 9 is set to go to post. The morning line favorite and likely post time favorite is Locked from the Todd Pletcher barn. He comes off a
The Awesome Again Stakes
Santa Anita the host of this year’s Breeders’ Cup opens Friday. On Saturday they run The Awesome Again which has served as a prep and prelude to the Breeders’ Cup Classic. While it may be true a few horses are heading into The Classic fresh this year, The Awesome Again is an interesting race and horses coming out of it going into The Breeders’ Cup Classic will have the benefit of a recent start over
The Noble Damsel
A lot of people will be watching Parx and The Pensylvania Derby on Saturday. I will be as well bit I will be more focused wagering on The Noble Damsel at Aqueduct where I think a filly who will be a bit overlooked and a nice price is sitting on a big race. This is an important time of the year to be paying attention to the stake races and workouts of the horses who