Jon Stettin’s Blog
The Tampa Bay Derby 2024
I always look twice at horses coming off the Tampa Bay Downs dirt track. I think it is a somewhat quirky track that can play funny, but it gets horses fit and legged up as they say. It is also looked at as somewhat second or third tier so often those horses are overlooked at some of the bigger meets. On Saturday I will be looking directly at Tampa as we have The Tampa Bay
The Fountain of Youth 2024
Nine are scheduled to go to post for The Fountain of Youth on Saturday at Gulfstream Park. Two of the scheduled runners, Speak Easy and Merit are also entered in an allowance race on Friday and as of now we don’t know where each will start. That is an important factor to consider as both have some early speed and one or both coming out of The Fountain of Youth will impact the pace.
Saudi Cup Saturday
It is Saudi Cup Saturday, and there is some nice horse racing across the globe. We’ll look at a few spots and see if we can come up with any plays. The Kentucky Derby points and prep race, The Rebel came up light in my view despite the generous one million dollar plus purse. I’ll just be watching that one. Over in the desert in The Howden Neom Turf Cup there were three horses who
The Royal Delta 2024
The Royal Delta at Gulfstream Park drew a full and competitive field of 11 for the Grade 3 mile and a sixteenth race. The race is what is often referred to as a great betting race and you’ll get no argument from me on that. There is no clear-cut or I should say outstanding favorite, and the race is filled with options. Soul of an Angel goes from the rail and will be a big
The Sam F. Davis Stakes 2024
The Kentucky Derby trail continues with a stop at Tampa Bay Downs on Saturday. Let’s get right to it and look at the field and see what we come up with in the way of contenders and pretenders. El Principito looks like he will or may flash some speed from the rail but that is about it. He looks a cut below and not up to this task. Tireless went on Lasix to break his