Jon Stettin’s Blog

The Hill Prince

Straight three-year olds going a mile and an eighth on the grass in mid-November. I like it.   The Hill Prince at Aqueduct offers just that, and the race came up a bit more competitive than it may appear at first look.   Freedom Trail breaks from the rail and is one of the more experienced runners in the field. He has run in six different stake races albeit winning just one, and that was

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Saturday Where the Turf Meets the Surf

The Breeders’ Cup is in the books. If you want to catch a cool recap and some interesting takeaways you just won’t find, see or hear anywhere else check out ours RIGHT HERE, you’ll probably be glad you did.   We came close to some nice hits, made some mistakes that should have been avoided, but White Abarrio who we loved saved the day and weekend.   Now we’ll move on to the everyday racing

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Breeders’ Cup 2023

One of the biggest mistakes that bettors will make at the Breeders’ Cup this year, and every year for that matter is spreading the bankroll around like it is a smorgasbord. It isn’t, it is your money and your key or at least a part of making you more of it at the Breeders’ Cup. If you spread out your money in every pool out there and go after every sequence, you may have an

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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

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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

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