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When You Give Horseplayers a Fair Shake, They Bet. Period.

POSTED: June 8, 2026

What Do The NYRA Numbers Tell Us There are not a lot of scenarios in horse racing where you welcome being wrong. This is one...

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What The Belmont Didn't Tell You — But We Will

POSTED: June 7, 2026

A Belmont Week Review: The Good, The Bad, and The Unsaid Saratoga Race Course hosted the Belmont Stakes for the third and final time this...

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The Standard That Racing Wrote — And Chose to Forget

POSTED: June 7, 2026

On June 2, a Kentucky hearing officer issued a recommended order that trainer Maria Borell be granted a license by the Kentucky Horse Racing and...

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If the NBA Can See It, So Can Horse Racing

POSTED: June 4, 2026

The case for AI officiating has arrived. It's time for racing to stop pretending the technology doesn't exist Adam Silver was sitting across from Pat...

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The Litigation Era

POSTED: May 30, 2026

The Sport of Kings Is Being Taken to Court. This Time, the People Suing Are Not Going Away. Horse racing has spent decades managing dissent...

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When Handle Becomes Destructive

POSTED: May 30, 2026

NYRA admitted it gave up as much as 10% of handle to protect the bettor. That admission changes the entire conversation and raises a few...

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Forbes Calls Kentucky Racing's Response to the Ortiz Brothers 'Leadership.' It Isn't.

POSTED: May 29, 2026

Danny Brewer filed a piece for Forbes on May 28, 2026, titled Commitment Makes Kentucky A Leader In Thoroughbred Racing. It is a promotional article...

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The Enforcement Problem HISA Can't Outsource Away

POSTED: May 27, 2026

Two enforcement failures. Two different arms of HISA's regulatory apparatus. One week. Neither failure is a close call. Neither involves disputed science, ambiguous evidence, or...

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The Stewards Looked At The Tape — And Said They Didn't See It

POSTED: May 24, 2026

On Friday, the Maryland Racing Commission stewards who oversaw the Preakness Stakes at Laurel Park issued their finding on Paco Lopez's winning ride aboard Napoleon...

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Welcome to Past The Wire, home of Jonathan Stettin’s column on all that is horse racing, the Sport of Kings! We hope you enjoy  Past The Wire where you will find articles and with tons of insight written by Jonathan Stettin. Jonathan shares his many years of experience as a player, owner and agent in the sport of horse racing with you. Jonathan has a unique approach on the game as we know it today coupled with a keen sense of what is going on in the Sport Of Kings on the daily.

Jonathan has been around the sport of horse racing his entire life. You will find candid interviews with owners, trainers and jockeys as well as his uncensored views on the state of horse racing, betting syndicates, opinion pieces and more. Read more from Jonathan Stettin here and allow him to take you Past The Wire!