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HISA Asked for Comments on Its $74 Million Budget. Here Are Mine

POSTED: July 20, 2026

Jon Stettin The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority has released its proposed 2027 budget and invited the public to comment before the proposal is sent...

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Everything Is a Bet

POSTED: July 20, 2026

Stop Pretending It Isn't Gambling Warren Buffett recently suggeted America has a gambling problem. Coming from perhaps the greatest investor of our time, I understand...

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The Good Old Days of Las Vegas

POSTED: July 19, 2026

When Las Vegas Casino Hosts Had Clout The Good Old Days were not restricted to the '70s and '80s of horse racing, though those two...

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Protect the Brand, Not the Asset: The Playbook Every League Is Running

POSTED: July 15, 2026

Crude Velocity wears down Englishman in the stretch to take the Pat Day Mile, Courtney Snow/Past The Wire Jon Stettin I've spent years around this...

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The Facts Point At The Riders, Not NYRA, Not Saratoga and Not The Stewards

POSTED: July 13, 2026

Nobody has been harder on this sport's governance and accountability than I have. That has been true since Allemuese, a horse wrongly disqualified at Saratoga...

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The Most Untransparent Transparency I Have Ever Seen

POSTED: July 12, 2026

The first piece on Sunday's Race 4 delay at Saratoga stands. Nothing in it needs to be walked back. This is not on Saratoga, the...

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This One Is Not On Saratoga, The Stewards, or NYRA

POSTED: July 12, 2026

Editor's Note: After this piece ran, several people reached out to note that Junior and Kelly Alvarado have gone public, stating this concern was brought...

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The Room Behind the Game

POSTED: July 12, 2026

VAR Was Sold as the Answer to Human Error. Instead, It Hid Human Power Behind Closed Doors While Billions Move on the Decisions. History has...

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The Horse Racing League Is Not Building the Sport. It Is Building a Club.

POSTED: July 10, 2026

Final Gambit (pink cap) tries to catch Sovereignty but no one could. (Jenny Doyle/Past The Wire) Jon Stettin Someone once said, Oh the Humanity, I'm...

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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.

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