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The "Rainy Day" Mystery: Stewardship or Self-Interest at the Jockey Club?

POSTED: February 15, 2026

Have you ever gotten involved in something and wanted to get out, but you keep feeling brought back in? A few weeks ago I wrote...

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The Starting Gate Closes: Florida Decoupling, Gulfstream's Crossroads, and the Rise of Tampa Bay Downs

POSTED: February 15, 2026

Decoupling and Its Impact on Florida Horse Racing: Who Wins, Who Loses The Handicapper's Perspective: "I’ve seen some bad beats at Gulfstream, but nothing compares...

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The Gilded Cage: Why The Jockey Club Leadership is Financially Insulated from the Sport’s Decline

POSTED: February 11, 2026

The American Thoroughbred industry is currently a tale of two sports. In one version, the foundation is rotting: foal crops are in a twenty-year nosedive,...

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The Umbrella and the Storm: Why Racing’s Narrative is Protected, Not Progressed

POSTED: February 9, 2026

In our recent exploration, The Illusion of Independence, we pulled back the curtain on the tight-knit relationships that govern horse racing’s "official" narrative. We’ve seen...

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The Ethics Gap: Paco Lopez, Cockfighting, and the Selective Outrage of Horse Racing

POSTED: February 6, 2026

PETA 2 HORSE RACING 0 Almost everyone in the horseracing industry loves to bash PETA. I am not advocating for them here, but many will...

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The Great Data Divide: A Lesson in Communication and Progress

POSTED: February 5, 2026

You Can Lead a Horse to Water, But You Can't Make Them Drink It is no secret that I haven’t pulled any punches lately. When...

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The Illusion of Independence: Connecting the Dots Between the Jockey Club, West Point, and the Media Status Quo

POSTED: February 3, 2026

It was a little insulting My whole life my brother John John has told me "timing is everything" as usual, he's right In this world,...

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Censorship in the Sport of Kings: The TAA’s Non-Disparagement Dilemma

POSTED: February 3, 2026

"Shut Up and Take the Money" In horse racing, we talk a lot about the "finish line." But for the horses, the real race starts...

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The Joker and the Milkman: The Rise of Industrialized Theft in the Sport of Kings: Bone for Tuna

POSTED: February 2, 2026

History often repeats itself, but sometimes it rhymes. In the not all that old days, the "Milkman" was a local legend in the UK who...

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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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