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The 2015 Horse Racing Season in Review

POSTED: December 23, 2015

As the 2015 horse racing season winds down, I think there are some positive signs to focus on, instead of the usual negativity and problems....

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Those Were the Days: Horse Racing Memories

POSTED: December 15, 2015

I’m not quite sure why but find myself in a reminiscent kind of mood today. I thought for this week’s column I would share some...

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Pace Makes the Race: The Defeat of American Pharoah

POSTED: December 8, 2015

  We’ve all heard it countless times before: “Pace makes the race.” There is little question the pace of a thoroughbred horse race has a...

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Thanksgiving Roundup 2015

POSTED: November 25, 2015

With Thanksgiving 2015 upon us and the holiday season into full swing, I thought it would be a good time to wrap up some issues,...

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How to Start Handicapping

POSTED: October 13, 2015

The mutual window where Jonathan’s Dad worked for many years. Jon practically grew up hanging around that window as a young boy and teenager. It...

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Do Stats Lie?

POSTED: September 4, 2015

In many prior columns I’ve discussed the wide array of information available to today’s handicapper. We all look at the same information, but we come...

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The Hits Just Keep on Comin' at Saratoga, Del Mar

POSTED: August 12, 2015

Between Saratoga and Del Mar the racing this summer has been nothing short of fantastic. If we are not treated to a historic performance, then...

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Horse Racing Isn't Dead

POSTED: August 5, 2015

Irad Ortiz Jr. celebrates after riding Lady Eli to victory in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf horse race at Santa Anita Park on Friday,...

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He's Comin' Down: A Word About Disqualifications

POSTED: July 28, 2015

Norberto shows 'em how it's done Four days into the 2015 Saratoga meet we have already been treated to some world class racing. There have...

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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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