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The Bob Hope Didn’t Get Canceled Because of California or Bob Baffert

POSTED: November 25, 2025

They canceled the Bob Hope Stakes at Del Mar. A Grade 3 at a premier meet—gone because it couldn’t fill. Predictably, the finger-pointing started. California....

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It's All About the Horse but What About the Cock

POSTED: November 24, 2025

Whips, Cockfights, and Racing’s Selective Outrage I have always enjoyed, poor choice of words here, starting an article with a quote or two I like....

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HISA AND HIWU: STUMBLED OUT OF THE GATE, STILL LOOKING FOR THE WIRE

POSTED: November 20, 2025

Horse racing finally got what everyone said we needed: a national authority, uniform rules, one rulebook instead of fifty. On paper, HISA and HIWU were...

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Be Careful Crowning a “Great Crop” — The Real Class Emerged Last Year

POSTED: November 20, 2025

The real "great three-year old crop" is not the one they all thought it was People in this game love to be premature. They see...

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Who Gets it Right, Who Gets it Wrong and Why

POSTED: November 18, 2025

A contrast of horse racing regulations between Hong Kong, Japan and the United States For a long time I have heard how Japan and Hong...

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Still Standing Tall: Tampa Bay Downs at 100, and Why It Matters

POSTED: November 11, 2025

A century in, Oldsmar’s racetrack still proves you don’t need casinos, gimmicks, or corporate spin to run the right kind of show. Tampa Bay Downs...

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Patience: The Most Expensive and Most Rewarding Commodity in Horse Racing

POSTED: November 10, 2025

You want a horses full potential, take your time Everybody talks about patience in horse racing, but few actually have it. Everyone likes to say,...

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The Jockey Club’s Tone-Deaf Award: When Marketing Replaces Meaning

POSTED: November 7, 2025

Once Again This is What They Think of You It's been a bit since I have owned any racehorses, and it likely will stay that...

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The Mother Goose by the Thorograph Numbers and Patterns - Past The Wire TV

POSTED: November 6, 2025

Tarifa wins over Gun Song and Pretty Ana in the 2024 Mother Goose, Coglianese Photo https://youtu.be/zjWIh8GVuC0?si=--JlF4sGeI3Vppqq We are not disrespecting The Mother Goose. It used...

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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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