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Kentucky Just Changed Everything — And the Sport Doesn't Know It Yet

POSTED: April 2, 2026

HB 904 passed the House 79-15 and the Senate 24-13. It now goes to the Governor — four weeks before the Kentucky Derby. What it...

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DECLARED A “WIN”… BUT READ THE FINE PRINT

POSTED: April 1, 2026

Get your reservation for our annual Kentucky Derby seminar now! Details Here What Churchill Downs says happened vs. what the court actually did On April 1,...

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The Thinking Cap Piece

POSTED: March 31, 2026

A follow-up to: The Billion Dollar Question Nobody Wants to Answer I told you I had some ideas. I do have some ideas, and they’re...

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The Kind Words and Invitations Don't Work

POSTED: March 31, 2026

Get your reservation for our annual Kentucky Derby seminar now! Details Here A Mutiny May Be What It Actually Takes Al Capone once said — and...

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KNOWING A HORSE THAT WON'T WIN

POSTED: March 29, 2026

The Kinahan Cartel, Kieren Fallon, and the Most Dangerous Edge in Racing I have always said it, and I will say it again right here:...

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The Billion Dollar Question Nobody Wants to Answer

POSTED: March 29, 2026

A follow-up to: When the Biggest Bet in the Room Folds Get your reservation for our annual Kentucky Derby seminar now! Details Here So FanDuel is...

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When the Biggest Bet in the Room Folds

POSTED: March 28, 2026

Another day, another "nothing to see here" moment in horse racing. That's how this will be treated in certain corners of the sport. A media...

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Two Sports. Two Standards. One Question.

POSTED: March 27, 2026

Paco Lopez, mocks HISA, skirts suspension, business as usual Sport of Kings, not so fast, pun intended Last week the FIA — Formula 1's governing...

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The Answer to Steve Byk's Question Is Already Written — In The Jockey Club's Own Rule Book

POSTED: March 26, 2026

Photo: Margaret Ransom, The Bridge Sanctuary X feed "Racing a Thoroughbred is a privilege granted by the animal, not a right conferred by ownership. Dominion...

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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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