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The Conversation That Never Quite Happens

POSTED: March 5, 2026

The Illusion of Unification: Control is Not Stewardship Horse racing talks a lot about transparency. We hear about unity. Collaboration. Leadership. Doing what’s best for...

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The Allegiance Gap: When Keynotes and Ledgers Don’t Align

POSTED: March 4, 2026

Everett Dobson, the new Chairman of The Jockey Club, just delivered a keynote at the HBPA conference in Arkansas. He spoke about "collaboration." He spoke...

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Lasix Didn’t Save Racing — It Masked a Sport in Decline

POSTED: March 3, 2026

There’s a vote today in New York about a full race-day Lasix ban. Some horsemen, according to a recent NYTHA survey reported by Thoroughbred Daily...

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Built to Survive: Governance, Reserves and Racing’s Power Structure

POSTED: March 2, 2026

The math simply doesn't add up. Why would our most powerful institutions sit on record reserves while the industry faces a structural hurricane? If leadership...

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The Jockey Club: Guardian of the Breed… or Guardian of the Reserve?

POSTED: February 27, 2026

Short Arms, Long Speeches Show Them the Money Two of the biggest and most powerful organizations in the industry with significant payrolls are sitting on...

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The Carstanjen Warning: Teeth or Just Bark?

POSTED: February 27, 2026

Who Owns the Kentucky Derby? In typical Past the Wire fashion—uncensored, unfiltered, and always a few lengths ahead of the pack—it's time to pull the...

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The Meeting After the Articles

POSTED: February 26, 2026

It’s always encouraging when the people steering the ship decide to gather on deck and look at the water. Aron Wellman hosted a Zoom today...

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A Look into the Interlocking Governance of American Racing

POSTED: February 26, 2026

The Gilded Circle The More You Look, The More You See There are times in this game when you don’t have to dig very deep....

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The Stud Book’s Ghost Zone: Closing the Pipeline to Guyana and Puerto Rico

POSTED: February 25, 2026

It is a hard truth to swallow, but I can no longer argue that this industry cares about its core customer—the bettor. While I don’t...

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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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