Thrilled to announce that my book 📕 ‘Handicapping Two-Year-Old Thoroughbreds - Consistently Pick Winners in 2YO Maiden Special Weight Races’ is now available on Amazon. Thank you in advance for your support and please share any feedback that you have.
Excited and proud to announce the upcoming release of my first book - ‘Handicapping Two-Year-Old Maidens; Consistently Pick Winners in 2YO Maiden Special Weight Races’. It will be available later this month exclusively on Amazon in both ebook and paperback. I’ll keep you posted.
Opening day tomorrow at The Spa includes an Auction Restricted baby race - same on Friday. I’ll let ya know if I see anything that really interests me, but I’m focused on their first unrestricted 2YO MSW event on Saturday and will have my thorough analysis up on
@PastTheWire
soon
@USASteeplechase
I think that the uptick is due to people like you
@USASteeplechase
that are positive and spread information generously with a first-class approach. Thank you and kudos!!
For those of you that enjoy my content on
@PastTheWire
, I hope and expect to be able to get a few articles out this week to cover the baby events at KY Downs and Da Spa 🎪. Pls stay tuned and I appreciate your patience 🤛
Stoked to share my newly revised & renamed piece ‘2YO Baby Talk’. The first edition is ⬇️ and comes to ya exclusively on the great
@PastTheWire
Please let me know what you think - both good and especially any improvements that you suggest
@jonathanstettin
30 days until til the gates of Saratoga open, this time for a full meet! There is no better race place if you are a fan of the babies (if you aren’t, you should be). Come immerse yourself in the Wonderful World of Two-Year-Olds and follow me and read all my stuff on
@PastTheWire
Congrats to West Coast Stables - your name will be forever etched in the history books and a big congrats to
@gameofsilks
for getting this exciting initiative rolling!
🎉🎉Congratulations to West Coast Stables on winning the First Game Of Silks Race in History!! Bledsoe finished 1st at Keeneland R1 Maiden Special Weight $80k • 4 1/2 • Dirt!!!🎉🎉
The trainer, sire and broodmare stats that we create and use exclusively for 2YO MSW races 🐎 are the best of anything out there…by far…period. Give us a follow. If you are already an ‘Edgie’, show you love with a like. Thank you! 😊
Anyone recognize the colt 🐎 pictured on the front on my book cover? It’s the newly crowned 2024 Belmont Stakes champ DORNOCH breaking 🧨 his maiden at KEE in mid-October last year! I recommend checking out my 📕 so you can get ahead of the curve and be an official Edgie 💪
Thrilled to announce that my book 📕 ‘Handicapping Two-Year-Old Thoroughbreds - Consistently Pick Winners in 2YO Maiden Special Weight Races’ is now available on Amazon. Thank you in advance for your support and please share any feedback that you have.
Please invest one minute ⏰ (or two 2️⃣ at the most) to take a look 👀 at a short piece below 👇 that I penned for
@PastTheWire
pointing out an interesting fact that I noticed when looking at CD’s R2 tomorrow (Friday)
@jonathanstettin
@gameofsilks
This is certainly just the first of many winners for this great sire from
@spendthriftfarm
Proud to have picked her in my piece at
@PastTheWire
, but as I said yesterday, my
#1
goal is to always provide you with actionable and pertinent data on these wonderful two-year-olds! 🐎
CD1 on Thursday promises to be a fun one. Lots of interesting angles that I detail for you in my piece ⬇️👇 on
@PastTheWire
Come learn what my ‘Edgies’ already know - we’ve got by far the best insight on 2YO MSW racing!
@jonathanstettin
@gameofsilks
Sorry, my Edgie friends, I was unable to get an article completed today for
@PastTheWire
for today’s baby events at The Spa (R7 & R9). However, in R7, I am going to watch for
#3
Aristella at 15/1. Her last work was impressive and Mott will occasionally pop in a spot like this.
Winnah 🏆 Winnah 🏆 Chicken 🐓 Dinnah 🍴 Our pick - Austin Cruise - sails down the lane under the Twin Spires to defeat all challengers in R3. Congrats to conditioner Steve Asmussen and jockey
@keithasm7
Another example of why you should be reading
@PastTheWire
@jonathanstettin
2YO Maiden Special racing back at ya this week on Thursday from
@ChurchillDowns
. Be on the lookout 👀 for my piece on
@PastTheWire
. As always, I’ll put forward a pick - but the main purpose of my musing is to share bucket fulls of intel and info for your benefit - Thank You! 😊
Day 1 of
@KYDownsRacing
2024 on Thurs features two MSW Baby and events - R1 & R5 - ($170K purses 💪). Read my piece on
@PastTheWire
below where I break it all down for you and also provide a little bonus on Thursday’s R6 at SAR
@jonathanstettin
@AmWager
It doesn’t look like there are any baby races booked at SAR during their BEL Festival, but the juveys do return to action at CD next Thurs and Friday, R1 and R4, respectively. I’m starting to dig into those unrestricted affairs, so please keep all eyes on the great
@PastTheWire
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R6 at Da Spa 🎪 on Sunday is a race that you want to be a part of. Eight fillies are going 7f and I could make a case for most of them. Don’t attack it empty handed - check out my piece below on
@PastTheWire
@jonathanstettin
@spendthriftfarm
@AmWager
Sorry - wasn’t able to get an article completed today on
@PastTheWire
, but there is a colt at 10/1 on the ML in R1 at SAR today that’s interesting. He’s a FTS Godolphin homebred trained by HOF Bill Mott -
#7
Thunder Roll - and he’s been working well lately. Worth checking out.
Whitney Day on Saturday features two baby races (R1 & R5). Unfortunately, I’m not likely going to be able to get a full article up, but don’t miss the other great coverage for the day provided by Jon and the gang
@PastTheWire
I’m thrilled to be a tiny part of an incredible racing website. Thanks
@PastTheWire
@jonathanstettin
and thanks to his fantastic team! Such nice peeps. If you haven’t checked out the site - you are missing out!
The
@gameofsilks
brings a rocket 🚀 ride of fun, comradery and rewards 💰. Are you in yet? If not - go straight to And also navigate 👇⬇️ to my Silks Reflections piece ⬇️👇
@PastTheWire
@jonathanstettin
@jonathanstettin
is a class act 💯. My hope for 2024 is that even more advertisers realize the great product and outstanding value that he delivers on
@PastTheWire
and his associated YouTube TV channel. If you’ve somehow not checked his stuff out yet, you absolutely need to do so
I like
#4
Skater in R4 today
@KYDownsRacing
. He’s a Winchell homebred trained by Asmussen. Nyquist is his pops and mom is by Tapit - this is her first foal. She was a G3 winner of $232K on the track. He’s a FTS and is 6/1 on the ML. Irad rides.
@PastTheWire
@jonathanstettin
Startin to dive into the baby races on tap this weekend
@KYDownsRacing
, but gotta say that so far tryin to pick a winnah 🏆 there has been like trying to grab a greased watermelon 🍉. Gotta say that I’m excited that
@ChurchillDowns
opens next week 😊
If you do one thing today, make sure that it is to tune into
@ChurchillDowns
R3 - 5:58pm ET. This is the best field of the year for our gorgeous babies 🐎. Read up below on
@PastTheWire
@jonathanstettin
As the number of days in 2023 grow skinny, I wanted to thank all my loyal Edgies for their support of our articles on the great
@pastthewire
. Can’t wait until April when the new crop of babies hit the track.
@jonathanstettin
From the 16 unrestricted 2YO MSW affairs that
@ChurchillDowns
hosted in September, Cox (9 starters) and Asmussen (17 runners) each had three winnahs. Norm Casse (only 3 runners) and McPeek (8 starters) both visited the Winner’s Circle twice
@PastTheWire
@AmWager
@jonathanstettin
I just listened to this. If you haven’t done so, I strongly encourage you to do it right now. Stettin has seen so much in this game - and the best part is that he is willing to share his vast knowledge.
@jonathanstettin
@PastTheWire
Looking forward to four unrestricted 2YO MSW races later this week at da Spa 🎪 - Thurs thru Sat. I’m working now on my analysis of Thursday’s R6 - please be on the 👀 for it on
@PastTheWire
soon. Thank you to all my Outstanding Edgies for your incredible support 💪
The Spa 🎪 will host several 2YO MSW NY State Bred/Foaled races on Wed, Thurs, and Friday and then two unrestricted baby events on Sat (which we are already working on). Sun entries not out yet. So, stay tuned to
@PastTheWire
Quality over Quantity 💪
@jonathanstettin
@AmWager
It was such a pleasure to be involved with Silks racing, 2 of our seven horses owned by my son and myself in the game, whom we never thought would be racing together, did and we ran 1st & 2nd.
I 💕 racing, and now being able to appreciate USA racing which I had never experienced
One of the best days of the year tomorrow, as KEE opens their doors for the kickoff of the 2024 Spring Meet. And you know what that means? Yes! It’s the start of the Baby Races! Check out our post that just went live on
@PastTheWire
@jonathanstettin
Fun facts - of the 40 unrestricted 2YO MSW races contested at SAR 🎪 last year, 22 were won by First-Time starters, 16 were captured by runners making their second start, and only two previously started twice or more. Pletcher was 9/46, Brown - 6/33, Cox - 3/12, & Clement - 3/10
The lid 🧢 lifter today at The Spa 🎪 features the wonderful babies. Be sure to take advantage of the detailed intel that I provide in my piece below on
@PastTheWire
I hope that you make a winning 💰selection 💪
A straight 2YO MSW affair - CD3 tomorrow - just as we like it! Gotta be prepared and who better to give you all the info that you need on the juveniles? So, take a minute or 2️⃣ and please read our piece 👇 on the great
@PastTheWire
@jonathanstettin
This dude graces the cover of my book back when he broke his maiden at KEE in October. Handicapping Two-Year-Old Thoroughbreds: Consistently Pick Winners in 2YO Maiden Special Weight Races
If you have any interest in the Preakness (and who doesn’t?) you need to catch the master as he breaks down the Thoroughgraph numbers of all the likely starters
Wishing all of my wonderful two-year-olds a happy 3rd BDay. Best of luck to each of them next year. And I can’t wait to meet the 2024 class of 2YOs! We’ve got lots of great content on tap for the new year, including a surprise that we’ll be revealing very soon. Stay tuned…
Very similar scheduling this week at CD with the yettowin babies. The boys will run in the 3rd on Thursday and the gals take the stage on Friday in R4. I’m especially anxious for the filly affair on Friday-what a field! Watch for my pieces on
@PastTheWire
@jonathanstettin
Doubling Down welcomes our 1st author to grace the airwaves!
@2YOedge
joins me as we 👀 at a Daily Double featuring all 2yo's on Friday
@keenelandracing
! I dug into
@Equibase
RaceLens and found some interesting stats to help land on a few prices!
The first unrestricted 2YO MSW race at SAR 🎪 is Saturday - Race 7 - and it’s a field of nine exciting colts. I strongly suggest that you take a minute ⏰ and ☑️ out my piece ⬇️ on the great
@PastTheWire
@jonathanstettin
@AmWager
@USASteeplechase
After many of you read my book, several people have reached out to ask if I could also offer up my detailed, historical data on trainers and sires, specific to Two-Year-Old Maiden Special Weight races. So I listened. I expect to have both available in mid-March. More soon…
Please invest one minute ⏰ (or two 2️⃣ at the most) to take a look 👀 at a short piece below 👇 that I penned for
@PastTheWire
pointing out an interesting fact that I noticed when looking at CD’s R2 tomorrow (Friday)
@jonathanstettin
@gameofsilks
Sea Vista (by Street Sense) is a half bro to Nash and he makes his debut Saturday at SAR 🎪 in R5. He’s trained by Brad Cox and is owned by
@godolphin
I haven’t done a full handicap and it looks like a terrific field, but he is interesting.
@PastTheWire
@jonathanstettin
And if that ain’t enough, another one is on the docket for Sunday. So, that’s five wonderful 2YO (two at a mile on the lawn) MSW races in the first four days of the meet
@EllisParkRacing
This is my version of Christmas 🎅 in July!
I’ve been zeroed in on SAR, but wanted to mention a good looking filly
@EllisParkRacing
today - R5.
#12
Presha is a good lookin daughter of Omaha Beach. She sold for $390K in April as a 2YO (after hammering for $40K as a yearling. Tough post position, but shes been working well.
Two unrestricted, juvenile MSW races tomorrow at 🎪. Take a minute and read all the pertinent info and insight on both affairs👇 at the best Horse Racing site in the biz
@PastTheWire
@gameofsilks
@jonathanstettin
Hope that you read my post below, if so, how does $15.24 grab ya? Into Diamonds runs an ultra professional first race and captures
@keeneland
R2 on the lawn. 💪💪💪
@PastTheWire
@jonathanstettin
You asked 🗣️ - we listened 👂 I’ll be sprinkling more info on Broodmare Sires in my ‘Baby Talk’ articles. I’m always trying to put forward as much intel as possible on the babies 🐎 - especially that which can’t be found in the PPs.
R2 at 🎪 tomorrow is a solid 2YO MSW affair. Check out our ‘Picks, Plays and Pontifications’ ⬇️ on the incomparable
@PastTheWire
We wrap all the info and intel into one tidy little package 🎁 for you.
@gameofsilks
@jonathanstettin
The beautiful babies are back today for the start of the last week of the
@ChurchillDowns
Spring Meet - R4 2:13pm ET. Ya gotta check out our revamped ‘2YO Baby Talk’ piece below on
@PastTheWire
- now with even more insight than before! Dig in and enjoy.
@jonathanstettin
Stoked to share my newly revised & renamed piece ‘2YO Baby Talk’. The first edition is ⬇️ and comes to ya exclusively on the great
@PastTheWire
Please let me know what you think - both good and especially any improvements that you suggest
@jonathanstettin
My ‘Baby Talk’ 🐎 piece is detailed and unique and I believe it to be the most thoughtful insight into 2YO MSW races available. ✔️ it out for tomorrow’s (Thursday) CD4 👇. Thank you and Enjoy!
@jonathanstettin
@AmWager
@surebetcoffee
A thorough and well written book on handicapping Two-Year-Old thoroughbred races. Perfect for the beginner or the experienced handicapper. This book has a in-depth review of important factors that make handicapping Two-Year-Old races fun. Can be bought on Amazon.
@2YOedge
Da Spa 🎪 has a Mile & 1/16 Turf affair for baby fillies carded on Thursday R6-and you better believe that we are all over it! Take a well spent few minutes and pls check out my post on
@PastTheWire
below.
@jonathanstettin
@AmWager
@surebetcoffee