[8/22/26] Past The Wire: Fading Counting Stars in The Alabama and The Bobby Frankel Angle Still Live

A • 29m • 2026 • Sports talk

Before we get to this year's Alabama and Pacific Classic picks, Jon takes you back to 1979 — his very first $1,000 bet, borrowed from strangers at the Saratoga rail, on a filly named It's in the Air. Then it's back to the present: Jon and Big Race Jim (with the app) both look at fading heavy favorite Counting Stars in the Alabama, and a classic Bobby Frankel angle that might still have life in the Pacific Classic at Del Mar.