#Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots

Oeuvre winning the Pan Zareta at Fair Ground Dec. 3, 2022. (Lou Hodges Jr./Hodges Photography) Kevin Kilroy/Fair Grounds NEW ORLEANS, La. - Winner of the Pan Zareta Stakes in December, Oeuvre returns to face an oversubscribed field of 13 in Saturday's $100000 Nelson J. Menard for 4-year-old and up fillies and mares going 5 1/2 furlongs at Fair…

Fair Grounds News: Bron and Brow Highlights 1st Gary P. Palmisano Stakes From the Fair Grounds Media Team: Gary Barber's Bron and Brow enters the 1st running of the $75000 Gary P. Palmisano Memorial Stakes after showcasing his best effort to date in a second-level allowance on Dec 15. A field of nine Louisiana-breds will take to the court in…

Trainers have a lot of customary language to go to when describing their horses on a regular basis. One line that is thrown around a lot is - "the horse will tell us when he's ready." Jace's Road was that horse on Saturday at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots for trainer Brad Cox, who was also victorious with the colt Corona Bolt in the $100000…

Notes & Quotes From Gun Runner Stakes & Untappable Stakes: Jace's Road & Pretty Mischievous (Jace's Road / Hughes Photo & Courtesy of the Fairgrounds) From the Fairgrounds Media Team: Trainers have a lot of customary language to go to when describing their horses on a regular basis. One line that is thrown around a lot is - "the horse will tell us…

Moon Swag with Corie Lanerie aboard pulls away to win the Joseph E. "Spanky" Broussard Memorial Stakes at Fair Grounds. (Hodges Photography/Amanda Hodges Weir) Fair Grounds Press Release NEW ORLEANS, La.- Farfellow Farms' Moon Swag relaxed off a sharp early pace and came charging late to win Monday's $100000 Joseph E. "Spanky" Broussard at Fair…

Jace's Road with Florent Geroux aboard wins the $100000 Gun Runner Stakes at Fair Grounds. (Hodges Photography/Amanda Hodges Weir) Fair Grounds Press Release NEW ORLEANS, La.- Trainers have a lot of customary language to go to when describing their horses on a regular basis. One line that is thrown around a lot is - "the horse will tell us when…

Turf racing returns for Monday's "Road to the Derby Kickoff Day" card at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots in New Orleans, La. With the portable rail set at 34 feet, starters will be limited to eight runners for the $100000 Buddy Diliberto Memorial and the female counterpart, the 1 1/16 miles $100000 Blushing K.D. (Race 6). With the same parameters,…

Fair Grounds' Barn Notes: Jace's Road Will Return in Dec. 26 Gun Runner Stakes (The Alys Look will run in the Untappable Stakes / Hodges Photo & Courtesy of the Fair Grounds) From the Fair Grounds Media Team: West Point Thoroughbreds and Albaugh Family Stables' Jace's Road, who finished a good third in the Iroquois (G3) at Churchill Downs two…

Opening weekend at Del Mar ended with a bang when two long shots came home in the final two turf races, and horseplayer Caitlin Oishi was all over it, hitting the Pick 4 for $7620 and placing win bets behind her best opinions to bring her total over $8000. This isn't her first Del Mar big score; she hit a Pick 5 at Fair Grounds bigger than this…

Thanksgiving Day at the Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots is a venerated New Orleans tradition going back more than 150 years. More recently, it has spawned another tradition in Mid-City that goes back … three years: the Human Horse Races. Although Thanksgiving is no longer the actual opening day of the local horse-racing season (that happened Nov.…

With stable star Ova Charged showing the way and Spirited Beauty chasing her home in second, the Brittlyn Stable Star Guitar fillies filled out the exacta in the first running of the 6-furlong $75000 Happy Ticket Stakes for older Louisiana-bred females, one of three restricted stakes run on the opening day Friday program at Fair Grounds Race Course…

The history of 151 years of horse racing at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots can be read in the stakes names, from the Colonel Power to the Rachel Alexandra (G2), the Allen Lacombe to the Buddy Diliberto. That tradition continues with the addition of six new opening weekend restricted stakes, serving as the perfect springboard for Louisiana…

There's a reason we're the #1 trusted source for premium racing picks & info. Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots has announced that 65 stakes worth a combined $8.5 million, up more than $700000 from last season, will be offered during the 80-day, 2022-23 Thoroughbred meet. In each of the 13 unrestricted, non-graded stakes, purses have been increased…

This is Part 2 of my interview with Ryan Pipensger. Go back to see Part 1 first! You say " Trust your process in selecting winners and stick to it. Don't be chasing a different angle or tactic every other bet you place." Can you say more about the importance of this and offer details about how you do this personally? This is where I would say the…