Submitted by jimm on March 11, 2011 - 3:32pm
Three new members have been elected to the Fair Grounds Hall of Fame: Steve Asmussen, a nine-time leading trainer at Fair Grounds; Peace Rules, the 2003 Louisiana
Submitted by jimm on September 28, 2010 - 4:27pm
Upon news of Rachel Alexandra’s retirement, Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots announced today that the final prep race for the Fair Grounds Oaks will be named the Rachel Alexandra Stakes in hono
Submitted by jimm on March 22, 2010 - 4:55pm
Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra worked an easy half-mile in 50.40 at Fair Grounds Monday morning in her first timed move since her narrow loss to Arnold Zetcher’s Zardana in the $2
Submitted by jimm on March 21, 2010 - 3:58pm
Graham Ross and Jim Mulvihill
Tom McCarthy’s General Quarters, one of the favorites for Saturday’s Grade II New Orleans Handicap, breezed a half-mile in 49.40 Sunday morning in a move that left his owner-trainer’s Irish
Submitted by jimm on March 19, 2010 - 5:02pm
It was a scary Sunday for owner-trainer Tom McCarthy, but by Friday morning the alarm bells for General Quarters fell silent once again.
Submitted by jimm on March 14, 2010 - 3:22pm
Jess Jackson: “We tried and we really wanted to go (to the Apple Blossom). It’s unfortunate but the timing just wasn’t right. For the health of the horse.
Submitted by jimm on March 14, 2010 - 10:47am
Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra was in good order Sunday, the morning following her second-place finish to Zardana in the $200,000 New Orleans Ladies, and will ship to Oaklawn Park on Mon
Submitted by jimm on March 13, 2010 - 9:20pm
The festive overflow crowd estimated at more than 12,000—the largest since the track’s reopening following Hurricane Katrina—might have thought it was the worst of times, but even in gallant defeat
Submitted by jimm on March 13, 2010 - 7:31pm
STAKES QUOTES
$200,000 New Orleans Ladies
Fillies & mares, 4-year-olds and up, 1 1/16 miles, inaugural running
Submitted by jimm on March 13, 2010 - 12:45pm
These quotes from Saturday morning, as well as the great news at the bottom, were generously shared by Gary McMillen, the excellent New Orleans-based contributor to The Blood-Horse...
