Submitted by jimm on January 1, 2010 - 6:38pm
Fair Grounds will showcase a number of high-class Thoroughbreds this weekend, including 2008 American 1000 Guineas heroine Much Obliged in Saturday’s 37th renewal of the $60,000 Furl Sail Ha
Submitted by jimm on December 7, 2009 - 1:44pm
Eclipse Award-winning trainer Steve Asmussen, who bases his extensive operation at Fair Grounds throughout the New Orleans winter Thoroughbred racing season, broke his own record for number
Submitted by jimm on December 6, 2009 - 6:20pm
Steve Asmussen, defending leading trainer at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots and last year’s Eclipse Award winner as the nation’s top conditioner, won the first race at Remington Park a
Submitted by jimm on December 4, 2009 - 6:37pm
Horse of the Year candidate Rachel Alexandra jogged once the “wrong” way around the Fair Grounds oval Friday morning about 9:30 a.m., with exercise rider Dominic Terry up, accompanied
Submitted by jimm on December 3, 2009 - 6:44pm
Last season’s Louisiana Derby winner Friesan Fire, owned by Vinery Stable and Fox Hill Farm and now conditioned by Steve Asmussen, returned to competition Thursday in Fair Grounds’ fe
Submitted by jimm on November 28, 2009 - 5:06pm
Vinery Stables and Fox Hill Farm’s Friesan Fire, hero of the Grade II Louisiana Derby last March and post time favorite for last spring’s Kentucky Derby, returns to the scene of his greatest
Submitted by jimm on November 27, 2009 - 8:09pm
Stonestreet Stables and Harold McCormick’s Rachel Alexandra arrived at her winter base, Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, without incident late Friday afternoon.
Submitted by jimm on November 22, 2009 - 5:44pm
Euroears vs. Sok Sok. Is Thursday’s 84th running of Fair Grounds’ $60,000 Thanksgiving Handicap a two-horse race?