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FG Oaks Winner Unlimited Budget Joins Triple Crown Fray; Oxbow, Golden Soul, Revolutionary, Palace Malice Also in Saturday's Belmont
NEW ORLEANS (Wednesday, June 5, 2013) – As they were in the in the first two-thirds of the Triple Crown, horses that raced at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots will be prominent in the final leg of the series, Saturday’s $1 million Belmont Stakes (GI) at Belmont Park in New York. Among...
Fair Grounds Alumni Mylute, Departing, Oxbow, Titletown Five Lining Up to Tackle Orb in Saturday's Preakness
NEW ORLEANS (Thursday, May 16, 2013) – If Kentucky Derby winner Orb does not win Saturday’s Preakness Stakes (GI) at Pimlico Race Course and is therefore denied a shot at sweeping the Triple Crown, there is a good chance it will be a horse that raced in New Orleans playing the role of...
Brisnet.com is Your Place for Triple Crown Handicapping Information and Analysis
Looking for the latest news on Kentucky Derby winner Orb's next step on the road to the Triple Crown? Check out Brisnet.com every day for updates from Pimlico Race Course, home of the Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Park, homebase for Orb and site of the Belmont Stakes.
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141st Thoroughbred Racing Season Honors: Delaunay Named Horse of the Meeting
NEW ORLEANS (Thursday, April 25, 2013) – Maggi Moss’s Delaunay, who swept all three of the major stakes for older sprinters, was named Horse of the Meeting for the 141st Thoroughbred Racing Season at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots. Delaunay’s perfect record for the meet included wins...
Orb, Verrazano Vie for Favoritism in Saturday's Kentucky Derby; Seven Fair Grounds Horses Entered
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Wednesday, May 1, 2013) – Stuart Janney III and Phipps Stable’s Orb and the undefeated Verrazano, owned by Let’s Go Stable, Mrs. John Magnier, Michael Tabor and Derrick Smith, headline a stellar field of 20 3-year-olds entered today for Saturday’s 139th running of the...
Slots, Simulcasting Open Evenings During Jazz Fest
NEW ORLEANS (Tuesday, April 23, 2013) – The Slots and the OTB at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots will be open for business every evening during the annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Presented by Shell, also known as Jazz Fest, April 26-28 and May 2-5. Even though the Slots...
Graydar Takes $400,000 New Orleans Handicap (GII)
By Martha Claussen
NEW ORLEANS (Saturday, March 30, 2013) – Twin Creek’s Racing Stable LLC’s Graydar followed up his impressive performance in the Grade I Donn Handicap at Gulfstream Park with another winning effort against some of the nation’s top older horses in Saturday’s $400,000 New...
Unlimited Budget Wins $500,000 Fair Grounds Oaks (GII)
By Graham Ross, Staff Writer
NEW ORLEANS (Saturday, March 30, 2013) – Repole Stables’ Unlimited Budget remains undefeated after posting an impressive 1 3/4-length tally in Saturday’s 45th renewal of the $500,000 Fair Grounds Oaks (GII) on Louisiana Derby Day at Fair Grounds Race Course...
Closing Day Recap: Amoss, Asmussen Tie for Leading Trainer; Napravnik, Moss Top Jockey, Owner; Mylute to Kentucky Derby; Record All-Sources La. Derby Day
NEW ORLEANS (Sunday, March 31, 2013) – At the end of a Closing Day that saw the meet's top two conditioners winning half the races on the card, Tom Amoss and Steve Asmussen finished in a tie for leading trainer honors at the 141st Thoroughbred Racing Season with 42 wins apiece.
For the third...
