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Untapable Named Horse of the Meet for 142nd Thoroughbred Racing Season
Winchell Thoroughbreds’ Untapable, 7 ¾-length heroine of Saturday’s 48th running of the prestigious Grade II Fair Grounds Oaks and 9 ½-length winner of the Grade III Rachel Alexandra Stakes before that, has been named Horse of the Meeting for the 142nd season at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots...
Stakes Recap: Skyring Surprises in Mervin Muniz Memorial
Calumet Farm’s Skyring broke in full stride to make all the pace in Saturday’s Grade II Mervin Muniz Memorial Handicap over the soft Stall Wilson turf course at Fair Grounds Race Course under jockey Joe Rocco and came home a neck in front of Wachtel Stable et al.’s Amira’s Prince, who won this race...
Vicar's In Trouble Rules Again in Louisiana Derby
Ken and Sarah Ramsey’s Vicar’s in Trouble, so impressive winning the Grade III Lecomte Stakes here by 6 ¾-lengths Jan. 18 but compromised by an unfavorable outside post in the Grade II Risen Star Stakes Feb. 22 when he finished third, returned to his winning ways with 3 ½-length front-running...
Stakes Recap: Statebred Stars Shine on LA Derby Undercard
GOLD APPOINTMENT WIRES CRESCENT CITY DERBY -- In a race loaded with early pace on paper, it was owner-trainer Robert J. Rockwell’s Gold Appointment who proved he was quickest early and that he was courageous late, extending his lead in the lane en route to a four length score in the $75,000...
Stakes Recap: New Orleans Handicap
Dogwood Stable’s Palace Malice, unsuccessful in two starts in New Orleans last season during his sophomore season, returned as a grownup this year to capture Saturday’s Grade II New Orleans Handicap at Fair Grounds Race & Slots by 4 ¾-lengths as the choice of the fans.
After winning last year’s...
Untapable 'Unstopable' in Fair Grounds Oaks
Winchell Thoroughbreds Untapable proved no disappointment to the fans that backed her down to 1-2 favoritism in Saturday’s Grade II Fair Grounds Oaks at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots.
The daughter of Tapit, who won the Grade II Rachel Alexandra Stakes here Feb. 22 by 9 ½-lengths, took this $...
Barn Notes: Friday, March 28
IN TODAY'S NOTES: Pletcher's Trio Tuning Up For Saturday's Show; Reminder: Post Time for Saturday's Louisiana Derby Day at 12:30pm; FG Announcer John Dooley Readies for Unusual Derby Match-Up; Veteran Jockey Mark Guidry to Retire From the Saddle This Weekend
Starlight Racing and Jack Wolf’s...
Barn Notes: Thursday, March 27
IN TODAY'S NOTES: Louisiana Derby Day Adds Three Restricted Stakes -- Montbrooks Miracle Slight Choice in $75,000 Crescent City Derby; Closing Report Meets Designer Legs in $75,000 Crescent City Oaks; Skip the Pinot and Populist Politics Favored in $60,000 Dixie Poker Ace
In addition Saturday’s...
Stakes Advance: Palace Malice Favored in New Orleans Handicap
Dogwood Stable’s Palace Malice, hero of last spring’s Belmont Stakes as the final jewel of racing’s 2013 Triple Crown, will go to the post in Saturday’s Grade II New Orleans Handicap with 121 pounds and the favorite’s mantle in the field of eight older horses.
The New Orleans Handicap, contested at...
Stakes Advance: Real Solution Heads Mervin Muniz Memorial
Ken and Sarah Ramsey’s Real Solution, adjudged winner of last summer’s Grade I Arlington Million, will shoulder the top impost of 122 pounds including three-time Fair Grounds’ defending jockey champion Rosie Napravnik in Saturday’s Grade II Mervin Muniz Memorial Handicap, annually the centerpiece...
