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Fair Grounds Slots, Simulcasting Open Evenings During Jazz Fest
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NEW ORLEANS (Thursday, April 19, 2012) – The state-of-the-art slot-machine facility and the Grandstand OTB at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots will...
Tastings at the Track: Wine Tasting Series Returns to Fair Grounds May 17
NEW ORLEANS (Tuesday, April 17, 2012) – Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, located at 1751 Gentilly Blvd., kicks off its 2012 “Tastings at the Track” wine tasting series on May 17, a Thursday, from 6 to 8 p.m., with “Springtime Sippers – Elegant Reds, Lively Whites & Delightful Rosés.”...
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Nates Mineshaft Named Horse of the Meet, Other Divisional Honors Announced
NEW ORLEANS (Thursday, April 5, 2012) – Windy Hill Farms’ Nates Mineshaft, winner of the $400,000 New Orleans Handicap (Gr. II) and the $125,000 Mineshaft Handicap (Gr. III), was named Horse of the Meet for the recently concluded 140th Thoroughbred Racing Season at Fair Grounds Race Course...
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Louisiana Derby Undercard Recap: Nates Mineshaft, Casino Host, Star Guitar, Gantry, Look At the Time & Kissimmee Kyle
NEW ORLEANS (Sunday, April 01, 2012) – Windy Hill Farms’ Nates Mineshaft dominated what was billed as one of the deepest renewals of the Grade II New Orleans Handicap and beat the last two Louisiana Derby winners in the process, drawing off to a 7 1/4-length win in track record time.
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Hero of Order Pulls Off $220 Upset in 99th Louisiana Derby
By Graham Ross, Staff Writer
NEW ORLEANS (Sunday, April 01, 2012) – Gennadi Dorochenko, the diminutive Russian-born owner-trainer with a grip of iron and a tireless work ethic, proved that hard labor pays off by winning Sunday’s 99th running of the $1 million Louisiana Derby, richest race of the...