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CDI, LAHBPA Reach ADW Agreement at Fair Grounds

Tags: ADW, Austin Miller, Churchill Downs Incorporated, Louisiana HBPA, Track News, TwinSpires by Anonymous | November 12, 2008

LOUISVILLE, Ky (November 12, 2008) - Officials of Churchill Downs Incorporated (NASDAQ: CHDN) ("CDI") and representatives of the Louisiana Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Asso

FG to Reduce Purses Starting Sunday

Tags: Austin Miller, Eric Halstrom, Track News by Jim Mulvihill | January 26, 2010

Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots will reduce purses of overnight races by nine-percent, effective Sunday, January 31, and trim the value of 12 stakes events.

Later Start on Fridays Among FG March Post Time Changes

Tags: Austin Miller, Fair Grounds, Fridays, post time, Track News by grahamr | February 13, 2009

NEW ORLEANS, La. (February 13, 2009) - For the first time in nearly 20 years, Fair Grounds will offer a mid-afternoon first post time on Fridays, the track announced Friday.

Natalie in New Orleans: Public Defender and Placing Judge

Tags: Austin Miller, Eric Halstrom, Jason Boulet, Mark Guidry, Natalie Brockleback, Stanley Seelig, Barn Notes by GRAHAM ROSS | November 28, 2008

Headlines for Friday, November 28, 2008

Starlight Racing Returns February 19 With Bucktown Allstars

Tags: Austin Miller, Bucktown Allstars, Drago's Seafood Restaurant, Messina's Catering, Miller Lite, Starlight Racing, Track News by Jim Mulvihill | February 10, 2010

Following a successful January debut that packed the Miller Beer Garden chalet with young professionals seeking drink specials and charbroiled oysters, Starlight Racing returns to Fair Groun

Fair Grounds to Offer High-Definition Simulcast Signal

Tags: Austin Miller, Churchill Downs Incorporated, David Loignon, Fair Grounds, high-definition, Simulcasting, Track News by Jim Mulvihill | October 26, 2009

Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots will offer high definition (“HD”) simulcasts of all of its races when the historic New Orleans track opens its 2009-2010 Thoroughbred meet on Nov. 6.

Fair Grounds Cancels Thursday Program

Tags: Austin Miller, canceled, Fair Grounds, Jason Boulet, Track News by grahamr | December 11, 2008

NEW ORLEANS, La. (December 11, 2008) - Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots has canceled its live racing program Thursday because of winter weather and track conditions.

Final Starlight Racing March 19 Features The Nobles

Tags: Austin Miller, Starlight Racing, The Nobles, Track News by Jim Mulvihill | March 03, 2010

The season’s third and final installment of Starlight Racing—a new upscale nightlife experience drawing thousands of novice fans to historic Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots—is set fo

Neighborhood Appreciation Day Jan. 17

Tags: Austin Miller, Neighborhood Appreciation Day, Track News by Jim Mulvihill | January 04, 2010

Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots will show its love for the surrounding Gentilly, Bayou St. John and Mid-City areas with a family-friendly Neighborhood Appreciation Day during the races on Jan.

CDI Promotes Miller to President, Names Halstrom Head of Racing

Tags: Austin Miller, Eric Halstrom, Fair Grounds, Track News by Anonymous | October 27, 2008

LOUISVILLE, Ky (Oct 27, 2008) -- Churchill Downs Incorporated (NASDAQ: CHDN) ("CDI" or "Company") today announced that Austin Miller has been named president of Fair Grou

Fair Grounds Donates Saints Tickets to Young Cancer Patient

Tags: Austin Miller, Drew Brees, Greg Bensel, McKenzie Meaux, Mickey Loomis, New Orleans Saints, Track News by Jim Mulvihill | January 21, 2010

A nine-year-old Drew Brees fan staying at New Orleans’ Patrick F.

Fair Grounds Opens Doors to 'Our New House'

Tags: Austin Miller, Fair Grounds, Grand Opening, slots, Track News by grahamr | November 14, 2008

NEW ORLEANS, La. (November 14, 2008) - With new Fair Grounds president Austin Miller saying, "Welcome to our new house," and gold scissors snipping red and green ribb

Louisiana Derby, Fair Grounds Oaks Logos Released

Tags: Austin Miller, Fair Grounds Oaks, Louisiana Derby, Track News by Jim Mulvihill | February 01, 2010

Official event logos for the 97th Louisiana Derby and the 43rd Fair Grounds Oaks were released Monday by Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots.

Fair Grounds Concludes 137th Season

Tags: Racing News, Austin Miller, Eric Halstrom, Heiligbrodt Racing, Jason Boulet, Robby Albarado, Steve Asmussen by grahamr | March 29, 2009

NEW ORLEANS, La. (March 29, 2009) - Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots concluded its 137th season Sunday, a winter that provided a mixture of new and old.

Randy Soth To Leave Fair Grounds Race Course

Tags: Austin Miller, Fair Grounds, Randy Soth, Track News by Anonymous | August 15, 2008

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Aug. 14, 2008) – Churchill Downs Incorporated (“CDI” or “Company”) (NASDAQ: CHDN) today announced that Randall E.

Starlight Racing an 'Unqualified Success' as Mad Flatter Wins the Feature

Tags: Racing News, Austin Miller, Jeff Thornbury, Mad Flatter, Robby Albarado by Graham Ross | February 19, 2010

The second of three Starlight Racing programs during Fair Grounds’ 2009-2010 Thoroughbred Racing Season Presented by Miller Lite was deemed an “unqualified success” by Fair Grounds president

$13,800 to be Given Away for Anniversary Weekend, Nov. 13-15

Tags: Anniversary, Austin Miller, slots, Track News by Jim Mulvihill | November 10, 2009

Win a share of $13,800 in cash prizes to be given away this weekend as part of the First Anniversary of the Slots facility and the 138th anniversary of Thoroughbred racing at Fair Grounds Race Course

A Grand Day: FG to Open Slots Facility, Racing Season

Tags: Austin Miller, Eric Halstrom, Fair Grounds, Jason Boulet, opening day, slots, Track News by Anonymous | November 12, 2008

NEW ORLEANS, La (November 12, 2008) - They've been racing horses on this site for a century and a half, but Friday will rank among the biggest days in the storied history of Fair Grou

Starlight Racing Kicks Off Friday with The Wise Guys, Drago's and More

Tags: Austin Miller, Drago's, Messina's, Miller Beer, The Wise Guys, Track News by Jim Mulvihill | January 08, 2010

Starlight Racing—a new upscale night racing experience with specialty drinks in the trackside Miller Beer Garden chalet, live music by The Wise Guys, world famous charbroiled oy