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Stormy West, Sammie Sam Capture FG Opening Day Stakes

Tags: Racing News, Bill Mott, Francisco Torres, Pat Valenzuela, Sammie Sam, Stormy West, Sturges Ducoing, Tom Benson by grahamr | November 14, 2008

NEW ORLEANS, La. (November 14, 2008) - After challenging for command entering the lane, Diana a

Paradise Bound Wins Valentine's Day Feature

Tags: Racing News, Bill Mott, Paradise Bound, Patrick Valenzuela by Graham Ross | February 14, 2010

Live Oak Plantation’s Paradise Bound, allowed to settle just off the pace in Sunday’s $39,000 Fair Grounds feature for maiden fillies and mares, responded willingly when set down for the dr

Nans Joy Captures Thursday FG Feature

Tags: Racing News, Bill Mott, Nans Joy, Robby Albarado by grahamr | January 29, 2009

NEW ORLEANS, La. (January 29, 2009) - Irish-bred Nans Joy rallied outside the early leaders and was up to be best by a length in Thursday's $48,000 allowance optional claiming fea

Roi Maudit Heads Thanksgiving Handicap at Fair Grounds

Tags: Racing News, Bill Mott, Devereux, Pat Valenzuela, Roi Maudit, Steve Asmussen by grahamr | November 23, 2008

NEW ORLEANS, La. (November 23, 2008) - Haras Santa Maria de Araras' Roi Maudit has been tabbed

Honest Pace Assured in Risen Star After Florida Flight Arrival

Tags: Andrew McKeever, Bill Mott, David Cohen, Discreetly Mine, Drosselmeyer, Michelle Lovell, Mountain Justice, Random Move, Steve Klesaris, Tempted to Tapit, Todd Pletcher, Barn Notes by Graham Ross | February 17, 2010

When an equine charter from South Florida touched down in New Orleans at about 11:30 Wednesday morning, a legitimate pace in Saturday’s Grade II Risen Star Stakes at Fair Grounds on Louisiana Derby

Desert Wheat Repeats in Mr. Sulu Stakes

Tags: Racing News, Bill Mott, Desert Wheat, Mr. Sulu by Graham Ross | November 14, 2009

Louisiana-bred Desert Wheat, conditioned by Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott and patiently ridden by Corey Lanerie, came from far back with a strong stretch run to capture Saturday’s featured $

My Baby Baby, Scolara Meet Again in FG's Pago Hop Saturday

Tags: Racing News, Bill Mott, Ken McPeek, My Baby Baby, Pago Hop, Pat Valenzuela, Robby Albarado, Scolara by grahamr | December 04, 2008

NEW ORLEANS, La. (December 4, 2008) - Magdalena Racing et al's My Baby Baby and Haras Santa Maria de Araras' Scolara, second and third respectively in last month's Grade II Mrs.

Discreetly Mine, Drosselmeyer, Ron the Greek All Probable for Louisiana Derby

Tags: Bill Mott, Discreetly Mine, Drosselmeyer, Ron the Greek, Todd Pletcher, Tom Amoss, Barn Notes by Graham Ross | March 17, 2010

Paul Robsham Stables’ Discreetly Mine, winner of Fair Grounds’ Grade II Risen Star Stakes Feb.

Evolutionist Emerges as Expected with Woodchopper Win

Tags: Racing News, Bill Mott, Evolutionist, James Graham by Graham Ross | November 28, 2009

Odds-on Evolutionist, owned by the Kinsman Farm of George M.

Stormy West Unleashes Strong Late Run in Furl Sail Handicap

Tags: Racing News, Bill Mott, Pat Valenzuela, Shytoe Lafeet, Stormy West by grahamr | December 27, 2008

NEW ORLEANS, La. (December 27, 2008) - Diana and Guy Snowden's Stormy West broke through the gate prior to the start, but reloaded and then used a determ

Successful Mission Succeeds in Sunday Feature

Tags: Racing News, Bill Mott, Patrick Valenzuela, Successful Mission by Graham Ross | February 07, 2010

Live Oak Plantation’s Successful Mission won Sunday’s $42,500 feature at Fair Grounds in what New Orleans native hunch players hoped would be prescient of a victory by the New Orleans Saint

Stormy West Wins Again in Marie Krantz Memorial

Tags: Racing News, Bill Mott, Pat Valenzuela, Stormy West by grahamr | January 24, 2009

NEW ORLEANS, La. (January 24, 2009) - Diana and Guy Snowden's Stormy West remained perfect in three stakes starts at Fair Grounds this season when she captured Saturday's $60,000

Desert Wheat Wins Saturday's Mr. Sulu Stakes at FG

Tags: Racing News, Bill Mott, Desert Wheat, Mr. Sulu, Pat Valenzuela by grahamr | November 15, 2008

NEW ORLEANS, La (November 15, 2008) - Wachtel Stables, Brous Stables and J.D.

Ron the Greek, Drosselmeyer Head 12 Entered for Saturday's Grade II Risen Star

Tags: Racing News, Bill Mott, Discreetly Mine, Drosselmeyer, James Graham, Javier Castellano, Kent Desormeaux, Ron the Greek, Todd Pletcher, Tom Amoss by Graham Ross | February 15, 2010

Jack Hammer’s Ron the Greek, hero of Fair Grounds’ Grade III Lecomte Stakes Jan.

Summer Bird Trainer Ice Eyes Mild Upset in Saturday's Mister Sulu

Tags: Attaway Darbonne, Bill Mott, Classy Deelites, Desert Wheat, Don Moran, Jason Boulet, Mike Kaetzel, Summer Bird, Time Ice, Wildrally, Barn Notes by Graham Ross | November 13, 2009

Like a sudden cold front of Arctic air, trainer Tim Ice blasted his way to national prominence in the world of Thoroughbred racing this year by conditioning the sophomore sensation Summer Bi

Classic Campaign Wins Off-Turf Diliberto Memorial

Tags: Racing News, Bill Mott, Brian Hernandez Jr., Buddy, Classic Campaign, George Steinbrenner III by grahamr | November 28, 2008

NEW ORLEANS, La. (November 28, 2008) - Kinsman Stable's Classic Campaign drew clear in the final strides for a 1 1/4-length victory in the third running of the $60,000 "Buddy

Preview Day Invaders Gallop Thursday Morning

Tags: Bill Mott, Blues Street, Devil May Care, Discreetly Mine, Dosselmeyer, Ginny DePasquale, Mike Kaetzel, Steve Klesaris, Tempted to Tapit, Todd Pletcher, Barn Notes by Graham Ross | February 18, 2010

The Todd Pletcher-trained trio of horses who arrived Wednesday in New Orleans for three different graded races on Saturday’s Louisiana Derby Preview Day at Fair Grounds all got the feel of th

Evolutionist Slight Choice in Wide-Open Woodchopper

Tags: Racing News, Bill Mott, Evolutionist, James Graham by Graham Ross | November 26, 2009

Kinsman Stable’s Evolutionist, a promising 3-year-old son of El Prado who appears headed for a future on grass, has been installed as the 5-2 morning line in Saturday’s $60,000 Woodchopper

Stormy West Tops FG's Furl Sail Handicap Saturday

Tags: Racing News, Bill Mott, Blushing K. D., Larry Jones, Pat Valenzuela, Shytoe Lafeet, Stormy West by grahamr | December 22, 2008

NEW ORLEANS, La. (December 22, 2008) - Stormy West, already a stakes winner here this season, returns Saturday as the 7-2 morning line choice in the 37th running of the $60,000 Fu

Desert Wheat Strong Choice in Saturday's Dixie Poker Ace

Tags: Racing News, Bill Mott, Corey Lanerie, Desert Wheat, Ide Like a Double by Graham Ross | January 08, 2010

Desert Wheat, the 7-year-old Louisiana-bred conditioned by Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott and owned by Wachtel Stables, Brous Stables and Jerry Lee, has been installed as the 7-5 morning

Stormy West Heads Saturday's Marie Krantz Memorial

Tags: Racing News, Bill Mott, Larry Jones, Patrick Valenzuela, Shytoe Lafitte, Stormy West by grahamr | January 22, 2009

NEW ORLEANS, La. (January 22, 2009) - Diana and Guy Snowden's Stormy West, twice a stakes winner at the current session, will attempt to make it three in a row as she heads a field