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Kentucky Derby To Be Shown On Jazz Fest Big Screen

Tags: Fair Grounds, Jazz Fest, Jimmy Buffett, Kentucky Derby, Pyro, Recapturetheglory, Track News, Z Fortune by Anonymous | May 01, 2008
NEW ORLEANS, La. (May 1, 2008) - The largest crowd to watch the 134th running of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum!

Fair Grounds Concludes Inaugural Quarter Horse Meet

Tags: Fair Grounds, Janet Van Bebber, Juan Vasquez, Quarter Horse, Snowy Alibi, Track News, Vieux Carre Stakes by Anonymous | August 24, 2008
NEW ORLEANS, La (August 24, 2008) - The inaugural Quarter Horse meet at Fair Grounds concluded Sunday, leaving both track officials and horsemen pleased.

One Customer Wins $181K On Fair Grounds Pick 6

Tags: Racing News, carryover, Fair Grounds, Francisco Torres, Pick 6, Ralph Nicks, Sharbat by Anonymous | December 22, 2008
NEW ORLEANS, La. (December 22, 2008) - Despite four winners at odds of 8-1 or higher, one TwinSpires.com customer in Washington took down Fair Grounds' Pick 6 on Monday for a record p

Jason Boulet Named Racing Secretary At Fair Grounds

Tags: Fair Grounds, Jason Boulet, racing secretary, Track News by Anonymous | July 23, 2008
NEW ORLEANS, La (July 23, 2008) - Louisiana native Jason Boulet has been named racing secretary at Fair Grounds, track president Randy Soth announced Wednesday.

Second Annual eBay Auction For Thanksgiving Dining Continues

Tags: eBay, Fair Grounds, Thanksgiving, Track News by Anonymous | November 11, 2008
NEW ORLEANS, La (November 10, 2008) - The second annual online auction for clubhouse dining room accommodations on Thanksgiving Day at Fair Grounds will continue this week.

Mulvihill Named Communications and Pari-mutuel Marketing Manager

Tags: Fair Grounds, Jim Mulvihill, Track News by Mark Conner | October 27, 2009
Jim Mulvihill, a New Orleans native, has been named Communications and Pari-mutuel Marketing Manager at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots.

Fair Grounds Moves Up Start Date For 2008-09

Tags: Fair Grounds, Randy Soth, Thanksgiving, Track News by Anonymous | April 18, 2008
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Update on Wagering on California Racing

Tags: Fair Grounds, Golden Gate, Santa Anita, Thoroughbred Owners of California, Track News by Anonymous | January 23, 2009
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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.

Fair Grounds Continues Growth as Meet Opens Friday

Tags: Racing News, Fair Grounds, Jamie Theriot, Louisiana Derby, opening day, Steve Asmussen by Anonymous | November 12, 2008
NEW ORLEANS, La (November 12, 2008) - Fair Grounds continues its increasingly exciting growth pattern when the 137th live Thoroughbred race meeting at the nation's third-oldest track

Fair Grounds Re-Launches Web Site

Tags: Fair Grounds, horse racing, Randy Soth, slots, Track News, video poker by Anonymous | June 04, 2008
NEW ORLEANS, La. (June 4, 2008) - Fair Grounds' official Web site was re-launched Wednesday.

Fair Grounds Announces 2008-09 Stakes Schedule

Tags: Racing News, Fair Grounds, Louisiana Derby, stakes by Anonymous | September 24, 2008
NEW ORLEANS, La (September 24, 2008) - Major event days are once again the highlight of Fair Grounds' 2008-09 stakes schedule announced Wednesday.

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.

Inaugural FG Quarter Horse Meet Opens Wednesday

Tags: Racing News, Alfonso Lujan, Alvin Brossette, City Park Stakes, Danny Lavergne, Fair Grounds, Gilbert Ortiz, Heath Taylor, Janet Van Bebber, John Hamilton, Orlando Baldillez, Quarter Horses by Anonymous | August 19, 2008
NEW ORLEANS, La (August 19, 2008) - A new rite of summer begins Wednesday with the opening of the inaugural Quarter Horse meet at Fair Grounds.

Fair Grounds Unveils Grand Opening Original Painting

Tags: Fair Grounds, Grand Opening, Original Painting, Thomas, Track News by grahamr | November 14, 2008
NEW ORLEANS, La (November 14, 2008) - Thomas "Tuna" Seither is known in New Orleans for his colorful posters for such prestigious sporting events as the Crescent City Classi

Fair Grounds To Hold Inaugural Quarter Horse Meet In August

Tags: Racing News, Fair Grounds, Quarter Horse, Randy Soth by Anonymous | June 19, 2008
NEW ORLEANS, La. (June 19, 2008) - Fair Grounds, the third-oldest home of Thoroughbred racing in the United States, will become the newest home of Quarter Horse racing

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

'Big Brother' Open Casting Call Saturday

Tags: Big Brother, CBS, Fair Grounds, Track News by Anonymous | April 01, 2009
NEW ORLEANS, LA (April 1, 2009) - Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots will host an open casting call for the 11th season of the popular CBS series "Big Brother" Saturday from noon-4

Favorites Fall In FG Stakes Saturday

Tags: Racing News, A Lil Tres Seis, Alfonso Lujan, Alvin Brossette, Fair Grounds, First Down Toro, Heath Taylor, Janet Van Bebber, Jarrod Deschamp, John Hamilton, McM Dozen Dasher, Quarter Horse by Anonymous | August 23, 2008
NEW ORLEANS, La (August 23, 2008) - It was a bad day for odds-on favorites Saturday at Fair Grounds, as the prohibitive choices of the public were beaten in all three Quarter Horse stakes.

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.

New Orleans Man Wins $547,821 Slot Jackpot At Fair Grounds

Tags: Fair Grounds, jackpot, slots, Track News, Wheel of Fortune by Anonymous | July 12, 2008
NEW ORLEANS, La. (July 12, 2008) - Jimmy Burse, a New Orleans-area construction worker, became the biggest winner in the 10-month history of Fair Grounds Race Course and Slots when he hit a

eBay Auction for Thanksgiving Dining -- Now Through Sunday

Tags: eBay, Fair Grounds, Thanksgiving, Track News by Anonymous | November 03, 2008
NEW ORLEANS, La (November 3, 2008) -- The second annual online auction of seats to the most popular Thanksgiving dinner in New Orleans is underway and continues through Sunday.

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 Ties Plentiful At Kentucky Derby

Tags: Racing News, Denis of Cork, Eight Belles, Fair Grounds, Kentucky Derby, Louisiana Derby, Pyro, Recapturetheglory, Tale of Ekati, Visionaire, Z Fortune by Anonymous | April 30, 2008
NEW ORLEANS, La. (April 30, 2008) - Led by Louisiana Derby winner Pyro, seven horses who raced at Fair Grounds this winter were entered for Saturday's 134th Kentucky Derby

Fair Grounds, OTB Locations To Close Temporarily

Tags: Fair Grounds, Hurricane Gustav, OTB, slots, Track News by Anonymous | August 29, 2008
NEW ORLEANS, La (August 29, 2008)

Fair Grounds To Allow Ship-Ins Again Beginning Wednesday

Tags: Racing News, Dallas Stewart, equine herpes virus, Eric Halstrom, Fair Grounds, Neil Howard, ship-ins by Anonymous | December 29, 2008
NEW ORLEANS, La. (December 29, 2008) - While a barn in Fair Grounds' stable area remains under a Louisiana State Racing Commission quarantine, the commission will again allow hor

Countdown To Quarter Horse Meet Underway

Tags: Racing News, Fair Grounds, Quarter Horses by Anonymous | August 11, 2008
NEW ORLEANS, La. (August 11, 2008) - Live racing at Fair Grounds, usually reserved for the winter, is about to be part of the New Orleans summer.

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

Breeders' Cup Simulcast Highlights Opening Weekend

Tags: Breeders' Cup, Fair Grounds, opening day, Opening Weekend, Track News by Jim Mulvihill | October 29, 2009
For the first time, Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots will open its racing season on the same weekend as the two-day Breeders’ Cup World Championships, November 6 and 7, allowing patrons to wa

Fair Grounds Concludes 136th Season

Tags: Curlin, Fair Grounds, Jamie Theriot, Louisiana Derby, Pyro, Randy Soth, Steve Asmussen, Track News by Anonymous | March 23, 2008
NEW ORLEANS, La (March 23, 2008) - The final race of Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots' 136th season was run Sunday, but th

FG To Host 'Big Easy Bucks' Handicapping Challenge March 21

Tags: Big Easy Bucks, Fair Grounds, handicapping tournament, Track News by Anonymous | February 13, 2009
NEW ORLEANS, La (February 13, 2009) - After hosting one of the final qualifying tournaments for the National Handicapping Championship for nine years, Fair Grounds moves to a new spo

Stall Applications For FG Thoroughbred Meet Available

Tags: Racing News, Fair Grounds, Stall applications by Anonymous | August 15, 2008
NEW ORLEANS, La. (August 15, 2008) - Stall applications for the 137th Thoroughbred season of racing at Fair Grounds are now available.

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

Abbey Resigns As Fair Grounds Director Of Racing

Tags: Fair Grounds, Randy Soth, Sam Abbey, Track News by Anonymous | June 11, 2008
NEW ORLEANS, La. (June 11, 2008) - Sam Abbey has resigned as director of racing and racing secretary at Fair Grounds, track president Randy Soth announced Wednesday.

Fair Grounds To Change Tote Providers Next Week

Tags: AmTote, Fair Grounds, SciGames, Track News, TwinSpires by Anonymous | September 25, 2008
NEW ORLEANS, La (September 25, 2008) - Fair Grounds customers will see significant changes in the way they place wagers when the track changes tote providers from SciGames to AmTote o

Extensive Broadcast Coverage for Louisiana Derby Day

Tags: Fair Grounds, Louisiana Derby Day, radio, television, Track News by Anonymous | March 11, 2009
NEW ORLEANS, La (March 11, 2009) - Saturday's Louisiana Derby Day presented by Budweiser will receive extensive radio and television coverage.

Bjs Dasher Wins City Park On FG Quarter Horse Opening Day

Tags: Racing News, Alvin Brossette, City Park Stakes, Fair Grounds, Quarter Horse by Anonymous | August 20, 2008
NEW ORLEANS, La (August 20, 2008) - Bjs Dasher captured the $40,000 City Park Stakes at Fair Grounds Wednesday, the opening day of the track's inaugural Quarter Horse meet.

Mr. Sulu Stakes Serves As Day 2 FG Feature

Tags: Racing News, Autobeacat, Desert Wheat, Fair Grounds, Mr. Sulu, Willist by Anonymous | November 14, 2008
NEW ORLEANS, La. (November 13, 2008) - Valene Farms' Autobeacat has been made the 3-1 morning l

Five Stakes On Tap For Inaugural FG Quarter Horse Meet

Tags: Racing News, Fair Grounds, Quarter Horse by Anonymous | July 03, 2008
NEW ORLEANS, La. (July 3, 2008) - Five stakes, each worth $40,000, will headline the inaugural Quarter Horse meet at Fair Grounds Aug. 20-24.

Reservations Now Accepted; eBay Auction Begins Nov. 2

Tags: eBay, Fair Grounds, reservations, Thanksgiving, Track News by Anonymous | October 27, 2008
NEW ORLEANS, La (October 27, 2008) - Fair Grounds is now accepting reservations for clubhouse dining for the 2008-09 racing season, and the second annual online auction of seats to th

Fair Grounds To Get Earliest Start Ever In 2009-10

Tags: Fair Grounds, racing dates, Track News by Anonymous | April 27, 2009
NEW ORLEANS, La (April 27, 2009) - Fair Grounds will move up the start of its racing season by one week in 2009-10, marking the earliest start to a racing season in the track's hi