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Rachel Alexandra Works Four Furlongs in :50 3/5

Tags: Dominic Terry, Rachel Alexandra, Scott Blasi, Steve Asmussen, Barn Notes by Jim Mulvihill | February 06, 2010
Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra breezed four furlongs Saturday morning in :50 3/5 and galloped out five-eighths of a mile in 1:04, according to Fair Grounds clockers.

Rachel Alexandra Comes Back Fine, Will Ship to Oaklawn Monday

Tags: Rachel Alexandra, Steve Asmussen, Barn Notes by Jim Mulvihill | March 14, 2010
Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra was in good order Sunday, the morning following her second-place finish to Zardana in the $200,000 New Orleans Ladies, and will ship to Oaklawn Park on Monday

Asmussen Active in Saturday's Old Hickory, Pontalba Stakes

Tags: Racing News, Certain Pride, Old Hickory, Pontalba, Right to Rule, Steve Asmussen, Western Smoke by Graham Ross | November 04, 2009
Eclipse Award-winning conditioner Steve Asmussen – also Fair Grounds’ defending trainer champion last season – will be prominently represented in both stakes on Saturday’s opening weekend prog

Just Jenda, Four Gifts Meet Again in Silverbulletday

Tags: Racing News, Cindy Jones, Four Gifts, Just Jenda, Larry Jones, Robby Albarado, Steve Asmussen, Terry Thompson by grahamr | February 02, 2009
NEW ORLEANS, La. (February 2, 2009) - Cindy Jones' Just Jenda and Heiligbrodt Racing Stable's Four Gifts will face off for the third time in nine weeks as they lead a field of eig

Can Tempo Five Trump Thursday's Thanksgiving 'Cap Rivals?

Tags: Bret Calhoun, King of Speed, Sok Sok, Steve Asmussen, Tempo Five, Tom Amoss, Barn Notes by Graham Ross | November 22, 2009
Euroears vs. Sok Sok.  Is Thursday’s 84th running of Fair Grounds’ $60,000 Thanksgiving Handicap a two-horse race?

Hallway Defeats 'Wheat' by a Whisker in Dixie Poker Ace

Tags: Racing News, Corey Lenerie, Desert Wheat, Hallway, Shaun Bridgmohan, Steve Asmussen by Graham Ross | January 09, 2010
Heiligbrodt Racing Stable’s Hallway and odds-on favorite Desert Wheat both launched late bids in the stretch run of Saturday’s $60,000 Dixie Poker Ace Stakes at Fair Grounds, but it

Rachel Alexandra Times-Picayune's Headline Attraction Friday

Tags: Blame, Dancin Perfect, Euroears, Loive to Tell, Mike Burgess, Peter Finney, Rachel Alexandra, Steve Asmussen, Tizaqueena, Barn Notes by Graham Ross | February 26, 2010
As Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra nears her first start of the year in Fair Grounds’ inaugural running of the $200,000 New Orleans Ladies – now just about a fortnight away on March 13

Seattle Handicapper Nails 181K FG Pick 5

Tags: Cody Autrey, Jamie Theriot, Jay Freeborne, John Jacinto, Steve Asmussen, Barn Notes by grahamr | December 26, 2008
Headlines for Friday, December 26, 2008

Hallway Wins at Fair Grounds Thursday

Tags: Racing News, Hallway, Shaun Bridgmohan, Steve Asmussen by grahamr | March 05, 2009
NEW ORLEANS, La. (March 5, 2009) - Heiligbrodt Racing Stable's Hallway rallied boldly outside the leaders and drew clear late for a 1 3 /4-length victory in the $50,000 turf allow

Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra Pointing to March 13 New Orleans Ladies

Tags: Racing News, Eric Halstrom, Jess Jackson, Rachel Alexandra, Steve Asmussen, Stonestreet Stables by Jim Mulvihill | February 11, 2010
Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra will make her 4-year-old debut in the March 13 New Orleans Ladies, assuming she continues to progress as expected, owner Jess Jackson of Stonestreet St

Hisse Wins Red Camelia on Closing Day

Tags: Racing News, Heiligbrodt Racing Stable, Hisse, Shaun Bridgmohan, Steve Asmussen by Graham Ross | March 28, 2010
Heiligbrodt Racing Stable’s Hisse proved prophetically best by 4 3/4-lengths when winning Sunday’ $60,000 Red Camelia Stakes on closing day of Fair Grounds 2009-2010 Thoroughbred racing sea

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

War Echo Brings Back Memories with Silverbulletday Win

Tags: Racing News, Shaun Bridgmohan, Steve Asmussen, War Echo by grahamr | February 07, 2009
NEW ORLEANS, La (February 7, 2009) - For the second year in a row, a 3-year-old offspring of the mare Wild Vision landed in the winner's circle on Louisiana Derby Preview Day at F

Friesan Fire Returns to Fair Grounds on Thursday

Tags: Racing News, Friesan Fire, Shaun Bridgmohan, Steve Asmussen by Graham Ross | November 28, 2009
Vinery Stables and Fox Hill Farm’s Friesan Fire, hero of the Grade II Louisiana Derby last March and post time favorite for last spring’s Kentucky Derby, returns to the scene of his greates

Fair Grounds Stars Rachel Alexandra, Asmussen Win Big at Eclipse Awards

Tags: Darren Fleming, Jess Jackson, Rachel Alexandra, Scott Blasi, Steve Asmussen, Track News by Jim Mulvihill | January 19, 2010
Rachel Alexandra, the 2009 Fair Grounds Oaks winner stabled in New Orleans, was named Horse of the Year at the conclusion of Monday’s 39th annual Eclipse Awards at the Four Seasons Bev

Hallway Wins Friday Feature

Tags: Racing News, Hallway, John Jacinto, Shaun Bridgmohan, Steve Asmussen by Graham Ross | March 05, 2010
Heiligbrodt Racing Stable’s Hallway, void of early foot, responded boldly when set down for the drive and got up to prove best by three-quarters of a length in Friday’s $47,000 one-mile and

Sok Sok Socks It To 'Em in FG's Thanksgiving Handicap

Tags: Racing News, Brian Hernandez Jr., Sok Sok, Steve Asmussen, Thanksgiving Handicap by grahamr | November 27, 2008
NEW ORLEANS, La. (November 27, 2008) - Savorthetime Stables' Sok Sok rallied in the late stages of and drew off for a 3 1/4-length victory in the 83rd running of the $60,000 Than

A Full Thursday for Albarado

Tags: Neil Howard, Patrick Husbands, Robby Albarado, Steve Asmussen, Barn Notes by LENNY VANGILDER and GRAHAM ROSS | January 09, 2009
Headlines for Friday, January 09, 2009

P. S. U. Grad Wins Thursday at FG

Tags: Racing News, Jamie Theriot, Robby Albarado, Steve Asmussen by grahamr | March 19, 2009
NEW ORLEANS, La. (March 19, 2009) - Michael Shustek and Don Stanley's odds-on favorite P. S. U.

Rachel Alexandra Continues Jogging

Tags: Friesan Fire, James Graham, Rachel Alexandra, Robby Albarado, Scott Blasi, Shane Sellers, Steve Asmussen, Barn Notes by Jim Mulvihill | December 04, 2009
Horse of the Year candidate Rachel Alexandra jogged once the “wrong” way around the Fair Grounds oval Friday morning about 9:30 a.m., with exercise rider Dominic Terry up, accompanie

War Echo Heads Saturday's Pelleteri

Tags: Racing News, Bret Calhoun, Bubble, Eddie Martin Jr., Shaun Bridgmohan, Steve Asmussen, War Echo by Graham Ross | February 12, 2010
Winchell Thoroughbreds’ War Echo, heroine of last year’s Grade III Silverbulletday Stakes in New Orleans before injury took her out of Grade II Fair Grounds Oaks consideration, looms as the

Sugar Bowl Headlines Santa Super Saturday at FG

Tags: Racing News, Merkel, Shaun Bridgmohan, Sok Sok, Steve Asmussen, Sugar Bowl Stakes by grahamr | December 18, 2008
NEW ORLEANS, La. (December 18, 2008) - Christmas comes early at Fair Grounds this weekend with Santa Super Saturday, which includes five $60,000 stakes races as part of its expand

Heart Ashley Wins Monday at Fair Grounds

Tags: Racing News, Bret Calhoun, Carlos Gonzalez, Dancing Rebecca, Heart Ashley, Shaun Bridgmohan, Steve Asmussen by grahamr | February 09, 2009
NEW ORLEANS, La. (February 9, 2009) - Zayat Stables' Heart Ashley gained the advantage inside the eighth pole and drew off steadily for a 3 1/4-length victory in Monday's featured

Rachel Alexandra Works Four Furlongs in :52

Tags: Dominic Terry, Rachel Alexandra, Scott Blasi, Steve Asmussen, Barn Notes by Jim Mulvihill | January 31, 2010
Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra posted her first official work of the year Sunday, a four-furlong breeze in :52 with regular exercise rider Dominic Terry aboard.

Rachel Alexandra Goes Easy Half-Mile in Final Work for New Orleans Ladies

Tags: Dominic Terry, Rachel Alexandra, Steve Asmussen, Barn Notes by Jim Mulvihill | March 08, 2010
VISIT THE 'VIDEO' SECTION OF OUR WEBSITE TO VIEW RACHEL ALEXANDRA'S RECENT WORKOUTS AT FAIR GROUNDS. 

Klesaris Duo Tops Old Hickory, 'Dancing' Leads Pontalba at FG

Tags: Racing News, Forty Thieves, Steve Asmussen, Steve Klesaris, Sunday Blitz by grahamr | November 20, 2008
NEW ORLEANS, La. (November 20, 2008) - Trainer Steve Klesaris, stabling here for the first time this winter, has the 9-5 morning line choice entry of  Forty Thieves and Sunday B

Bear Now Top Choice in FG's Truly Bound Stakes

Tags: Racing News, Al Stall Jr., Bear Now, Robby Albarado, Steve Asmussen by grahamr | January 15, 2009
NEW ORLEANS, La (January 15, 2009) - Town and Country Farm's Bear Now, winner of the Grade III Kentucky Cup Distaff in September at Turfway Park, has been tabbed the 6-5 morning line

Robby Reflects on Cusp of Rider Record

Tags: Bill Heiligbrodt, Corrine Heiligbrodt, Harold Delahoussaye, Robby Albarado, Steve Asmussen, Barn Notes by GRAHAM ROSS | March 27, 2009
Headlines for Friday, March 27, 2009

Asmussen Breaks Own North American Win Record

Tags: Steve Asmussen, Barn Notes by Graham Ross | December 07, 2009
Eclipse Award-winning trainer Steve Asmussen, who bases his extensive operation at Fair Grounds throughout the New Orleans winter Thoroughbred racing season, broke his own record for number of

Rachel Alexandra Goes Five Furlongs in 1:00 1/5

Tags: Dominic Terry, Rachel Alexandra, Scott Blasi, Steve Asmussen, Barn Notes by Jim Mulvihill | February 18, 2010
Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra continued to work forwardly Thursday morning in advance of the March 13 New Orleans Ladies at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, breezing five furlongs on

Indygo Mountain May Only Miss a Few Days of Training

Tags: Bret Calhoun, Clarence Scharbauer, Cody Autry, Steve Asmussen, Steve Margolis, Barn Notes by GRAHAM ROSS | December 19, 2008
  Headlines for Friday, December 19, 2008

Stungbythestorm Stings Recapturetheglory at FG

Tags: Racing News, Louie Roussel III, New Orleans Handicap, Ronnie Lamarque, Shaun Bridgmohan, Steve Asmussen by grahamr | February 15, 2009
Coastal Racing's Stungbythestorm pressed the pace of King Dan, took command late and bested that rival by a half-length in a $46,000 allowance optional claiming race Sunday at Fair Grounds, one

Rachel Alexandra Gallops

Tags: Billy Pettingill, Dominic Terry, Rachel Alexandra, Red Hot Buddha, Scott Blasi, Shaun Bridgmohan, Steve Asmussen, Barn Notes by Graham Ross | February 04, 2010
Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra enjoyed a “happy gallop” once around the Fair Grounds main track Thursday morning at about 6:30 a.m., according to Fair Grounds clocker Billy Pettingil

Zardana Upsets Rachel Alexandra in New Orleans Ladies

Tags: Racing News, Arnold Zetcher, Calvin Borel, David Flores, John Shirreffs, Rachel Alexandra, Steve Asmussen, Zardana by Graham Ross | March 13, 2010
The festive overflow crowd estimated at more than 12,000—the largest since the track’s reopening following Hurricane Katrina—might have thought it was the worst of times, but even in gallant

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

Countdown to Louisiana Derby Preview Day

Tags: Bret Calhoun, David Carroll, Friesan Fire, Indygo Mountain, Larry Jones, Old Fashioned, Steve Asmussen, Barn Notes by GRAHAM ROSS | January 30, 2009
Headlines for Friday, January 30, 2009

Euroears Seeks Return to Glory, Sok Sok Seeks Repeat in Thanksgiving Handicap

Tags: Racing News, Bret Calhoun, Euroears, Sok Sok, Steve Asmussen by Graham Ross | November 22, 2009
Intriguing Euroears, easily the most consistent quality Thoroughbred to race during the Fair Grounds season two years ago, seeks a return to that glory in Thursday’s 84th running of Fair Grou

Gentle Momnent Wins Friday Feature

Tags: Racing News, Gentle Moment, Shaun Bridgmohan, Steve Asmussen by Graham Ross | January 08, 2010
Ragin Cajun Stable’s Gentle Moment, always well placed, launched a sustained bid when set down for the drive to win Friday’s $47,000 Fair Grounds six-furlong allowance feature restricted to

Rachel Alexandra Up to Six Furlongs in Wednesday Breeze

Tags: Dominic Terry, Rachel Alexandra, Scott Blasi, Steve Asmussen, Barn Notes by Jim Mulvihill | February 24, 2010
Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra had her farthest workout yet Wednesday in advance of the March 13 New Orleans Ladies, breezing a businesslike six furlongs in 1:14 over a fast main track at F

Ask Joe Gives Klesaris Sweet Victory in Sugar Bowl

Tags: Racing News, Robby Albarado, Ronny Werner, Shaun Bridgmohan, Steve Asmussen, Steve Klesaris by grahamr | December 20, 2008
NEW ORLEANS, La. (December 20, 2008) - Trainer Steve Klesaris was ready to celebrate after Ask Joe captured the 58th running of the $60,000 Sugar Bowl Stakes by a head over Big Pu

Sellers Rules Again in Pontalba; Comedero Wins Old Hickory

Tags: Racing News, Comedero, James Graham, Michael Stidham, Right to Rule, Shane Sellers, Steve Asmussen by Graham Ross | November 07, 2009
After riding a winner on Friday’s opening day at Fair Grounds, Louisiana native Shane Sellers, once a nationally-known riding star who returned to the saddle last summer following a 4 1/2-yea

Friesan Fire, General Quarters Headed for Rematch in Mineshaft

Tags: Friesan Fire, General Quarters, Giant Oak, Neil Pessin, Rachel Alexandra, Robert Mayo, Shaun Bridgmohan, Steve Asmussen, Tom McCarthy, Barn Notes by Graham Ross | February 08, 2010
Fair Grounds’ upcoming Grade III Mineshaft Handicap on Louisiana Derby Preview Day Feb.

Rachel Alexandra Won't Go to Oaklawn for Apple Blossom

Tags: Jess Jackson, Rachel Alexandra, Steve Asmussen, Barn Notes by Jim Mulvihill | March 14, 2010
Jess Jackson: “We tried and we really wanted to go (to the Apple Blossom). It’s unfortunate but the timing just wasn’t right. For the health of the horse.

Letsgetitonmon, Friesan Fire Work for Saturday Stakes

Tags: Baltimore Bob, Dubious Miss, Firesan Fire, Letsgetitonmon, Silverfoot, Steve Asmussen, Barn Notes by Graham Ross | February 15, 2010
Bob Zollars and Mark Wagner’s Letsgetitonmon, who closed well to finish third beaten two lengths for the win in Fair Grounds Grade III Lecomte Stakes Jan.

Louisiana Derby Preview Day Notes and Quotes

Tags: Racing News, Gabriel Saez, Larry Jones, Robby Albarado, Shaun Bridgmohan, Steve Asmussen by grahamr | February 07, 2009
Pan Zareta Stakes Winner: Precious Kiss ($6.60, running time 1:11.14)

Rachel Alexandra Arrives at Fair Grounds

Tags: Racing News, Rachel Alexandra, Steve Asmussen by Jim Mulvihill | November 27, 2009
Stonestreet Stables and Harold McCormick’s Rachel Alexandra arrived at her winter base, Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, without incident late Friday afternoon.

Fair Grounds Resident Rachel Alexandra Up for Horse of the Year Monday

Tags: Rachel Alexandra, Scott Blasi, Steve Asmussen, Stonestreet Stables, Track News by Jim Mulvihill | January 17, 2010
Superstar filly Rachel Alexandra, undefeated in eight starts as a 3-year-old including an unforgettable win in the Grade II Fair Grounds Oaks, could be named Horse of the Year at the annual Ecl

Rachel Alexandra Finishes Fast in Six-Furlong Breeze

Tags: Dominic Terry, Jamie Radosevich, Rachel Alexandra, Scott Blasi, Steve Asmussen, Barn Notes by Jim Mulvihill | March 02, 2010
Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra worked six furlongs in company Tuesday morning, blowing past her stablemate nearing the eighth-pole and finishing in a final quarter-mile of :22 3/5 to post a

Hisse Completes Asmussen-Bridgmohan Monday Triple

Tags: Racing News, Hisse, Shaun Bridgmohan, Steve Asmussen by grahamr | January 05, 2009
NEW ORLEANS, La. (January 5, 2009) - Heiligbrodt Racing Stable's Hisse rallied boldly in the stretch to take a half-length win in Monday's $48,000 one-mile allowance optional clai

Rachel Alexandra Odds-On in Fair Grounds Oaks

Tags: Racing News, Calvin Borel, Four Gifts, Hal Wiggins, Rachel Alexandra, Robby Albarado, Steve Asmussen by grahamr | March 09, 2009
NEW ORLEANS, La. (March 9, 2009) - L and M Partners' Rachel Alexandra looms as the 4-5 morning line choice when facing five rivals in the 43rd running of the $400,000 Grade II Fai

Rachel Alexandra Drills in Drizzling Rain Friday

Tags: Billy Pettingill, Eric Halstrom, Jess Jackson, Rachel Alexandra, Scott Blasi, Steve Asmussen, Stonestreet Stables, Barn Notes by Graham Ross | February 12, 2010
Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra, aiming once again for an anticipated confrontation with her older rival Zenyatta in Oaklawn’s Grade I Apple Blossom April 9, worked Friday morning a

Friesan Fire Breezes Five-Eighths Monday at Fair Grounds

Tags: Friesan Fire, Gabriel Saez, Larry Jones, Shaun Bridgmohan, Steve Asmussen, Barn Notes by GRAHAM ROSS | March 02, 2009
Headlines for Monday, March 02, 2009

Friesan Fire Moving Forward to Louisiana Derby March 14

Tags: Bret Calhoun, Chris Block, Cindy Jones, Friesan Fire, Larry Jones, Ralph Nicks, Steve Asmussen, Barn Notes by GRAHAM ROSS | February 08, 2009
Headlines for Sunday, February 08, 2009

Good and Lucky Upsets Friesan Fire

Tags: Racing News, Friesan Fire, Good and Lucky, Josie Carroll, Shane Sellers, Shaun Bridgmohan, Steve Asmussen by Graham Ross | December 03, 2009
Last season’s Louisiana Derby winner Friesan Fire, owned by Vinery Stable and Fox Hill Farm and now conditioned by Steve Asmussen, returned to competition Thursday in Fair Grounds’ f

Ron the Greek: A Rising Star for the Risen Star?

Tags: Friesan Fire, Letsgetitonmon, Ron the Greek, Scott Blasi, Steve Asmussen, Tom Amoss, Barn Notes by Graham Ross | January 24, 2010
Jack Hammer’s Ron the Greek, who went from worst to first to win Saturday’s Grade III Lecomte Stakes at a mile and 40 yards with a dominating stretch rally, looks like a horse that will lik

Rachel Alexandra Schools in Paddock Saturday

Tags: Javier Espinoza, Juan Gonzalez, Rachel Alexandra, Scott Blasi, Steve Asmussen, Barn Notes by Jim Mulvihill | March 07, 2010
Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra schooled in the Fair Grounds paddock before and during Saturday’s seventh race, maintaining an air of detached coolness while delighted fans gathered to sna

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

French Beret Tops Again In Col. E.R. Bradley

Tags: Racing News, Classify, Col. E.R. Bradley Handicap, French Beret, Good and Lucky, James Graham, Josie Carroll, Julien Leparoux, Mark Frostad, Mutadda, Patrick Valenzuela, Shaun Bridgmohan, Steve Asmussen, Tom Amoss by Anonymous | January 10, 2009
NEW ORLEANS, La (January 10, 2009) - Sam-Son Farms' French Beret put his head down at exactly the right time to capture a repeat win in the $100,000 Grade III Col. E. R.

Five Stakes Top FG's Season-Ending Lagniappe Weekend

Tags: Racing News, Gabriel Saez, Heiligbrodt Racing Stable, Larry Jones, Russell Welch, Steve Asmussen, Tom Curtis by grahamr | March 26, 2009
NEW ORLEANS, La. (March 26, 2009) - Five stakes races for Louisiana-breds, including four on Saturday, make up Louisiana Lagniappe Weekend presented by Miller on the final two day

Asmussen Could Break Win Record Tonight, Hello Ladies Wins Feature

Tags: Racing News, Hello Ladies, Morris Nicks, Steve Asmussen by Graham Ross | December 06, 2009
Steve Asmussen, defending leading trainer at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots and last year’s Eclipse Award winner as the nation’s top conditioner, won the first race at Remington Park

Clear Sailing Could Have Date with Rachel Alexandra After Pelleteri Win

Tags: Racing News, Clear Sailing, Gelenn Delahoussaye, Rachel Alexandra, Shane Sellers, Steve Asmussen, War Echo by Graham Ross | February 13, 2010
Veteran jockey Shane Sellers, lately surging as “The Comeback Kid” after being away from competition for four-and-a-half years, came from worst to first astride the appropriately-named C

One More for Uno Mas in FG's Thursday Feature

Tags: Racing News, Friesan Fire, Indygo Mountain, Shaun Bridgmohan, Steve Asmussen, Uno Mas by grahamr | December 18, 2008
NEW ORLEANS, La. (December 18, 2008) - Bob Zollars and Mark Wagner's Uno Mas proved clearly best for the second straight time in winning a first-level allowance for 2-year-olds Th

Rolling Sea, Unforgotten Vie in Chou Croute Handicap

Tags: Racing News, Dallas Stewart, Jamie Theriot, Rolling Sea, Shaun Bridgmohan, Steve Asmussen, Unforgotten by grahamr | February 12, 2009
NEW ORLEANS, La. (February 12, 2009) - Millennium Farms' Rolling Sea and Robert Adams' Unforgotten, a head apart when first and second respectively in Delta's $100,000 Treasure Ch

Rachel Alexandra Halter Up for Bids

Tags: Buddy Diliberto, Calvin Borel, Dallas Keen, Donna Keen, Jess Jackson, Mike Diliberto, Rachel Alexandra, Steve Asmussen, Barn Notes by Graham Ross | February 01, 2010
Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra had her first recorded work of the 2010 racing season at Fair Grounds Sunday morning, but beginning Friday a special commemorative stable halter once worn by

Rachel Alexandra Gallops, Schools on Ladies Eve

Tags: Devil's Humor, Dominic Terry, Rachel Alexandra, Scott Blasi, Steve Asmussen, Zardana, Barn Notes by Jim Mulvihill and Graham Ross | March 12, 2010
Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra made two appearances on the eve of her 4-year old debut in the $200,000 New Orleans Ladies, turning in a strong six-furlong gallop early in the morning and th

'Production', C Karma Capture FG Stakes; Asmussen Ties Record

Tags: Racing News, Brian Hernandez Jr., C Karma, Foreign Production, Lonnie Meche, Steve Asmussen by grahamr | November 22, 2008
NEW ORLEANS, La. (November 22, 2008) - On a day where a pair of juveniles - Foreign Production and C Karma - won stakes races, another 2-year-old breaking his maiden in Saturday's last r

Rolling Sea Wins Truly Bound, Keys Asmussen Six-Bagger

Tags: Racing News, Rolling Sea, Shaun Bridgmohan, Steve Asmussen, Truly Bound Handicap by grahamr | January 17, 2009
NEW ORLEANS, La. (January 17, 2009) - Keyed by Rolling Sea's 5 1/2-length win in the $60,000 Truly Bound Handicap, trainer Steve Asmussen tied his own Fair Grounds record by winni

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.

Three-Year-Old Owned by Brees, Bensel, Other Prominent NFL Personalities in Sunday

Tags: Racing News, Daddy Forty Nine, Drew Brees, Greg Bensel, Jon Gruden, Mike Tirico, Offlee Wild, Ron Jaworski, Steve Asmussen, Tom Amoss by Graham Ross | January 01, 2010
Fair Grounds will showcase a number of high-class Thoroughbreds this weekend, including 2008 American 1000 Guineas heroine Much Obliged in Saturday’s 37th renewal of the $60,000 Furl Sail Han

Preview Day Winners Emerge Unscathed Sunday

Tags: Blues Street, Bret Calhoun, Chamberlain Bridge, Discreetly Mine, Double Espresso, El Caballo, Frank Comberrel Jr., Jill Perry, Jody Slew, Rachel Alexandra, Shaun Bridgmohan, Spanky Broussard, Steve Asmussen, Stonehouse, Tizaqueena, Todd Pletcher, Barn Notes by Graham Ross | February 21, 2010
Risen Star Stakes winner Discreetly Mine, Mineshaft Handicap hero Stonehouse, Silverbulletday Stakes heroine Jody Slew and Fair Grounds Handicap victor Blues Street all cam

Santa Super Saturday Notes & Quotes

Tags: Racing News, Robby Albarado, Ronny Werner, Shaun Bridgmohan, Steve Asmussen, Steve Klesaris by grahamr | December 20, 2008
SANTA SUPER SATURDAY NOTES & QUOTES   Letellier Memorial Stakes Winner: Leigh McLovin ($5.60, running time 1:10.47)

Louisiana-bred Sophomores Featured Saturday at FG

Tags: Racing News, Brian Hernandez Jr., Merrill Scherer, Shaun Bridgmohan, Steve Asmussen by grahamr | February 24, 2009
NEW ORLEANS, La. (February 24, 2009) - The 25th edition of the $60,000 Gentilly Stakes for 3-year-old Louisiana-breds and the seventh running of the $60,000 Sarah Lane's Oates S