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Askbut I Won'ttell Wins Monday

Tags: Askbut I Won'ttell, Neil Pessin, Shaun Bridgmohan, Barn Notes by Graham Ross | March 15, 2010

Team Block and Rich Ege’s Askbut I Won’ttell, unhurried early, launched a bold bid when set down for the drive, gained the advantage near the three-sixteenths pole and drew off steadily the

Ron the Greek, Hotep Get Weekend Works for Louisiana Derby

Tags: Ron the Greek, Tom Amoss, Barn Notes by Graham Ross | March 15, 2010

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

Brisnet Handicappers Edge Fair Grounds notes 3/15/10

by Brisnet • Tags: bris, brisnet, Fair Grounds

Rachel Alexandra exits debut in good condition, will miss Apple Blossom

2nd Annual Louisiana Derby Golf Tournament

Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots presents the second annual Louisiana Derby Charity Golf Tournament to benefit backstretch workers. City Park Golf Course will host this year’s competition and will feature multiple contests and awards. Registration is $100 per person. Foursomes and sponsorships are also available. For more information please contact Sandra Salmen at 504-948-1150 or sandra.salmen@fgno.com.

Foreign Production Wins Sunday Feature

Tags: Racing News, Carlos Gonzalez, Foreign Production, Sweet Hodges by Graham Ross | March 14, 2010

Foxwood Plantation’s Foreign Production broke in full stride to make the pace and continued willingly in the late stages to win Sunday’s $46,000 six-furlong allowance sprint for accredited

Groom Grins as Zardana Wins

Tags: Racing News, Zardana by Graham Ross | March 14, 2010

Frankie Leal, stable foreman for California-based trainer John Shirreffs and the man who accompanied Arnold Zetcher’s New Orleans Ladies heroine Zardana to the Crescent City, wa

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.

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

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

Zardana Spoils Rachel Alexandra's Star Turn

Tags: Racing News, Rachel Alexandra, Zardana by Jim Mulvihill | March 13, 2010

STAKES QUOTES $200,000 New Orleans LadiesFillies & mares, 4-year-olds and up, 1 1/16 miles, inaugural running

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