Jefferson Downs News Today

Wade Ragas, a professor at the University of New Orleans who for decades was "the face of real estate" and New Orleans go-to expert on metro area home prices and

In an effort to attract more visitors to Lafreniere Park, long considered the jewel of Jefferson Parish, officials have begun work on $5 million in upgrades to the 155-acre tract

Jess Paquette will become the first woman to call a Grade 1 stakes race when Parx hosts the Pennsylvania Derby in September.

Jessica Paquette works at Parx Racing in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, and recently became the first full-time, year-round female announcer in the U.S.

Article by Jon Lees: Only on rarest of occasions has a woman ever taken up duties as a full-time racetrack commentator – but Jessica Paquette is bucking the trend for the current meet at Parx in Pennsylvania. Interview by Jon Lees

Article by Patrick Lawrence Gilligan: The sport had probably been taking place on small, informal half-mile circuits all around Louisiana, but it was the formation of the Metairie Jockey Club on the outskirts of New Orleans that really launched horseracing in the ‘Pelican State’ and specifically in the New Orleans area.