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Sponsored by: Somelikeithotbrown (Big Brown) wins the Dinner Party Stakes (G2) at Pimlico on 5.15.21. Jose Ortiz up, Michael Maker trainer, Skychai Racing and Sand Dollar Stable owners. Juddmontes multiple stakes winner Set Piece (GB) along with Skychai Racing and Sand Dollar Stables two-time Grade 2 winner Somelikeithotbrown lead a field of 10 older horses that was entered in Saturdays $300,000 Wise Dan (G2) at Churchill Downs. Named after multiple champion and two-time Horse of the ...

Speedy Elle Z Takes Off-The-Turf Edition Of Mardi Gras Stakes Sponsored by: 2/16/2021 - Elle Z with jockey Mitchell Murrill captures the 78th running of the $75,000 Mardi Gras Stakes at Fair Grounds. Hodges Photography / Jan Brubaker There were no fans in the stands, the temperatures were frigid, and beads were scarce, but as always, the traditional Fat Tuesday card at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots was highlighted by the 78th running of the Mardi Gras Stakes, and M Bar Os Elle Z...

The Derby Dispatch: Road to Kentucky Derby Championship Season Begins With Grade II, $400,000 Risen Star Feb 11, 2021 Kevin Kerstein Note: Please open the attached pdf document or paste the following in your browser for additional information: https://bit.ly/3qaUWKc The Road to the Kentucky Derby Championship Series is set to kickoff Saturday in New Orleans with a field of 13 horses that were entered in the $400,000 Risen Star presented by Lamarque Ford (Grade II) at Fair Grounds.    Ove...

Sponsored by: Senor Buscador wins the $200,000 Springboard Mile by 5 3/4 lengths under Luis Quinonez Its 712 miles from Remington Park in Oklahoma City to Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots in New Orleans. Trainer Todd Fincher always wanted to make the trip to the historic local oval, but he never had the right horse for the journey. He does now. Fincher rolls into town with the undefeated Senor Buscador, who rates as an exciting newcomer in a sterling renewal of Saturdays $400,000 Ris...

Sponsored by: Travel Column (Frosted) wins the Golden Rod at Churchill Downs on 11.28.2020. Florent Geroux up, Brad Cox trainer, Oxo Equine owner. In horse racing, its never too early to look ahead. Trainer Brad Cox started doing just that shortly after Travel Columns eye-catching Nov. 28 win in the Golden Road (G2) at Churchill Downs. The path to the April 30 Kentucky Oaks begins in earnest Saturday at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, when Travel Column starts as what figures to be ...

Risen Star: Relationship Building Brings O Besos, West Point Thoroughbreds Together Sponsored by: Travis Foley, assistant trainer for his father, Greg Foley Jeff Lifson, the executive vice president of West Point Thoroughbreds, always knew when the young, up and coming horseman Travis Foley made the call for him to buy into a horse, it would be for the right reason. It may have taken a bit longer than both had anticipated, but a partnership long in the making finally came to fruition ...

Sponsored by: Mandaloun wins an allowance race at Churchill Downs on Nov. 28 The calendar has turned. The distances have increased. An extra turn has been added. The acid test beckons. Eleven 3-year-olds—including the undefeated Mandaloun—will assemble for Saturdays Grade 3 Lecomte at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots in the hopes of proving their mettle not only locally, but on the national scene as well, as thoughts turn to the first Saturday in May and the Kentucky Derby present...

Unbeaten Mandaloun draws post 10 in Lecomte Stakes Jan 11, 2021 Kellie Reilly/Brisnet.com Mandaloun made it 2-for-2 in an allowance at Churchill Downs (Coady Photography) Trainer Brad Cox has other Kentucky Derby (G1) hopefuls in his barn in addition to Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) hero Essential Quality, and one of them – Mandaloun – takes his first test on the trail in Saturday’s $200,000 Lecomte Stakes (G3) at Fair Grounds. Himself unbeaten, the Juddmonte Farms homebred attract...

Trio Of Graded Wins Nets Joel Rosario Jockey Of The Week Title Sponsored by: Kalypso and Joel Rosario winning the Grade 2 Santa Ynez Joel Rosario captured all three graded stakes events at Santa Anita leading to Jockey of the Week honors for Dec. 28 through Jan. 3. The award, which is voted on by a panel of racing experts, is for jockeys who are members of the Jockeys Guild, the organization which represents more than 950 active riders in the United States as well as retired and perma...

Sponsored by: Pixelate is up in time to win the Del Mar Derby under Umberto Rispoli Even though Godolphin LLCs homebred Pixelate is be the class of the field in Saturdays $75,000 Woodchopper, hes going to have to earn the victory as he leads the way over a strong field of 3-year-olds. The Woodchopper, run at about one bodemile on the Stall-Wilson Turf Course at the Fair Grounds in New Orleans, La., drew a bakers dozen, including a quintet of stakes winners. Pixelate (post 5 at 4-1 wit...