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Already millionaire multiple Grade 3 winners, stablemates Plainsman and Warrior’s Charge meet for the first time in the Essex Handicap

Hanalei’s Houdini will be my top choice to win the Essex Handicap, and it is likely he will go to post at high odds.

Sent off the even-money favorite in a field of eight older runners, Grandview Equine, Cheyenne Stable LLC and LNJ Foxwoods' Olympiad scored his first stakes victory on Saturday at Fair Grounds in New Orleans, La., coming from just off the pace under Junior Alvarado to win going away by open lengths.

Saturday's Grade 2 Risen Star Stakes at Fair Grounds in New Orleans, La., marks the first 85-point qualifying race for this year's G1 Kentucky Derby, with 50 points to the winner, 20 for second, 10 for third and five for fourth. The same points formula is in place for the G2 Rachel Alexandra Stakes, a qualifying race at Fair Grounds on the road to the Kentucky Oaks. Those two races, along with two other graded stakes, highlight a big 13-race card at Fair Grounds.

The final new stakes race of Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort's first season to start in December comes today.

Mystic Guide Headlines Expected Field Of 14 For 2021 Dubai World Cup Sponsored by: Ghostzapper colt Mystic Guide wins the Razorback Handicap by six lengths under Luis Saez A cast of 14 Group or Grade 1 winners with a combined 23 victories at the highest level are set to line up for the 25th running of Dubai World Cup day at Meydan Racecourse on Saturday March 27, 2021. A total of 117 horses from 11 countries will compete across a spectacular day of racing worth USD$26.5m that features...

Hernandez Jr. Takes Two Stakes, Earning Him Jockey Of The Week Title Sponsored by: Jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. After two stakes victories at Fair Grounds on “The Road to the Derby Kickoff Day,” Brian Hernandez Jr. was voted Jockey of the Week for January 11 through January 17. 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 re...

Title Ready Notches First Stakes Victory, Upsetting Blackberry Wine And Wells Bayou In Louisiana Sponsored by: Title Ready pulls away to win the Louisiana Stakes by 1 1/4 lengths under Brian Hernandez Jr. Spoiling the comeback of Wells Bayou, winner of the Grade 2 Louisiana Derby in 2020, the Charles Fipke homebred Title Ready kicked in with a strong stretch punch to win the G3 Louisiana Stakes for older horses at Fair Grounds in New Orleans, La., on Saturday. Ridden by Brian Hernande...

Title Ready rallies for first stakes victory in Louisiana Title Ready rallies for first stakes victory in Louisiana Photo: Hodges Photography / Lou Hodges Jr. Title Ready ran down pacesetter Blackberry Wine in deep stretch to win the $125,000 Louisiana Stakes for 4-year-olds and up at Fair Grounds on Saturday and earn his first career stakes victory for trainer Dallas Stewart. Blackberry Wine broke in front and took the field nearly all the way around while carving moderate...

Louisiana preview: Good comeback spot for Wells Bayou Fair Grounds Communications Photo: Hodges Photography / Amanda Hodges Weir It has been a long road back, but Wells Bayou, who won last year’s Grade 2 Louisiana Derby, makes his much-anticipated return in Saturday’s $125,000 Louisiana (G3) at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots. The 1 1/16-mile race is a key supporting feature on the six-stakes Road to the Derby card and could prove the pivotal comeback race in a 2021 handi...