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Burt's a Stitch Wins Twilight Feature by Graham Ross on March 19, 2010

The third and last Starlight Racing program of Fair Grounds’ 2009-2010 Thoroughbred racing season presented by Miller Lite was blessed with long overdue spring-like weather Friday night, allowing th

Van Missiletoe Wins Saint Patrick's Day Feature by Graham Ross on March 17, 2010

Van Missiletoe, owned by the Irish-for-a-day partnership of Hoedebeck, Ratkowski and Greenspan, won the featured $43,000 six-furlong allowance sprint at Fair Grounds by three lengths on the spe

Foreign Production Wins Sunday Feature by Graham Ross on 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 by Graham Ross on 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

Zardana Upsets Rachel Alexandra in New Orleans Ladies by Graham Ross on 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
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Three Stakes Reduced By $100k Each by Jim Mulvihill on March 08, 2010

Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots will reduce the purses of three stakes races still to be run this season—the Grade II Fair Grounds Oaks, the Grade II Mervin H. Muniz Jr.

Louisiana Derby Week, March 21-27, Packed With Events by Jim Mulvihill on March 05, 2010

A charity golf tournament to benefit backstretch workers, the annual Bill Hartack Charitable Foundation reception honoring the previous year’s Kentucky Derby-winning jockey, and a rich Fair Grounds

Final Starlight Racing March 19 Features The Nobles by Jim Mulvihill on March 03, 2010

The season’s third and final installment of Starlight Racing—a new upscale nightlife experience drawing thousands of novice fans to historic Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots—is set fo

Fair Grounds Fun Day Coming March 20 by Jim Mulvihill on March 03, 2010

Back by popular demand, a Fair Grounds tradition returns bigger and better than ever with a supersized Fair Grounds Fun Day on Saturday, March 20, from noon to 4 p.m.

Monday's Last Two Races Cancelled Due to Inclement Weather by Jim Mulvihill on March 01, 2010

Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots has cancelled the last two races—Race 9 and Race 10—on Monday’s program due to inclement weather. Severe rain pounded the racetrack since mid-afternoon.
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Barn Notes

General Quarters Dodges Bullet by Graham Ross on March 19, 2010

It was a scary Sunday for owner-trainer Tom McCarthy, but by Friday morning the alarm bells for General Quarters fell silent once again.

Discreetly Mine, Drosselmeyer, Ron the Greek All Probable for Louisiana Derby by Graham Ross on March 17, 2010

Paul Robsham Stables’ Discreetly Mine, winner of Fair Grounds’ Grade II Risen Star Stakes Feb.

Askbut I Won'ttell Wins Monday by Graham Ross on 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 by Graham Ross on March 15, 2010

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

Rachel Alexandra Won't Go to Oaklawn for Apple Blossom by Jim Mulvihill on 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.
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