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March 13, 2020 Read More EPISODE 14: FAIR GROUNDS RACECOURSE INSIDER February 11, 2020 Read More LOUISIANA HBPA PARTNERS WITH FAIR GROUNDS TO RAISE FUNDS FOR RACE HORSE AFTERCARE February 2, 2020 Read More SCABBARD FAVORED IN WIDE OPEN LECOMTE STAKES; SIX STAKES ON "ROAD TO DERBY KICKOFF DAY" January 14, 2020 Read More BARN NOTES 01/09/2020 – SILVER DUST HAS FINALLY TURNED THE CORNER January 9, 2020 Read More On The Bit With Britt – Marrying a Jockey January 2, 2020 Read More BREEDERS’ CUP JUVENILE FILLIES CHAMP BRITISH IDIOM GETS BACK TO WORK – OTHER STABLE NOTES INCLUDING TARAZ January 1, 2020 Read More Zofelle Remains Undefeated in the U.S. With Pago Hop Score December 28, 2019 Read More ASMUSSEN EYES 1,000th CAREER STAKES WIN WITH VACHERIE GIRL December 27, 2019 Read More Belmont Stakes Winner Sir Winston Set to Square Off Versus Full Field in Saturday’s Woodchopper at Fair Grounds December 27, 2019 Read More SARACOSA SCORES FIRST STAKES WIN IN BOB FORTUS MEMORIAL December 26, 2019 Read More Episode 6: Fair Grounds Raecourse Insider December 26, 2019 Read More LOAD MORE NEWS Month All Months January February March April May June July August September October November December Year All Years 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Filter By Date Newest First Oldest First Clear Classy Lagynos, Buchu Enter Deep Editions of Woodchopper and Pago Hop at Fair Grounds December 23, 2024 Read More Hoosier Philly and Accomplished Girl Headline Dec. 26 Stakes Action at Fair Grounds December 22, 2024 Read More Her Laugh Uncatchable in the Untapable, Earns 10 Points Towards 151st Kentucky Oaks December 21, 2024 Read More Built Piles it On the Gun Runner Field, Earns Ten Points Towards Kentucky Derby 151 December 21, 2024 Read More Cross-Entered on Fair Grounds “Road to the Derby Kickoff Day,” Her Laugh Opts for Untapable December 20, 2024 Read More Admiral Dennis Moving Well Ahead of Gun Runner December 19, 2024 Read More Saudi Crown Back at Fair Grounds in the Tenacious December 16, 2024 Read More Amarth Holds Edge as Eight Evenly Matched Fillies Enter Untapable December 15, 2024 Read More Magnitude To Begin Road to the Derby in Gun Runner December 15, 2024 Read More Stewart Achieves Milestone 1,000th Career Victory On Louisiana Champions Day at Fair Grounds December 14, 2024 Read More Millionaire Touchuponastar Matches Star Guitar with Third Classic December 14, 2024 Read More Nominees Released for Road to the Derby Kickoff Day’s Eight-Stakes Extravaganza December 10, 2024 Read More Salute to Kentucky Derby Winner Mystik Dan Scheduled for Louisiana Champions Day; Maycocks Bay is Back! December 10, 2024 Read More Louisiana Champions Day Fields Set for Saturday, Dec. 14 at Fair Grounds December 9, 2024 Read More Louisiana Champions Day Nominations Set; $150,000 Classic Could Pit Touchuponastar Against Free Like a Girl December 3, 2024 Read More Accomplished Girl Takes the Prize with Perfect Trip Pan Zareta November 30, 2024 Read More Newly Minted Millionaire Miles Ahead Repeats in Thanksgiving Classic November 28, 2024 Read More Oversubscribed Pan Zareta Draws Contentious Field of Turf Sprinters November 25, 2024 Read More Table Set for Eleven in Centennial Thanksgiving Classic with Giant Mischief at the Helm November 24, 2024 Read More Winning the Valene, Free Like a Girl Puts the Finishing Touches on Louisiana Champions Preview Weekend November 23, 2024 Read More Odds-On Favorites Fall as Hay Jude and Noneya take the Opening Day Stakes at Fair Grounds November 22, 2024 Read More Reigning Champ Shane Wilson Locked and Loaded Opening Weekend at Fair Grounds November 21, 2024 Read More Classy Free Like a Girl and Manama Gold Set to Impress in Louisiana-bred Stakes Action Opening Weekend at Fair Grounds November 20, 2024 Read More Fair Grounds 153rd Racing Season Set for Friday, Nov. 22 November 7, 2024 Read More LOAD MORE NEWS Month All Months January February March April May June July August September October November December Year All Years 2019 2020 2021 2022 Filter By Date Newest First Oldest First Clear 2020-2021 Horsemen Protocols March 23, 2022 Read More EXOTIC RACING RETURNS TO THE FAIR GROUNDS — SPONSORED BY MILLER LITE January 27, 2022 Read More Fair Grounds Announces 15% Across the Board Purse Increase January 3, 2022 Read More Stakes Advances for Lacombe & Red Camelia March 3, 2021 Read More Royal Prince Bests Dyn O Mite in Black Gold Thriller — "Jus” in Time in Dixie Poker Ace February 27, 2021 Read More Charlie’s Penny Answers Two-Turn Question in Silverbulletday Upset January 16, 2021 Read More Into Mystic Makes Amends in Menard January 9, 2021 Read More Big Time, Indeed December 31, 2020 Read More Fair Grounds Announces Purse Increase December 13, 2020 Read More Familiar Foes Clash in Loaded Pan Zareta December 3, 2020 Read More 2020-2021 Horsemen Protocols November 18, 2020 Read More Hurricane Zeta Updates October 28, 2020 Read More WELLS BAYOU WIRES THE LOUISIANA DERBY March 21, 2020 Read More SHE’SONTHEWARPATH WINS ANOTHER TURF STAKES BATTLE AT FAIR GROUNDS March 21, 2020 Read More BY MY STANDARDS POWERS HOME IN NEW ORLEANS CLASSIC March 21, 2020 Read More MANDATORY PAYOUT ON SATURDAY’S BLACK GOLD FIVE WITH A CARRYOVER POOL OF $115,874; Black Gold 5 Carryover $115K Mandatory Pay; "No Patrons" Reminder March 20, 2020 Read More Dontblamerocket shooting for the stars in Muniz Memorial Black; Gold Five Mandatory Payout on Louisiana Derby Day March 20, 2020 Read More SHIRER LETS HIS BARN DO THE TALKING March 10, 2020 Read More MR. 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