FAIR GROUNDS: FLORENT GEROUX GETS VICTORY 1,000

By Brian Spencer —- NEW ORLEANS (December 29, 2016) – Placing the proverbial cherry on top of a career year, jockey Florent Geroux won his 1,000th race on Thursday afternoon at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots. The defending meet champion rider guided Flurry Racing...
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FAIR GROUNDS STAKES ADVANCES: Pago Hop and Pan Zareta

By Michael Adolphson —- SEVEN STAKES WINNERS CLASH IN WIDE-OPEN PAGO HOP; KATHBALLU SEEKS BACK-TO-BACK STAKES IN PAN ZARETA NEW ORLEANS – A full field of 14 sophomore fillies, plus one also eligible, have packed Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots’ $75,000 Pago Hop Stakes...
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Gulfstream: French Import Azaelia Looks to Blossom in Tropical Park Oaks

By David Joseph —- French Import Azaelia Looks to Blossom in Tropical Park Oaks HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – French import Azaelia will seek to build on her first U.S. victory when she takes on 13 other 3-year-old fillies in the $75,000 Tropical Park Oaks, scheduled for 1 1/16...
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RIVALRY SET TO RESUME IN TURF DASH; GONZALEZ WINS THREE

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – A pair of turf-loving speedballs foaled about 9,500 miles apart, Fast Flying Rumor and Power Alert, are set to resume their rivalry in Saturday’s $100,000 Turf Dash Stakes, which has attracted a full field of 12 horses. The 5-furlong grass...
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