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250,000 Smarty Jones Stakes Recap Compiled by Robert Yates | Photo Credit: Coady Media STRATEGIC RISK – Smarty Jones Stakes – 19th Running Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026 For Immediate Release $250,000 Smarty Jones Stakes Dual Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse’s magical...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Perfect Little Miss Curlin Notches Stakes Triple with Futurity NEW ORLEANS (Jan. 3, 2025) — Coteau Grove Farms’ homebred Little Miss Curlin reasserted her dominance Saturday at Fair Grounds Race Course and Slots, winning the fillies division of the...

Sovereignty gets the nod Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview TRINITY, Fla. – The 55th Annual Eclipse Awards Dinner will be held Jan. 22, 2025, at The Breakers in Palm Beach. Fla. As a member of the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters, one of the three voting...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Napravnik Returns to Fair Grounds for Sixth Annual New Vocations Day at the Races NEW ORLEANS (Dec. 31, 2026) — Retired jockey and Thoroughbred aftercare advocate Rosie Napravnik will return to Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots on Saturday, Jan. 3 to...

By Christian Abdo —- Full Screen much the best in Listed Queens County OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Full Screen and jockey Manny Franco took advantage of an opening along the rail in the second turn and did not look back in Saturday’s Listed $150,000 Queens County, a nine-furlong...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Montador Proves Best as Stidham Scores Woodchopper Exacta NEW ORLEANS (Dec. 27, 2025) — Godolphin’s Montador proved best for Mike Stidham on Saturday in the $100,000 Woodchopper at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, winning by 4 ¼ lengths over his...

$150,000 Pippin Stakes Recap Compiled by Robert Yates —- Friday, Dec. 26, 2025 For Immediate Release $150,000 Pippin Stakes Standoutsensation lived up to her name again, scoring a 1 ½-length victory in the $150,000 Pippin Stakes for fillies and mares, 3 and up, Friday at...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Déjà-vu as Idratherbeblessed Upsets Diliberto NEW ORLEANS (Dec. 20, 2025) — Last year’s long-odds winner of the Muniz (G2) struck again, as Idratherbeblessed wired the field at 17-1 in the $100,000 Buddy Diliberto Memorial at Fair Grounds Race Course...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Chip Honcho Earns Asmussen Third Gun Runner Title NEW ORLEANS (Dec. 20, 2025) — Leland Ackerley Racing’s Chip Honcho prevailed in a thrilling edition of the $100,000 Gun Runner Stakes at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, giving trainer Steve Asmussen...

$135,000 Tinsel Stakes Recap Compiled by Robert Yates —- Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025 For Immediate Release $150,000 Tinsel Stakes HOT SPRINGS, AR – It looked like a one-horse race on paper. It played out that way on the track. Millionaire Grade 1 winner Rattle N Roll had a...