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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...

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...

By Kevin Kilroy Built Returns Winning Impressively at Fair Grounds NEW ORLEANS (Dec. 18, 2025) — Built, last year’s Gun Runner Stakes winner, returned to racing in impressive fashion with a second-level allowance victory going six furlongs in Race 7 on Thursday at Fair Grounds...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Touchuponastar; Hodges Photo “His Eminence” Touchuponastar Scores Record Fourth Louisiana Champions Day Classic NEW ORLEANS (Dec. 13, 2025) — Louisiana Champions Day at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots featured seven stakes races totaling $900,000 in...

Compiled by Robert Yates $150,000 Ring the Bell Stakes HOT SPRINGS, AR – Roll On Big Joe remains in sharp form, scoring a front-running victory in the $150,000 Ring the Bell Stakes for 3-year-olds and up at six furlongs Saturday at Oaklawn. Roll On Big Joe ($6.40), who was ridden...

Stakes Advance – $150,000 Advent Stakes Compiled by Robert Yates Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025  $150,000 Advent Stakes Spun D M C is the 5-2 program favorite for the 5 ½-furlong $150,000 Advent Stakes for 2-year-olds on Friday at Oaklawn. The Advent headlines Oaklawn’s...