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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...

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...

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...