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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...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Chris Fountoukis was about 90 minutes from Tampa Bay Downs this morning when his new truck broke down, forcing him to call a tow truck and summon an Uber driver to take him back home to Miami. It wasn’t long before his day turned into...

Big Trouble Flies Late for Pan Zareta Score NEW ORLEANS (Nov. 29, 2025) — After waiting patiently near the back of the 12 older fillies, Donamire Farms’ homebred Big Trouble circled the field and kicked home impressively to score the $100,000 Pan Zareta Stakes at Fair Grounds...