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Ode to Baltimore–Looking back at the Preakness Stakes and Pimlico

Editor | May 15, 2022

It's Preakness Week in Baltimore! We've got two historic stories about Pimlico Race Course and the Preakness Stakes as we shift focus from the Derby to the second leg of the Triple Crown at Old Hilltop. Our Preakness Stakes story is about the race's 1946 winner Assault, the …

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When a horse drank like a man during Derby Week

Editor | Apr 25, 2022

We love this Kentucky Derby story so much, we're running it again! How was the first Derby upstaged by another race held during the six-day spring meet? The first Kentucky Derby was held on Opening Day of the Louisville Jockey Club and Driving Park Association’s inaugural …

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Louisiana Derby Historical Highlights

Editor | Mar 16, 2022

Brush up on your Louisiana Derby history knowledge before the race's 109th running on Saturday, March 26 at Fair Grounds Race Course! We're sharing some historical highlights here, and don't miss the link at the end to our previous story about the race's early years during last …

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Remembering New Orleans’ Risen Star, 1988 Champion 3-Year-Old Male

Editor | Feb 8, 2022

A classic-winning colt continues to be remembered at the Fair Grounds every February with the eponymous Risen Star Stakes, a Kentucky Derby prep race originally called the Louisiana Derby Trial that awards qualification points to the top four finishers (50--20--10--5). But the …

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Lecomte remembered–as a sprinter?

Editor | Jan 16, 2022

The G3 Lecomte Stakes for 3-year-old colts, slated to be run January 22 at a distance of 1 1/16 miles, typically kicks off the Road to the Kentucky Derby series of races at the historic Fair Grounds Race Course. Yet this season the track instituted in December the new Gun Runner …

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