Dear Readers: The Times is pleased to share its recent contribution to the Lady and the Track/US Racing websites. This Guide to the Louisiana Derby won't help your handicapping for Saturday …
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Dear Readers: The Fair Grounds Racing Club had an impressive run! Its two Spendthrift Farm sprinters earned $326,500, and a portion of these winnings were donated to support a pediatric cancer research trial study at Children's Hospital Los Angeles …
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Dear Readers: Sunday, February 11, 2018 marks the anniversary of the birth of two men who dominated the Louisiana race tracks prior to the Civil War: Colonel Adam L. Bingaman of Natchez, Mississippi (1793–1869), and Louisiana's Duncan F. Kenner (1813–1887). …
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Dear Readers: The Times wishes its readers a very happy and prosperous 2018! It's also time for an update on the Fair Grounds Racing Club horses, who have both turned four years old as of January 1st. Club filly Efforting, who spent the summer on the farm in Northern …
Dear Readers: The Times has been hinting about its most recent contribution on the topic of antebellum turfman Duncan Kenner, and its piece titled "Diligent Restoration: The renovation and remarkable history of Ashland-Belle Helene plantation" is included in the Fall 2017 issue …
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