New Orleans experienced frigid temperatures this week, but the city's generally mild winters have few days falling below freezing and snowfall is a rarity. Although 19th-century race days were often rescheduled due to rainfall and the resultant heavy track, the unexpected …
[Read more...] about New Orleans Horse Racing in January 1852 Cancelled Due to—Snow?
Happy Opening Week of racing at Saratoga Race Course! Regardless of whether you're near to Saratoga (and in attendance this summer meet), or you're far from it somewhere else in the world, you can celebrate the track's early history with our new line of limited edition …
Here's our column from last year honoring Risen Star, whose Grade 2 stakes race (presented by Lamarque Ford) will be run for the 51st time this Saturday, February 18, 2023, at Fair Grounds Race Course. A classic-winning colt continues to be remembered at the Fair Grounds every …
[Read more...] about It’s Risen Star Week–Remembering the 1988 New Orleans Superstar Colt
Opening Day at Saratoga Race Course is just one week away on Thursday, July 14! If you can't be there in person, be there in spirit by reading up on the history of this special sporting venue and summer resort town--we've compiled a list of our favorite reads: Edward …
[Read more...] about Countdown to Saratoga–Spa Summer Reading
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 …
[Read more...] about Remembering New Orleans’ Risen Star, 1988 Champion 3-Year-Old Male
