We love it when the annual Sporting Art Auction rolls around—another chance to scour the catalogue and see which equine portraits are up for bid by our favorite nineteenth-century artist, Edward Troye. …
1838 Creole Plate Won by racing mare Angora Unearthed!
Angora is fond of tea, we imagine, as she is always putting out her best feet for tea services, and other silver 'fixins,' and always providing a service-able nag on such occasions." ~ The Daily Picayune …
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Guide to the 105th Louisiana Derby at Fair Grounds Race Course
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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Farewell to the Fair Grounds Racing Club!
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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From the Archives: Happy Birthday to ALB & the Red Fox of the South!
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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