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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The Louisiana Derby during the 1918–1919 Spanish Flu pandemic: The 108th Louisiana Derby will be run on Saturday, March 20, 2021, at the Fair Grounds, which has been closed to general spectators during the 2020–2021 race meet; last year’s Louisiana Derby was also run without …
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: Our headline is not misleading—this post is fully loaded with Fair Grounds race track news, but first we must provide an update on the 2016 Sporting Art Auction that was held just before Thanksgiving at the Keeneland Sales Pavilion. More than 40 of the auction's …
Last fall during a return visit to Louisiana, our Times editor was fortunate to visit the grounds of Ashland Plantation, located 60 miles west of New Orleans in Ascension Parish. We hope you will first read the piece about the estate that is currently posted on the Deep South …
