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With Blinkers On, Mandaloun Takes Off In Risen Star

NEW ORLEANS, LA – Wearing blinkers for the first time proved the difference-maker for Mandaloun, who took off in deep stretch to win Saturday’s $400,000 Risen Star Stakes Presented by Lamarque Ford (G2) at Fair Grounds. The…

Kentucky Derby

Risen Star Preview: The 50-Point Derby Preps Are Here!

The Risen Star Stakes (G2), the first 50-point prep race on the Road to the 2021 Kentucky Derby (G1), kicks off the second series of prep races that all but guarantees the winner a spot in the starting gate on the first Saturday of May. A field of 13 make… Read More

Kentucky Derby

Midnight Bourbon Wires Lecomte

NEW ORLEANS, LA – Winchel Thoroughbreds’ Midnight Bourbon took control from the jump and had more than enough left late to win gate to wire in Saturday’s $200,000 Lecomte Stakes (G3) at Fair Grounds. Midnight Bourbon broke from the rail under Ricardo Santana Jr. as the 7/2 second choice and was allowed… Read More

Race Previews

Lecomte Stakes Preview: Fair Grounds Fun

NEW ORLEANS, LA – Fair Grounds’ Road to the Kentucky Derby (G1) kicks off this Saturday evening with a loaded field of 11 in the $200,000 Lecomte Stakes (G3). The race has produced several Derby trail stars in recent memory, including the 2019 winner War of Will, who later took home… Read More

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