Mineshaft Stakes

2023 Risen Star Picks and Wagering Guide

This Inside Track to the Risen Star wagering guide gives you an inside look at the six stakes races running at Fair Grounds Race Course on February 18, 2023, including […]

Wagering Guide

Risen Star Picks And 2022 Wagering Guide

This Inside Track to the Risen Star wagering guide gives you an inside look at the six stakes races running at Fair Grounds Race Course on February 19, 2022, including […] Read More

Podcast

BLINKERS OFF 541: Risen Star Preview and Rapid-Fire

The Racing Dudes preview and give picks for the $400,000 Risen Star Stakes (G2), a 2022 Kentucky Derby (G1) prep race at Fair Grounds. Then the Dudes give rapid-fire selections […] Read More

Kentucky Derby

Racing Dudes Three Stars of the Week: The Masked Hero We Need

The masked hero we all need emerged Saturday night under the Fair Grounds lights, but he wasn’t the only superhero-esque performance from party night in the Big Easy. Grab a […] Read More

Race Recaps

Maxfield Mashes Mineshaft

NEW ORLEANS, LA – Godolphin homebred Maxfield extended his unbeaten record to 5, mashing his rivals like potatoes to win Saturday’s $200,000 Mineshaft Stakes (G3) at Fair Grounds. Maxfield broke a step […] Read More

Race Recaps

Silver Dust Repeats in Mineshaft

NEW ORLEANS, LA – Returning to the site of his coming-out party in last year’s running, Tom Durant’s Silver Dust found the winner’s circle yet again with a repeat victory in Saturday’s […] Read More