Stakes Recap: Louisiana Derby & Fair Grounds Oaks
Maggie Wolfendale & Sara Elbadwi look back at the Louisiana Derby & Fair Grounds Oaks at Fair Grounds.
Maggie Wolfendale & Sara Elbadwi look back at the Louisiana Derby & Fair Grounds Oaks at Fair Grounds.
Dual Louisiana-bred Horse of the Year Touchuponastar, who defeated 2024 Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) winner Sierra Leone, among others, in the 2025 New Orleans Classic (G2), set a track record in notching a repeat victory March 21 in the $465,000…
After winning the Feb. 14 Risen Star Stakes (G2) with Paladin, trainer Chad Brown strikes again March 21 at Fair Grounds by taking the track's richest race, the $1 million Louisiana Derby (G2), with Klaravich Stables' Emerging Market.
Life of Joy wins the Fair Grounds Oaks (G2) by 3 3/4 lengths over favored Bella Ballerina at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots.
Paul Verderosa looks ahead at the Louisiana Derby & Fair Grounds Oaks at Fair Grounds.
Incredibolt rejoined the National Thoroughbred Racing Association's Top 3-Year-Old Poll in 10th place, while four horses sitting outside the top 10 are set to compete March 21 at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots.
Bella Ballerina is making her final start before the Kentucky Oaks (G1) in the March 21 Fair Grounds Oaks (G2) at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots.
It's only fitting that on the closing weekend of the Fair Grounds meet, Louisiana's pride and joy, Touchuponastar, is competing in the March 21 New Orleans Classic (G2), a race that the now 7-year-old won last year.
A schedule of this week's racing programs on radio and television, as compiled by America's Best Racing.