Beatbox, Money Supply win photos on Risen Star Day Grade 3s
After a trio of second-place efforts earlier in the Fair Grounds meet, Beatbox earned a well-deserved victory Saturday in the $175,000 Fair Grounds (G3). […]
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Best Actor returns to stakes ranks in Mineshaft
The field of older males contesting Saturday’s $250,000 Mineshaft (G3) at Fair Grounds won’t have to worry about Saudi Crown, who dominated a similar field in last month’s Louisiana (G3) but is now bound for […]
Middle East sojourn next for Saudi Crown after Louisiana prep win
Trainer Brad Cox and jockey Florent Geroux enjoyed a stellar day at Fair Grounds on Saturday, punctuated by Saudi Crown‘s authoritative win in the $169,750 Louisiana (G3). It was the fifth win and third in […]
Saudi Crown, Smile Happy back in action for Louisiana
Saudi Crown, who made a splash in the three-year-old division last year when winning the Pennsylvania Derby (G1) and finishing a nose second to Forte in the Jim Dandy (G2), makes his four-year-old debut Saturday […]
Two Emmys stars in Diliberto comeback; Five Star General’s tactics pay off in Tenacious
In addition to the quartet of juvenile stakes at Fair Grounds, the Santa Super Saturday card offered opportunities for the older brigade as well. Chief among them was Grade 1 veteran Two Emmys. […]
Two Emmys returns from long spell in Diliberto Memorial
Two Emmys, who has won Fair Grounds’ premier turf stakes at one time or another over the past couple of seasons, returns from an extended layoff on Saturday in an attempt to add the $100,000 […]
Arrest Me Red annexes the TwinSpires Turf Sprint
Lael Stables’ Arrest Me Red pulled clear in the stretch to earn a 1 3/4-length victory in Friday’s $500,000 Twin Spires Turf Sprint S. […]
Arrest Me Red breaks outside in contentious Twin Spires Turf Sprint
Twin Spires Turf Sprint (G2) — Race 10 (4:51 p.m. ET) Arrest Me Red will look to get back in the win column for trainer Wesley Ward on Friday in the $500,000 Twin Spires Turf […]
Cavalry Charge leads parade of upsets on Fair Grounds turf
Double-digit prices were the order of the day in the three Fair Grounds turf stakes on Saturday, as Cavalry Charge ($72.60), She Can’t Sing ($51), and Pyron ($41.40) all recorded their first stakes victories. […]
Largent looks to resume winning ways in Fair Grounds
Fair Grounds S. (G3) — Race 11 (5:56 p.m. ET) Largent turned in a flat performance in last month’s Tropical Turf (G3) as the odds-on favorite, the only time he’s ever run worse than second […]