NEW ORLEANS (Wednesday, March 10, 2010) – Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra returned to the track Wednesday morning for an easy gallop three days prior to her 4-year-old debut in Saturday’s $200,000 New Orleans Ladies. On Tuesday, the Medaglia d’Oro filly walked the shed row in trainer Steve Asmussen’s barn, the normal routine on [...] Read More.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Wednesday, March 10, 2010) – The final day to nominate a breast cancer survivor to march in this year’s Survivors Parade on Kentucky Oaks Day at Churchill Downs is Thursday (March 11) at midnight ET. The Survivors Parade, presented by Kroger, was arguably last year’s most memorable and emotional event on Kentucky Oaks Day. [...] Read More.

Lexington, KY (March 10, 2010)-Keeneland is changing the ticketing process for fans interested in having their 2010 Maker’s Mark Mile commemorative bottle signed by UK Basketball Coach John Calipari. Because of the limited time scheduled for this year’s April 9 bottle signing – Coach Calipari is available to sign bottles for two hours — this year’s [...] Read More.

NEW ORLEANS (Monday, March 08, 2010) – Lloyd Madison Farms IV’s Valentine Fever, allowed to settle behind the early leaders in Monday’s Fair Grounds $44,500 feature, threaded through those with a well-judged ride by jockey Francisco Torres to win the sprint for accredited Louisiana-bred fillies and mares at about five and a half furlongs over [...] Read More.

NEW ORLEANS (Monday, March 08, 2010) – The “buzz” concerning Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra’s rivals in Saturday’s $200,000 New Orleans Ladies mostly surrounds the Brazilian-bred mare Zardana. That’s because she is conditioned by John Shirreffs, who also trains Zenyatta, Rachel Alexandra’s projected rival in Oaklawn Park’s Apple Blossom April 9. However, taking things one step [...] Read More.

NEW ORLEANS (Monday, March 08, 2010) – Based on her unprecedented success as a 3-year-old filly last year, Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra has been installed as the prohibitive 1-5 morning line choice when she faces four female rivals in Fair Grounds’ inaugural running of the $200,000 New Orleans Ladies this Saturday in the [...] Read More.

NEW ORLEANS (Monday, March 8, 2010) – Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots will reduce the purses of three stakes races still to be run this season-the Grade II Fair Grounds Oaks, the Grade II Mervin H. Muniz Jr. Memorial Handicap and the Grade II New Orleans Handicap-by $100,000 each, to $300,000. “This move, painful as [...] Read More.

NEW ORLEANS (Monday, March 8, 2010) – Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra drew post position No. 2 in a five-horse field for her 2010 debut in Saturday’s $200,000 New Orleans Ladies. Regular rider Calvin Borel will be aboard, carrying 123 pounds, the maximum weight as the conditions are written. Rachel Alexandra will break to the [...] Read More.

NEW ORLEANS (Monday, March 8, 2010) – Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra, with regular exercise rider Dominic Terry aboard, put in her final timed workout in advance of Saturday’s $200,000 New Orleans Ladies this morning, going four furlongs in :49, breezing, over the fast main track at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots. Fair Grounds [...] Read More.

NEW ORLEANS (Sunday, March 07, 2010) – Steve Hartman’s Snakebite Kit broke on top, made the pace most of the way in Fair Grounds $44,500 featured race at about one mile over the Stall-Wilson turf course and withstood Red Oak Stable’s Kissimmee Kyle in the late stages to be best by a length at the [...] Read More.