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Ask Joe upsets Sugar Bowl Stakes at Fair Grounds

Marcus Hersh, Daily Racing Form

Last-start 2-year-old maiden winner Leigh McLovin successfully made the jump into stakes competition as she was favored to do Saturday, winning the Letellier Stakes for 2-year-old fillies on Saturday's five-stakes racing program in New Orleans.

Story | Conversation | December 20, 2008

Two-time Grade 1 winner Proud Spell may race in 2009

Marcus Hersh, Daily Racing Form

A promising 2-year-old by the sire Proud Citizen, owned by Brereton Jones, and wintering at Fair Grounds with trainer Larry Jones. Ring any bells?

Story | Conversation | December 19, 2008

Louisiana Champions Day favorites far from cinches

Marcus Hersh, Daily Racing Form

If a horse is going to be a champion - even a Louisiana champion - there's going to be adversity. And so it is with two favorites on the Louisiana Champions Day program Saturday at Fair Grounds.

Story | Conversation | December 11, 2008

Denis of Cork gets ready for New Orleans comeback

Marcus Hersh, Daily Racing Form

Denis of Cork, who wintered at Fair Grounds last season before making an impact on the Triple Crown trail, is recovering nicely from the injury that sidelined him early this summer.

Story | Conversation | November 13, 2008

Fair Grounds aims to buck trend in slumping economy

Marcus Hersh, Daily Racing Form

At a moment in time when the buzzword at many racetracks is "survive," Fair Grounds wants to work under a different premise when its 87-day race meet begins Friday: Thrive.

Story | Conversation | November 13, 2008

Kip Deville looks headed to Hong Kong

Marcus Hersh, Daily Racing Form

Goldikova, the spine-tingling winner of the Breeders' Cup Mile, is headed back to France, presumably to await a 2009 campaign that easily could end with another trip to the BC Mile.

Story | Conversation | October 27, 2008

Longshot Desert Code upsets Turf Sprint

Marcus Hersh, Daily Racing Form

Desert Code came from far back in upper stretch and scored a longshot half-length victory in the $1 million Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint, the second race on Saturday's BC card at Santa Anita.

Story | Conversation | October 25, 2008

Midnight Lute repeats in Sprint

Marcus Hersh, Daily Racing Form

Garrett Gomez came hurtling around the turn with a wide run to win the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint on Friday, and on Saturday he did the same thing with Midnight Lute, who won his second straight BC Sprint with an awesome last-to-first move.

Story | Conversation | October 25, 2008

BC Mile to be Kip Deville's last stand? Not so fast

Marcus Hersh, Daily Racing Form

Ginger Punch has a chance to win her second straight Breeders' Cup race in the Ladies' Classic. And Curlin, of course, will be trying for consecutive wins in the BC Classic. But let us not overlook Kip Deville.

Story | Conversation | October 17, 2008

Hawthorne Derby: Hard to look beyond Adriano

Marcus Hersh, Daily Racing Form

Of course, there are times to play against heavily favored horses in stakes races. It's just that Saturday's $250,000 Hawthorne Derby does not appear to be one of them.

Story | Conversation | October 09, 2008

Dreaming of Anna retires to breeding shed

Marcus Hersh, Daily Racing Form

The champion filly Dreaming of Anna, who began her career at Arlington Park and was among the best-known Chicago-based horses of recent years, has been retired from racing

Story | Conversation | October 06, 2008

Fairbanks runs to his odds in Hawthorne Gold Cup win

Marcus Hersh, Daily Racing Form

Fairbanks ($3.40) had gotten his picture taken after capturing the Grade 2, $500,000 Gold Cup by 2 3/4 lengths under Richard Migliore.

Story | Conversation | September 27, 2008

Fairbanks gets another chance at Hawthorne

Marcus Hersh, Daily Racing Form

Fairbanks could not get the job done as the 4-5 favorite in the major handicap race of the spring Hawthorne meet, but bettors are likely to give him another chance in Hawthorne's biggest race of the fall, the Hawthorne Gold Cup here Saturday.

Story | Conversation | September 25, 2008

'Candyman' tops field of 14 for Arlington Futurity

Marcus Hersh, Daily Racing Form

It was a diverse group of 2-year-olds entered Wednesday for the Arlington-Washington Futurity here on Saturday - but with 14 names in the entry box, how could that not have been the case?

Story | Conversation | September 11, 2008

Closeout runs down Lucky Copy in Pucker Up

Marcus Hersh, Daily Racing Form

Three-quarters of a mile into the Pucker Up Stakes, Closeout still had nine horses in front of her - and that was the right place to be.

Story | Conversation | September 07, 2008
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