Fair Grounds Entries & Results for Sunday, March 19, 2023

Fair Grounds, New Orleans, LA
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Horses have been running at the Fair Grounds Race Course location since as early as 1838. The track features a one mile dirt track and a 7/8 mile turf course.
Fair Grounds' biggest stakes: Louisiana Derby, New Orleans Handicap, and Risen Star.

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6F, Dirt, $12,500 Maiden Claiming
Fillies & Mares | 3 Year Olds And Up
Purse: $16,000

Exacta / $0.50 Trifecta / $0.10 Superfecta / $0.50 Pick 3 (Races 1-3) 0.50 Pick 5 (Races 1-5) / Daily Double

  • Picks Report HRN Power Pick selection. (races 1-3 provided free)
    Race 1: Our pick is the 7/2 second choice, #4 Two Hands Full. The three-year-old filly by Successful Appeal is trained by Joe O. Duhon and ridden by Edgar Morales. She has some upside still being lightly raced and speed figures that match up well in this field. Get Fair Grounds Picks for all of today's races.

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# PP Horse / Sire Trainer / Jockey ML
1 1

Last Penalty

Brody's Cause

Juan A. Larrosa

Juan P. Vargas

5/1

2 2

Honest Angus

The Player

Samuel Breaux

Colby J. Hernandez

4/1

3 3

Abby Dabby

Good Samaritan

Cynthia Morrell

Louis A. Stokes

6/1

4 4 Picks Report

Two Hands Full

Successful Appeal

Joe O. Duhon

Edgar Morales

7/2

5 5

Sweetasbaily

Tale of the Cat

Gary J. Husak

Tammy S Frey

6/1

6 6

Iddy Biddy

Justin Phillip

Bobby C. Barnett

Adam Beschizza

10/1

7 7

War Ensign

Midshipman

Gregory D. Foley

Mitchell Murrill

3/1

Runner Win Place Show
War Ensign  7 $4.60 $2.80 $2.20
Two Hands Full  4 - $3.00 $2.60
Last Penalty  1 - - $3.00
Sweetasbaily  5 - - -
Also rans: Honest Angus, Iddy Biddy, Abby Dabby
Pool Finish $2 Payout Total Pool
Exacta 7-4 $10.20 $57,646.00
Superfecta 7-4-1-5 $108.20 $21,826.00
Trifecta 7-4-1 $40.80 $37,417.00
Fractions and final time: :23.29, :47.76, 1:00.26, 1:13.36
Winning Owner: Johnson, Erik and Noltemeyer, Kevin
Winning Breeder: Francisco Gaytan
WAR ENSIGN pressed three two two wide into the turn, spun into the lane in the four path while producing a bid, led at the three sixteenths pole as an outer

6F, Dirt, $50,000 Maiden Claiming
Fillies | 3 Year Olds
Purse: $28,000

Exacta / $0.50 Trifecta / $0.10 Superfecta / $0.50 Pick 3 (Races 2-4) $0.50 Pick 4 (Races 2-5) / Daily Double

  • Picks Report HRN Power Pick selection. (races 1-3 provided free)
    Race 2: The top pick is #2 Mystic Creed the 9/5 ML favorite trained by Ron Faucheux and ridden by Jose Luis Rodriguez. The three-year-old filly by Jimmy Creed has some upside still being lightly raced and speed figures that match up well in this field. Get Fair Grounds Picks for all of today's races.

  • This race has 3 first-time starters Get the first-timer report today
# PP Horse / Sire Trainer / Jockey ML
1 1

Montana Rose

Super Saver

Kelly Rubley

Mitchell Murrill

8/1

2 2 Picks Report

Mystic Creed

Jimmy Creed

Ron Faucheux

Jose Luis Rodriguez

9/5

3 3

Conflicting Tales

Liam's Map

W. Bret Calhoun

Reylu Gutierrez

7/2

4 4

Rosie's Angus

The Player

Samuel Breaux

Colby J. Hernandez

5/1

5 5

My Sweet Summer

Accelerate

Eddie Kenneally

Edgar Morales

3/1

6 6

San Mateo Kat

West Coast

W. Bret Calhoun

Brian Joseph Hernandez, Jr.

5/1

Runner Win Place Show
My Sweet Summer  5 $7.40 $3.00 $2.10
Mystic Creed  2 - $2.60 $2.10
Conflicting Tales  3 - - $2.40
Rosie's Angus  4 - - -
Also rans: San Mateo Kat, Montana Rose
Pool Finish $2 Payout Total Pool
Daily Double 7-5 $16.60 $9,898.00
Exacta 5-2 $10.40 $32,061.00
Superfecta 5-2-3-4 $165.80 $9,010.00
Trifecta 5-2-3 $37.20 $16,905.00
Fractions and final time: :22.83, :47.23, :59.63, 1:12.98
Winning Owner: Summerplace Farm
Winning Breeder: SF Bloodstock LLC
MY SWEET SUMMER vied for the early lead, was up front in between to other competitions all matching strides and making the pace, kept on from that position through the turn, shifted twards the rail at the three sixteenth pole, to meet other rival in the lane, battled with this rival the rest of the race, was encouraged and driven and was kept on point and passed this rival in the last few strides and was able to take the win.

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6F, Dirt, $5,000 Starter Allowance
Open | 4 Year Olds And Up
Purse: $22,000

Exacta / $0.50 Trifecta / $0.10 Superfecta $0.50 Pick 3 (Races 3-5) / $1 Pick 6 (Races 3-8)/Daily Double

  • Picks Report HRN Power Pick selection. (races 1-3 provided free)
    Race 3: The pick is the 6/1 fourth choice on the ML, #6 Baseball Lover. The four-year-old gelding by Midnight Lute is trained by Edith A. Mojica and ridden by Reylu Gutierrez. He has the expectation to make the lead and run them off their feet for the win. Get Fair Grounds Picks for all of today's races.

# PP Horse / Sire Trainer / Jockey ML
1 1

Cohere

Bind

Jason H. Meaux

Emanuel Nieves

15/1

2 2

Flashy Premo

Flashy Wise Cat

Cynthia Morrell

Louis A. Stokes

15/1

3 3

Jeb's Lucky Eight

Atreides

Frank Pennino

Brianne Culp

12/1

4 4

Bootsie's Galaxy

Greeley's Galaxy

Karl Broberg

Colby J. Hernandez

2/1

5 5

Hostile Afleet

Saint Afleet

Juan A. Larrosa

Alexander Castillo

6/1

6 6 Picks Report

Baseball Lover

Midnight Lute

Edith A. Mojica

Reylu Gutierrez

6/1

7 7

My Man Louie

Custom for Carlos

Randy Degeyter, Jr.

Elio J. Barrera

4/1

8 8

Dixie Street

New Year's Day

Sean Alfortish

Tracy J. Hebert

5/2

Runner Win Place Show
Bootsie's Galaxy  4 $3.80 $3.00 $2.20
Hostile Afleet  5 - $18.80 $9.40
My Man Louie  7 - - $4.20
Dixie Street  8 - - -
Also rans: Cohere, Jeb's Lucky Eight, Flashy Premo, Baseball Lover
Pool Finish $2 Payout Total Pool
Daily Double 5-4 $17.80 $4,052.00
Exacta 4-5 $77.20 $53,756.00
Superfecta 4-5-7-8 $1,354.60 $22,252.00
Trifecta 4-5-7 $556.00 $35,893.00
Pick 3 7-5-4 $46.60 $11,156.00
Fractions and final time: :23.06, :46.64, :58.45, 1:10.87
Winning Owner: End Zone Athletics, Inc.
Winning Breeder: Lorlow Stables, LLC
BOOTSIE'S GALAXY

5 1/2F, Turf, Maiden Special Weight
Open | 3 Year Olds And Up
Purse: $50,000

Exacta / $0.50 Trifecta / $0.10 Superfecta $0.50 Pick 3 (Races 4-6) / $0.50 Pick 5 (Races 4-8) / Daily Double

# PP Horse / Sire Trainer / Jockey ML
1

Silver Bull

Mohaymen

Gregory D. Foley

Mitchell Murrill

5/1

2 2

Call Me Q

Not This Time

Tanner Tracy

Treylon S Albert

6/1

3

Professor Higgins

Oscar Performance

Louie J. Roussel, III

Jareth Loveberry

5/1

4 4

Little Man Can

Congrats

Michelle Lovell

Reylu Gutierrez

20/1

5 5

Flying Carolina

Funtastic

Justin Jeansonne

E. M. Murray

10/1

6 6

State School Smart

Twirling Candy

Steven M. Asmussen

James Graham

9/5

7

Opalescence

Mendelssohn

Albert M. Stall, Jr.

Brian Joseph Hernandez, Jr.

3/1

8

Liberty's Hauler

Army Mule

Albert M. Stall, Jr.

Brianne Culp

15/1

9

Kislovodsk

Gio Ponti

Gennadi Dorochenko

Oriel Chavez

(Also-eligible)

4/1

AE

10 10

Cloud Without Rein

Frosted

Bobby C. Barnett

James Graham

(Main Track only)

8/1

MTO

Runner Win Place Show
Call Me Q  2 $6.80 $3.00 $2.80
Cloud Without Rein 10 - $3.00 $2.10
Little Man Can  4 - - $5.40
State School Smart  6 - - -
Also rans: Flying Carolina
Pool Finish $2 Payout Total Pool
Superfecta 2-10-4-6 $89.40 $10,662.00
Trifecta 2-10-4 $79.00 $18,466.00
Pick 3 5-4-2 $59.40 $2,885.00
Exacta 2-10 $16.80 $36,444.00
Daily Double 4-2 $17.60 $3,102.00
Fractions and final time: :23.09, :46.03, :57.77, 1:04.1
Winning Owner: Black Oak Farm and Albaugh Family Stables LLC
Winning Breeder: Sherri Tracy
CALL ME Q broke to the outside and was quickly corrected, was still quickest onto the track, was rated while setting the pace willingly, raced along the rail through out, was given the cue at the quarter pole and drew off as the rider pleased.

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6F, Dirt, $15,000 Maiden Claiming
Open | 3 Year Olds And Up
Purse: $16,000

Exacta / $0.50 Trifecta / $0.10 Superfecta $0.50 Pick 3 (Races 5-7) / $0.50 Pick 4 (Races 5-8) / Daily Double

# PP Horse / Sire Trainer / Jockey ML
1 1

Fastnfurious

Gun Runner

Tanner Tracy

Treylon S Albert

3/1

2 2

Fowler Castle

Tiznow

Mark E. Casse

Adam Beschizza

6/1

3 3

Foe

Daredevil

Kelly Rubley

Deshawn L. Parker

6/1

4

Roll On Out

Reload

Greg Tracy

Emanuel Nieves

5/1

5 5

Cat Five

Verrazano

Gregory D. Foley

Edgar Morales

7/2

6 6

Ronnie's Reasoning

See Cee's Reason

Lynn J. Romero, Sr.

Brianne Culp

20/1

7 7

Midnight Hunter

Midnight Lute

Leonel Hernandez

Aubrie Green

10/1

8 8

G's Law

Constitution

Patricia G. West

James Graham

9/2

Runner Win Place Show
Cat Five  5 $7.60 $3.00 $2.10
Fastnfurious  1 - $2.40 $2.20
Foe  3 - - $3.80
Midnight Hunter  7 - - -
Also rans: G's Law, Fowler Castle, Ronnie's Reasoning
Pool Finish $2 Payout Total Pool
Daily Double 2-5 $28.80 $4,054.00
Exacta 5-1 $18.00 $88,640.00
Superfecta 5-1-3-7 $320.60 $31,632.00
Trifecta 5-1-3 $88.00 $51,257.00
Pick 3 4-2-5 $62.80 $5,881.00
Pick 4 5-4-2-5 $240.80 $11,070.00
Pick 5 7-5-4-2-5 $860.00 $33,616.00
Fractions and final time: :22.86, :46.79, :59.52, 1:13.27
Winning Owner: Gulf Coast Stables LLC
Winning Breeder: Gulf Coast Stables LLC
CAT FIVE saved ground off of the pace, then sustained a grinding rail charge to wear down the leader in the final sixteenth, and drove clear.

1M 70Y, Dirt, $80,000 Allowance Optional Claiming
Open | 3 Year Olds
Purse: $51,000

Exacta / $0.50 Trifecta / $0.10 Superfecta $0.50 Pick 3 (Races 6-8) / Daily Double

# PP Horse / Sire Trainer / Jockey ML
1 1

Motown Missile

Mo Town

Steven M. Asmussen

T. C. Stevens

20/1

2 2

Princely

Palace Malice

Kenneth G. McPeek

James Graham

10/1

3 3

Bishops Bay

Uncle Mo

Brad H. Cox

Florent Geroux

6/5

4

Butler Cabin

Free Drop Billy

Shane Wilson

C.J. McMahon

20/1

5 5

First Defender

Quality Road

Steven M. Asmussen

Brian Joseph Hernandez, Jr.

8/5

6 6

Three On the Tree

Accelerate

Michelle Lovell

Deshawn L. Parker

15/1

7 7

Demolition Duke

Good Magic

Brad H. Cox

Colby J. Hernandez

4/1

Runner Win Place Show
Bishops Bay  3 $2.80 $2.20 $2.10
Demolition Duke  7 - $4.60 $2.10
First Defender  5 - - $2.10
Princely  2 - - -
Also rans: Motown Missile, Three On the Tree
Pool Finish $2 Payout Total Pool
Superfecta 3-7-5-2 $20.60 $46,554.00
Trifecta 3-7-5 $12.20 $67,537.00
Pick 3 2-5-3 $58.80 $8,955.00
Daily Double 5-3 $12.40 $7,849.00
Exacta 3-7 $8.40 $88,600.00
Fractions and final time: :24.69, :50.52, 1:15.13, 1:40.08, 1:43.77
Winning Owner: Spendthrift Farm LLC, Steve Landers Racing LLC, Schwartz, Martin S., Dubb, Michael, Ten Strike Racing, Bakke, Jim, Titletown Racing, LLC, Kueber Racing, LLC, Big Easy Racing LLC, Winners Win, Caruso, Michael and WinStar Farm, LLC
Winning Breeder: WinStar Farm, LLC
BISHOPS BAY clipped the hind heels of

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1 1/16M, Turf, Maiden Special Weight
Open | 3 Year Olds
Purse: $50,000

Exacta / $0.50 Trifecta / $0.10 Superfecta Daily Double

# PP Horse / Sire Trainer / Jockey ML
1 1

Tapthedrum

Tapit

Brad H. Cox

Florent Geroux

3/1

2 2

Gettleman

Hard Spun

Brendan P. Walsh

Reylu Gutierrez

8/1

3

Mo Saturdays

Mo Town

Albert M. Stall, Jr.

Corey J. Lanerie

5/2

4

Hot Cuppa Coffee

Malibu Moon

Louie J. Roussel, III

James Graham

12/1

5 5

Promise Me a Ride

Mastery

Brad H. Cox

Colby J. Hernandez

3/1

6 6

Moesahandful

Ghostzapper

Neil L. Pessin

Jareth Loveberry

12/1

7

Three Rough Shods

English Channel

Hugh H. Robertson

Marcelino Pedroza, Jr.

12/1

8 8

Scat Danz

Justify

Norm W. Casse

Brian Joseph Hernandez, Jr.

6/1

9

Two Rivers Over

Tamarkuz

W. Bret Calhoun

Deshawn L. Parker

(Also-eligible)

6/1

AE

10

More Than Five

More Than Ready

W. Bret Calhoun

Adam Beschizza

(Also-eligible)

4/1

AE

11

Deccan Prince (IRE)

Kingman (GB)

Shane Wilson

Jose Andres Guerrero

(Also-eligible)

5/1

AE

12

Solomon Vandy

Temple City

Kenneth G. McPeek

Brian Joseph Hernandez, Jr.

(Also-eligible)

6/1

AE

13

Stayinyourlane

Accelerate

Albert M. Stall, Jr.

Jose Riquelme

(Main Track only)

9/2

MTO

Runner Win Place Show
Promise Me a Ride  5 $5.80 $2.80 $2.20
Tapthedrum  1 - $2.60 $2.10
Gettleman  2 - - $3.20
Moesahandful  6 - - -
Also rans: Scat Danz
Pool Finish $2 Payout Total Pool
Daily Double 3-5 $7.40 $7,694.00
Exacta 5-1 $13.40 $34,923.00
Superfecta 5-1-2-6 $64.80 $10,234.00
Trifecta 5-1-2 $40.20 $25,415.00
Pick 3 5-3-5 $34.60 $6,785.00
Fractions and final time: :24.08, :48.18, 1:13.47, 1:38.65, 1:45.25
Winning Owner: Spendthrift Farm LLC, Steve Landers LLC, Schwartz, Martin S., Dubb, Michael, Ten Strike Racing, Bakke, Jim, Titletown Racing, LLC, Kueber Racing, LLC, Big Easy Racing LLC, Winners Win and Caruso, Michael J.
Winning Breeder: Almar Farm LLC
PROMISE ME A RIDE was in the second tier on the rail going into the first turn, was angled out into the four path leaving the first turn, was pulling at the reins wanting to be the leader down the backside, managed to take the lead at the half mile pole, while still being rated, was given rein at the three eighths pole, advanced quickly and willingly, was first to the wire.

1M, Dirt, $5,000 Claiming
Fillies & Mares | 4 Year Olds And Up
Purse: $15,000

Exacta / $0.50 Trifecta / $0.10 Superfecta

# PP Horse / Sire Trainer / Jockey ML
1

Overly Sweet

Overanalyze

Benjamin Zeno

Louis A. Stokes

15/1

2 2

I Dont Know Either

Chatain

Jorge Gomez

Brianne Culp

10/1

3 3

Start Well

Upstart

Juan A. Larrosa

Elio J. Barrera

3/1

4 4

Zeerock

Hard Aces

Angelle Carter

Jose Riquelme

12/1

5 5

Crider Chase

Crider

Shelton J. Zenon, Sr.

Juan P. Vargas

6/1

6 6

Star's Dream

Star Guitar

Kenneth L. Hargrave

Aubrie Green

10/1

7 7

Ann's Storm

Midnight Storm

Allen Landry

Joe Stokes

5/1

8 8

Lady Churchill

Half Ours

Sturges J. Ducoing

Jose Luis Rodriguez

5/2

9 9

Kaitlyn's Court

Court Vision

Carol Constantine

Alexander Castillo

12/1

Runner Win Place Show
Ann's Storm  7 $10.80 $4.20 $3.40
Lady Churchill  8 - $3.60 $3.60
Crider Chase  5 - - $4.40
Star's Dream  6 - - -
Also rans: Start Well, Zeerock, Kaitlyn's Court, I Dont Know Either
Pool Finish $2 Payout Total Pool
Daily Double 5-7 $43.00 $9,267.00
Exacta 7-8 $46.60 $83,981.00
Superfecta 7-8-5-6 $707.40 $40,645.00
Trifecta 7-8-5 $173.60 $54,470.00
Pick 3 3-5-7 $56.40 $16,849.00
Pick 4 5-3/4-5-7 $238.40 $30,287.00
Pick 5 2-5-3/4-5-7 $1,296.00 $29,353.00
Pick 6 4-2-5-3/4-5-7 $2,287.80 $2,137.00
Pick 6 4-2-5-3/4-5-7 $32.40 $0.00
Fractions and final time: :24.94, :49.89, 1:15.51, 1:28.97, 1:42.33
Winning Owner: Bienvenu Racing
Winning Breeder: Scott & Company Farm, LLC
ANN'S STORM

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