Trainer Keith Desormeaux has run horses in the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve three times, with Exaggerator finishing second in 2016, Sonneteer checking in 16th the following y
This Saturday’s card at Fair Grounds is absolutely stacked. There’s 14 races on the schedule, including the Grade 3 Louisiana Stakes, featuring a showdown between two of the most prominent names on last year’s Triple Crown trail.
New Orleans in the springtime primarily conjures thoughts of Mardi Gras. Yet the Crescent City also provides a nifty route to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve and the Triple Crown through a series of important prep races for 3-year-olds that culminates March 26 with the $ 1 million Louisiana Derby at a demanding 1 3/16-mile distance.
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association, Daily Racing Form, and the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters announced Jan. 15 the finalists for the 2021 Eclipse Awards, recognizing excellence in Thoroughbred racing.
Winners in 17 horse and human categories will be announced on TVG, and other outlets, during the 51st annual Eclipse Awards Feb. 10 at 8 p.m. ET in dinner and ceremony at Santa Anita Park. The evening will culminate with the announcement of the 2021 Horse of the Year.