The $400,000 Fair Grounds Oaks Presented by Fasig-Tipton on March 23 will be one of the featured races on Twinspires.com Louisiana Derby day at Fair Grounds.
The Grade 2, $1 million Twinspires.com Louisiana Derby Saturday at Fair Grounds brings together a field of 12 looking for the “Road to the Derby” qualifying points needed to make the starting gate the first Saturday in May.
“Two roads diverged in a wood and I – I took the one less traveled by. And that has made all the difference.” – Robert Frost
On the handicapping tournament scene where longshots make the world go around, it was a mid-range player who played sensible horses and chalk that ruled the day to win the 25th annual NTRA National Horseplayers Championship (NHC) on March 15-17 at the Horseshoe Las Vegas. The tournament offered purse money of $3,013,550.
The $1 million, Grade 2 Louisiana Derby at Fair Grounds is a pivotal stop on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. The 1 3/16-mile race awards Kentucky Derby qualification points on a 100-50-25-15-10 basis to its top five finishers, and over the past decades it’s produced 33 Kentucky Derby starters led by Derby winners Country House (2019) and Mandaloun (2021).
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