Another year, another Belmont stakes, and once more an attempt to win the Triple Crown.
Friday, June 08, 2018
Friday, May 04, 2018
The 144th running of the Kentucky Derby is loaded with fast horses. This may be surprising to many but Derby contenders can usually be narrowed and whittled down by grizzled handicappers to a group of three to four possible winners.
Today is the 144th running of the Kentucky Derby. For many casual sports fans it is the one day a year to watch horse racing presented in full pageantry, pomp and circumstance.
Friday, April 27, 2018
SULPHUR — No. 6 Belle Chasse had no answer for DeRidder pitcher Lauren Parson as the Cardinals fell to the No. 3 Dragons 3-0 in the Class 4A state quarterfinals Friday afternoon.
Monday, April 02, 2018
The Player, a 5-year-old racehorse, had won the Mineshaft Handicap by 4¼ lengths and appeared on his way to winning the New Orleans Handicap on March 24 at the Fair Grounds.
Friday, March 30, 2018
Picks made Saturday for fast track and on turf.
Thursday, March 29, 2018
Picks made Friday for fast track and on turf.
Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Michael Beychok, the 2012 National Handicapping Championship and 2012 Eclipse Award winner for best handicapper, brings 35 years of experience to The Advocate. Beychok is also the senior partner of Ourso Beychok Inc., an award winning national pol…
Saturday, March 24, 2018
Michael Beychok, the 2012 National Handicapping Championship and 2012 Eclipse Award winner for best handicapper, brings 35 years of experience to The Advocate. Beychok is also the senior partner of Ourso Beychok Inc., an award winning national pol…
Saturday, March 24, 2018
Noble Indy was victorious at the Louisiana Derby at the Fair Grounds Race Course on Saturday.
New Orleans trainer Tom Amoss capped a big day Saturday on the Fair Grounds' biggest day of the season when his Chocolate Martini, a 13-1 long shot won the $400,000 Fair Grounds Oaks.
Noble Indy ran like a big boy in winning the 105th running of the Grade II, $1 million Louisiana Derby for 3-year-old colts Saturday at the Fair Grounds, holding on at the end by a neck.
Friday, March 23, 2018
When jockey Kent Desormeaux and trainer Keith won the 2016 Preakness with Exaggerator, they became the first brother combination to do so.
Picks made today for fast track and on turf.
Thursday, March 22, 2018
Trainer Bret Calhoun is hoping Classy Act solidifies herself as a big-time filly when the Grade II, $400,000 Fair Grounds Oaks runs Saturday on Louisiana Derby Day.
Thursday, March 22, 2018
Picks made today for fast track and on turf.
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Michael Beychok, the 2012 National Handicapping Championship and 2012 Eclipse Award winner for best handicapper, brings 35 years of experience to The Advocate. Beychok is also the senior partner of Ourso Beychok Inc., an award winning national pol…
Saturday, March 17, 2018
Michael Beychok, the 2012 National Handicapping Championship and 2012 Eclipse Award winner for best handicapper, brings 35 years of experience to The Advocate. Beychok is also the senior partner of Ourso Beychok Inc., an award winning national pol…
Friday, March 16, 2018
Picks made today for wet track and off turf.
Wednesday, March 07, 2018
Michael Beychok, the 2012 National Handicapping Championship and 2012 Eclipse Award winner for best handicapper, brings 35 years of experience to The Advocate. Beychok is also the senior partner of Ourso Beychok Inc., an award winning national pol…
Friday, March 02, 2018
Picks made today for fast track and on turf.
Thursday, March 01, 2018
Picks made today for fast track and on turf
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Michael Beychok, the 2012 National Handicapping Championship and 2012 Eclipse Award winner for best handicapper, brings 35 years of experience to The Advocate. Beychok is also the senior partner of Ourso Beychok Inc., an award winning national pol…
Thursday, February 22, 2018
Picks made today for fast track and on turf
Saturday, February 17, 2018
Michael Beychok, the 2012 National Handicapping Championship and 2012 Eclipse Award winner for best handicapper, brings 35 years of experience to The Advocate. Beychok is also the senior partner of Ourso Beychok Inc., an award winning national pol…
In an effort to boost its revenue stream, the Fair Grounds Race Course and Slots is floating the idea of extending its casino's closing hour from midnight till 3 a.m., a proposal that has been met with mixed reactions from residents in the area.
Friday, February 16, 2018
The Lecomte Stakes was run Jan. 13 on a cold, damp, windy day, certainly by a Californian's standards.
Picks made today on fast track and on turf.
Thursday, February 15, 2018
Picks made today for fast track and on turf.
Cedartown, a 4-year-old colt trained by Mike Stidham, missed the promise of competing as a 3-year-old on the road potentially to Triple Crown races.
Saturday, February 10, 2018
Michael Beychok, the 2012 National Handicapping Championship and 2012 Eclipse Award winner for best handicapper, brings 35 years of experience to The Advocate. Beychok is also the senior partner of Ourso Beychok Inc., an award winning national pol…
Friday, February 09, 2018
Picks made today for on track and on turf
Thursday, February 08, 2018
Picks made today for on track and on turf
Thursday, February 01, 2018
Michael Beychok, the 2012 National Handicapping Championship and 2012 Eclipse Award winner for best handicapper, brings 35 years of experience to The Advocate. Beychok is also the senior partner of Ourso Beychok Inc., an award winning national pol…
Saturday, January 27, 2018
Michael Beychok, the 2012 National Handicapping Championship and 2012 Eclipse Award winner for best handicapper, brings 35 years of experience to The Advocate. Beychok is also the senior partner of Ourso Beychok Inc., an award winning national pol…
Friday, January 26, 2018
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. — No horse will be better suited for Saturday’s $16 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational Grade 1 at Gulfstream Park than overwhelming favorite Gun Runner.
Thursday, January 25, 2018
Editor's note: Michael Beychok, the 2012 National Handicapping Championship and 2012 Eclipse Award winner for best handicapper, brings 35 years of experience to The Advocate. Beychok is also the senior partner of Ourso Beychok Inc., an award winni…
Wednesday, January 24, 2018
Michael Beychok, the 2012 National Handicapping Championship and 2012 Eclipse Award winner for best handicapper, brings 35 years of experience to The Advocate. Beychok is also the senior partner of Ourso Beychok Inc., an award winning national pol…
Thursday, January 18, 2018
Michael Beychok, the 2012 National Handicapping Championship and 2012 Eclipse Award winner for best handicapper, brings 35 years of experience to The Advocate. Beychok is also the senior partner of Ourso Beychok Inc., an award winning national pol…
Sunday, January 14, 2018
Michael Beychok, the 2012 National Handicapping Championship and 2012 Eclipse Award winner for best handicapper, brings 35 years of experience to The Advocate. Beychok is also the senior partner of Ourso Beychok Inc., an award winning national pol…
Saturday, January 13, 2018
Michael Beychok, the 2012 National Handicapping Championship and 2012 Eclipse Award winner for best handicapper, brings 35 years of experience to The Advocate. Beychok is also the senior partner of Ourso Beychok Inc., an award winning national pol…
For trainer Jerry Hollendorfer and Instilled Regard, it was well worth the trip, even though the Californians were greeted by frigid weather in New Orleans.
Friday, January 12, 2018
Picks made for fast track and on turf
Steve Asmussen-trained Principe Guilherme heads the field for Saturday's 74th running of the Grade III, $200,000 Lecomte Stakes, the first big race for 3-year-old colts this season at the Fair Grounds.
Thursday, January 11, 2018
Michael Beychok, the 2012 National Handicapping Championship and 2012 Eclipse Award winner for best handicapper, brings 35 years of experience to The Advocate. Beychok is also the senior partner of Ourso Beychok Inc., an award winning national pol…
The Silverbulletday Stakes, the second-most noteworthy feature on Saturday's Road to the Derby Kickoff card at the Fair Gounds, has shaped up as a three-filly race.
Wednesday, January 10, 2018
Michael Beychok, the 2012 National Handicapping Championship and 2012 Eclipse Award winner for best handicapper, brings 35 years of experience to The Advocate. Beychok is also the senior partner of Ourso Beychok Inc., an award winning national pol…
Most of the excitement for the 2017 Col. E.R. Bradley Stakes at the Fair Grounds centered on the matchup between favorites Chocolate Ride, who'd won the race the previous year, and Western Reserve.
His legal debt to society paid in full, Sean Alfortish wants back in the horse racing game.