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, December 08, 2018
For most of the Louisiana Champions Day Turf Stakes, Magic Vow, a 4-year-old gelding, was no where to be seen.
It was a dreary, rainy day, and the Fair Grounds' track was sloppy for Saturday's Louisiana Champions Day races.
Thursday, December 06, 2018
Kendel Standlee and Scott Gelner, owner and trainer of In the Navy, had been patient with the colt, watching him fall short of winning race after race.
Wednesday, December 05, 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…
Three other fillies have better odds than Pacific Pink to win the $100,000 Louisiana Champions Day Ladies Stakes on Saturday.
Saturday, December 01, 2018
Picks made Sunday for fast track and on turf.
Friday, November 30, 2018
Picks made Saturday for a fast track and off turf
Thursday, November 29, 2018
Picks made Friday for a fast track and on turf.
Wednesday, November 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, November 24, 2018
Picks made for a fast track and on turf.
Michael Beychok, the 2012 National Handicapping Championship and 2012 Eclipse Award winner for best handicapper, brings 36 years of experience to The Advocate. Beychok is also the senior partner of Ourso Beychok Inc., an award-winning national pol…
Thursday, November 22, 2018
Coming into the turn of the 94th running of the Thanksgiving Handicap, Wynn Time, trained by Hugh Robertson, was well off the pace.
Tuesday, November 20, 2018
Chubilicious has been resting since running in the Keeneland Korea Spring in Seoul, South Korea, a trip trainer Ron Faucheux said “was once in a lifetime experience for a New Orleans guy who went to De La Salle” High School.
Monday, November 19, 2018
For the thoroughbred horses in the New Orleans Fair Grounds paddock, Thursday was just another day at the races, even if was the opening of the track’s 2018-19 season.
Friday, November 02, 2018
The Saints' game against the Rams on Sunday isn't the only big sporting event for team owner Gayle Benson this weekend.
Friday, June 08, 2018
Another year, another Belmont stakes, and once more an attempt to win the Triple Crown.
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…
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.
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