The future of Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots is “dire,” an attorney for owner Churchill Downs, Inc. told the Louisiana State Racing Commission on Tuesday, and if economic circumstances do not ...

Fair Grounds does a great job at putting races together to coincide with the big days,” DeVaux said. “It not only gives the ...

Churchill Downs Inc. played hardball in a war of words. They balked in a game of chicken, keeping horse racing alive in Louisiana for at least another year at Fair Grounds Race Course. Churchill Downs ...

Touchuponastar has now gone one better in the Louisiana Champions Day Classic Stakes than his sire, Star Guitar, winning the $150,000 state-bred race for a fourth year in a row, surpassing Star Guitar ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The racing season kicked off at the Fair Grounds Race Course and Slots. This season, guests will notice all the improvements and renovations made, and WGNO’s Kenny Lopez gives us ...

In Friday’s eighth and final race of the afternoon at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, veteran jockey Jareth Loveberry scored the 2,000th win of his career, guiding the front-running Island Cabana to ...

SOURCES AT THE STATE CAPITOL SAY THAT CHURCHILL DOWNS MAY NOT SEEK A RACING PERMIT TO RUN HORSES AT THE FAIRGROUNDS FOR THE 2025 2026 SEASON. A SHOCKING MOVE TO MANY, OF COURSE, ACROSS THE HORSE ...

The owner of the Fair Grounds Race Course and Slots is in "active discussions" with state officials to ensure that the upcoming horse racing season will proceed on schedule, a company spokesperson ...

Messina’s Catering & Events has entered an exclusive partnership to run all food and beverage services at the Fair Grounds Race Course‘s Clubhouse, marking a major shift ahead of the venue’s 2025–26 ...

Due to an ongoing interruption of water service, the Dec. 5 racing card at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots is canceled. The water main break in the neighborhood of the track is being addressed.