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The Mineshaft Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for four-year-olds and older run over a distance of 1 + 1 ⁄ 16 miles on the dirt in mid-February at the Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, Louisiana. The event currently offers a purse of $250,000.
The Fair Grounds Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for four-year-olds and older run over a distance of about 1 + 1 ⁄ 8 miles (9 furlongs) on the turf annually in mid-February at the Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, Louisiana. It currently offers a purse of $175,000.
The first synthetic surface used for thoroughbred racing was Tropical Park's Tartan turf, a synthetic surface similar to Astroturf installed in 1966. Tartan turf was never a success with horsemen. [6] The first synthetic surface to replace dirt in the United States was installed at The Meadows Racetrack and Casino in Washington, Pennsylvania in ...
The Mardi Gras Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually since 1922 at Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, Louisiana.. Run in February, the race is open to fillies and mares, aged four and up, and run on turf since 2016 at a distance of about 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 furlongs over the Stall-Wilson Turf Course.
The Louisiana Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged four years and older over a distance 1 + 1 ⁄ 16 miles on the dirt track held annually during the third week of January at Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, Louisiana.
The Grant County Fairgrounds covers 187 acres and offers 446 horse stalls, 456 RV sites and state-of-the-art lighting and sound, as well as Moses Lake's central location and 300 days of sunshine a ...
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The New Orleans Classic Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, Louisiana. Open to horses four years old and up, the race is run at a distance of one and one-eighth miles on the dirt. It currently offers a purse of $400,000.