Fair Grounds Entries (2024)

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What horse won the 2024 Louisiana Derby? ›

Catching Freedom wins the Louisiana Derby (G2) at Fair Grounds (Photo by Hodges Photography / Credit to Lou Hodges, Jr.) The $1 million TwinSpires.com Louisiana Derby (G2) on March 23 wrapped up the Road to the Kentucky Derby series at Fair Grounds.

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He became the first Louisiana Derby winner to also win the Kentucky Derby, and the first “western” horse to win since Behave Yourself in 1921. Black Gold added two more stakes wins to his résumé that year, taking the Ohio Derby and the Chicago Derby. He became the first horse to win the Derbys of four different states.

All-sources wagering on Saturday's 14 races at Churchill Downs reached $320.5 million while wagering for Kentucky Derby Week races totaled $446.6 million, per Churchill Downs. Both numbers were also records. Mystik Dan paid $39.22 to win on a $2 bet.

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Fair Grounds Race Course, often known as New Orleans Fair Grounds, is a thoroughbred racetrack and racino in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is operated by Churchill Downs Louisiana Horseracing Company, LLC. Churchill Downs Inc.

The main track's home stretch is 1,320 feet, the third longest of any dirt track in the United States — only the home stretches at Los Alamitos Race Course (1,380 feet) and Fair Grounds Race Course (1,346 feet) are longer.

What company owns Churchill Downs? ›

The racetrack is owned and operated by Churchill Downs Incorporated.

The $1 million, Grade 2 Louisiana Derby at Fair Grounds on Saturday attracted a full field of 12. Contested at 1 3/16 miles, the same distance as the Preakness, it is the longest prep for potential Kentucky Derby 2024 hopefuls.

It is annually hosted at Fair Grounds Race Track and currently offers a sizeable purse of $1 million dollars.

The winning horse at Saturday's Kentucky Derby has Louisiana's fingerprints all over it. Mystik Dan won by a nose, edging out Sierra Leone and Forever Young. Lafayette native Brian Hernandez was the jockey and Shreveport native Sharilyn Gasaway is a co-owner.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Catching Freedom stormed from last to first to win the $1 million Louisiana Derby by nearly a length on Saturday, earning the Brad Cox-trained horse enough Kentucky Derby qualifying points to enter the opening race of the Triple Crown.