Mardi Gras

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James Miller’s Daisy Devine, cleverly ridden by Irish-born jockey James Graham, took advantage of a short field and a temporary rail set 22 feet away from its inside position that left Clark Brewster’s odds-on favorite Cherokee Queen somewhat tactically challenged and was able to draw off late for a...Read More
In an appetizing matchup worthy of boldfaced attention, Clark Brewster’s Cherokee Queen appears ready to accept a challenge from James Miller’s Daisy Devine in Fat Tuesday’s 67th renewal of the $75,000 Mardi Gras Handicap in New Orleans, scheduled to be run over Fair Grounds’ historic Stall-Wilson t...Read More
James Miller’s Daisy Devine, winner of last season’s Grade II Fair Grounds Oaks after finishing second by a neck in last year’s Silverbulletday Stakes, worked five furlongs Monday in 1:02.80 in preparation for Fair Grounds’ $75,000 Mardi Gras Stakes for older fillies and mares over the Stall-Wilson ...Read More
Right Time Racing’s Street Storm, placed just off the early pace by jockey Jesse Campbell, challenged for command when set down for the drive and out-footed Adele Dilschneider’s favored Aide to tally by a neck in Tuesday’s 67th running of the $60,000 Mardi Gras Stakes at Fair Grounds.   “I’ve g...Read More
Adele Dilschneider’s Aide, a disappointing fifth in Fair Grounds’ $60,000 Silverbulletday Stakes Jan. 22 as the first leg of the New Orleans oval’s three-race series that concludes with the Grade II Fair Grounds Oaks March 26, finds an easier spot when she faces seven rivals in Tuesday’s 67th runnin...Read More
Salman Rashed’s Chantilly Nayla outgamed Heiligbrodt Racing Stable’s Kinsolving and Robert Pierz’ Hathors Legacy respectively in a three-horse pinball finish to Tuesday’s 66th running of the $60,000 Mardi Gras Stakes at Fair Grounds.   However, all three horses had to survive a stewards’ inquir...Read More
A 9-race program will be run on Fat Tuesday at the Fair Grounds. Pick six carryover of $2,650. Sunny skies are expected with a high temperature of 51. The feature race is the $60k Mardi Gras Stakes for 3yo fillies traveling five and one-half furlongs on the turf. Chantilly Nayla is the 5-2 morning l...Read More
The 66th running of the Mardi Gras, as usual contested on the lone Tuesday racing day of the New Orleans season, is to be run at about five-and-one-half furlongs over the Stall-Wilson turf course and is now restricted to 3-year-old fillies.   Chantilly Nayla, trained by Neil Pessin, won her las...Read More

Race Results & Past Performances

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View Details02/21/12FG71 1/16 mT04+ FMardi GrasDaisy DevineCherokee QueenRose Medallion1:47.19
View Details03/08/11FG81 70yD03 FMardi GrasStreet StormAideCryptocandiac1:43.77
View DetailsView Video02/16/10FG65 1/2 fD03 FMardi GrasChantilly NaylaKinsolvingHathors Legacy1:04.75
View DetailsView Video02/24/09FG95 1/2 fT03 FMardi GrasSelvaFleet StreakOn The Menu1:04.63