Charles Craig Smith

Eight-year-old Louisiana-bred warrior String King will seek a fourth title in the $100,000 Louisiana Champions Day Turf on Saturday when the venerable...

Fan-beloved Louisiana-bred String King will be unable to make his appointment with the Grade II $300,000 Mervin H. Muniz, Jr. Memorial Handicap on Lou...

The career of jockey Brian Hernandez, Jr. has been a successful exercise in understatement. Self-effacing and subtly astute in demeanor, it is easy to...

Charles C. Smith’s veteran homebred String King will look to do one better next Saturday when he tackles the best Louisiana-breds in training in the $...

As always, the focus will be on the 3-year-olds during Saturday’s Road to the Derby Day at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, but guests of the loc...

Charles Craig Smith’sString King, runner-up in last year’s renewal of Saturday’s Grade III Col. E. R. Bradley Stakes over the Stall-Wilson turf course...

On the morning after the 23rd  Louisiana Champions Day at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, the first two horses that finished a nose apart i...

SUNBEAN NOSES OUT STRING KING IN 23RD RUNNING OF THE $150,000 LOUISIANA CHAMPIONS DAY CLASSIC Brittlyn Stable’s Sunbean, a contestant in last spring’s...

Charlie Smith, the always likeable Louisiana native horseman who owns and trains two-time defending Louisiana Champions Day Turf winner String King su...

Owner-trainer-breeder Charlie Smith was his usual smiling self at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots on Sunday morning before heading back to his Ha...