Fair Grounds Race Course News

News brief: Races from the New Orleans track will be available through most online and telephone wagering companies.

News brief: Slot revenues have increased purses and attrached top horses, jockeys, trainers and owners.

Fair Grounds announced Friday it will temporarily close all of its facilities beginning Saturday because of the projected track of Hurricane Gustav.

News Brief: Fair Grounds Race Track & Slots in New Orleans today will launch its inaugural quarter horse racing meet.

Churchill Downs Incorporated reports that Randall E. Soth, who since September 2004 has served as president of Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots is leaving CDI to pursue other career interests..

Fair Grounds will expand its racing season by two weeks next season and begin a locally based meet prior to Thanksgiving for the first time in nearly 30 years, track president Randy Soth announced Tuesday.

News Brief: Fair Grounds and Louisiana state officials say the slot room will make the track better, increase racing purses and attract higher quality horses.

News Brief: The Fair Grounds Race Course kicked off its 81-day thoroughbred meet Thursday with an added attraction: 245 slot machines.

Fair Grounds Race Course enters a new era with the opening of a temporary slot-machine gaming facility at 10 a.m. Sept. 21, Fair Grounds President Randall Soth announced today.

Fair Grounds Race Course concluded its 135th season of racing, and its first back at its home track since Hurricane Katrina, today with increases in average daily all-sources and on-track wagering and a record purse distribution.