The Fair Grounds‘ four-race prep series produced many Triple Crown contenders in recent years. The Lecomte Stakes (G3), its first graded event, will be run Saturday, and we’ll probably see a few in ...

With 42 qualifying points to the 151st Kentucky Derby on the line, a competitive field of 14 have signed on for Saturday’s $250,000 Lecomte (G3), the featured race on “Road to the Derby Day ...

A full field of 14 three-year-olds will run 1 1/16 miles over the Fair Grounds main surface in Saturday’s $250,000 Lecomte S. (G3). The 2025 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series tilt will ...

The Road to the Kentucky Derby gets a tad more important Jan. 18 as the Lecomte Stakes (G3) ushers in a slate of preps worth a total of 42 qualifying points. The first five finishers in the two ...

A full field of 14 is entered in Saturday's Grade 3, $250,000 Lecomte Stakes at the Fair Grounds in New Orleans, La. The 1 1/16-mile race – the first of the 42-point Kentucky Derby qualifying ...

the Louisiana track’s first Kentucky Derby prep. He only faced five rivals, but they included several impressive maiden special weight winners who return in the Lecomte for a rematch. Built won in ...

Janice Morley-Lecomte will run for the federal Conservatives in the next federal election, said Melanie Maher, the president of the electoral district association for Winnipeg South. This would ...

The stakes are doubling in Saturday’s $250,000 Lecomte (G3) at Fair Grounds. The 1 1/16-mile race will award 20-10-6-4-2 Road to the Kentucky Derby qualification points to its top five finishers, ...

at Fair Grounds by 6 3/4 lengths after setting an uncontested, pedestrian pace. But there's far too much other speed entered in Saturday's $250,000 Lecomte (G3) to suggest he will win again in a ...

Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners' Built aims to build on his Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots success as he faces 13 rivals in the $250,000 Lecomte Stakes (G3) Jan. 18. The 3-year-old Hard Spun colt ...

The 1 1/16-mile Lecomte is the first prep race on the calendar to offer 20-10-6-4-2 qualifying points to the $5-million Kentucky Derby (G1) and following the Dec. 21 Gun Runner is the track's ...

There will be no warm-up starts for new trainer Nick Vaccarezza, but then again he's been preparing most of his life for the opportunity. While Vaccarezza is only 25, through his family experience ...