Louisiana Quarter Horse Breeder Association

News November 22, 2024

Fair Grounds Racecourse Releases Quarter Horse Stakes Schedule

Fair Grounds Racecourse in New Orleans will open its summer Quarter Horse meet on August 17.

© Fair Grounds Racecourse

Q-RACING JOURNAL—JULY 18, 2016—A total of 11 stakes, topped by the 350-yard, $150,000-added Louisiana QHBA Sale Futurity (RG1), will be offered during Fair Grounds Racecourse's 2016 Quarter Horse meet, which runs August 17-September 3.

The LQHBA Sale Futurity will be one of five stakes contested on closing day. Other closing-day stakes include the 400-yard $50,000 Mid-City Stakes (G3) for 3-year-olds and older, and the 250-yard, $50,000 Lakeview Dash Stakes for 3-year-olds and older.

The Fair Grounds meet will feature T-REX racing on August 20 and zebra and ostrich racing on August 27. According to a press release from the track, T-REX racing has been made popular via sightings at major sporting events, festivals and functions around the country and abroad. A stable of Tyrannosaurus Rex creatures will compete in a total of four heats on August 20 to determine Fair Grounds' inaugural "Fossil Stakes" winner.

CLICK HERE for a complete Fair Grounds stakes schedule.

LQHBA is the official authorized representative of the American Quarter Horse racing and breeding industry in Louisiana, the unified voice of quarter Horse breedings in the State of Louisiana for purposes of communicatting the advantages and rewards of breeding Quarter Horses in the State and for the purposes of a conducting and coordinating activities with breeding and racing agencies.