Lecompte: A Thoroughbred and a Slice of Pie

A new Fairgrounds season is at the gate. Usually, the racetrack opens on Thanksgiving Day, but this year the starter’s gun has been advanced to net Friday, Nov. 18. When the topic is horse racing in Louisiana those prone to digesting history might think of a famous horserace in 1854, which had Superbowl status as […]

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A new Fairgrounds season is at the gate. Usually, the racetrack opens on Thanksgiving Day, but this year the starter’s gun has been advanced to net Friday, Nov. 18. When the topic is horse racing in Louisiana those prone to digesting history might think of a famous horserace in 1854, which had Superbowl status as […]

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