Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Thanksgiving is rapidly approaching

Just 15 days until the gate opens for the first race of the 2007-2008 Fair Grounds meet. About this time every year I start wondering about which prominent trainers other than the usual suspects are going to winter at Fair Grounds. I know that many trainers had reservations about coming to New Orleans last year because of housing and worker issues, but hopefully many of those problems have been sorted out.

Stakes nominations for the Thanksgiving Handicap and Pago Hop close on November 10. Those nominations will give a clearer picture about which new faces may be on the backstretch.

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