Five Stakes on Dec. 27 Program at Fair Grounds

After hosting six stakes Dec. 26, Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots scales back Dec. 27, though only just. Five $75,000 stakes, linked in a 50-cent Pick 5, conclude the 10-race program Monday.

The stakes emphasis is mainly on races for 2-year-olds and grass contests for late-season 3-year-olds, with the one exception being the Joseph E. "Spanky" Broussard Memorial Stakes, a race for fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up, at a mile and 70 yards. The other races are the Sugar Bowl Stakes (2-year-olds) and Letellier Memorial Stakes (2-year-old fillies), both at six furlongs on dirt, and the Pago Hop Stakes (3-year-old fillies) and Woodchopper Stakes (3-year-olds) at a mile on turf.

Gary and Mary West's multiple graded stakes winner Concert Tour  is the most high-profile horse entered Monday, favored at 3-1 on the morning line in the Woodchopper, though he is expected to scratch. Winner of the San Vicente Stakes (G2) and Rebel Stakes (G2) earlier this year for trainer Bob Baffert, he now races for trainer Brad Cox, who told Daily Racing Form's Marcus Hersh the Street Sense   colt only runs if the Woodchopper is moved from turf to dirt.

Dry weather is forecast in New Orleans leading up to Monday, suggesting that scenario is unlikely.

Homewrecker Racing's Point Me By , who took a light renewal of the Bruce D. Stakes (G1T) (formerly the Secretariat) this summer at Arlington International Race Course, is a leading player on turf. The Eddie Kenneally trainee ran seventh in the Franklin-Simpson Stakes (G2T) at Kentucky Downs and sixth in the Bryan Station Stakes at Keeneland in two starts since the Bruce D.

Video: Bruce D. S. (G1T)

The opposition includes Allied Racing Stable's Who Took the Money , a quick returnee for trainer Bret Calhoun after romping by 5 3/4 lengths in the Louisiana Champions Day Turf against state-bred older horses Dec. 11 at Fair Grounds.

In March, he also captured the Crescent City Derby Stakes on the local main track. Perfect in four starts against Louisiana-breds, he is 1-for-4 in open races, with those starts in allowance company.

Calhoun also entered William Reed's Excess Magic , a second-level allowance optional claiming victor Nov. 26 who was second in the Texas Turf Mile Stakes in January at Sam Houston Race Park.  

Adam Beschizza rides Point Me By, Deshawn Parker has the mount on Who Took the Money, and Reylu Gutierrez is aboard Excess Magic.

Remaining morning-line favorites on the Monday card include Jim Bakke and Gerry Isbister's Girl With a Dream  in the Letellier Memorial; Stud Los Leones' stakes-winning Cheetara  in the Broussard Memorial; Bradley Thoroughbreds, Tim and Anna Cambron, and Kurz Equine Investments' Arm Candy  in a contentious Pago Hop, and David Campbell, Douglas Arnold, Marc Winston, and David Clement's Higher Standard  in the Sugar Bowl.

Entries: Letellier Memorial S.

Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, Monday, December 27, 2021, Race 6

• STK
• 6f
• Dirt
• $75,000
• 2 yo Fillies
• 3:24 PM (local)

PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
1	1Implosion (KY)	Adam Beschizza	116	Steve Margolis	6/1
2	2Red Hot Moon (KY)	David Cabrera	116	Tina Rena Hurley	10/1
3	3Girl With a Dream (KY)	Florent Geroux	122	Brad H. Cox	5/2
4	4Runnin Happy (KY)	Mitchell Murrill	116	Eric L. Heitzmann	15/1
5	5Com' On Sweet Luv (KY)	Marcelino Pedroza, Jr.	116	Brad H. Cox	3/1
6	6Microbiome (FL)	James Graham	116	Thomas M. Amoss	3/1
7	7Julesforyou (KY)	Colby J. Hernandez	116	Brent Toups	20/1
8	8Mystique Saboteur (LA)	Brian Joseph Hernandez, Jr.	116	Steve Margolis	6/1

Entries: Woodchopper S.

Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, Monday, December 27, 2021, Race 7

• STK
• 1m
• Turf
• $75,000
• 3 yo
• 3:53 PM (local)

PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
1	1Hidden Enemy (IRE)	David Cabrera	116	Steven M. Asmussen	10/1
2	2Who Took the Money (LA)	Deshawn L. Parker	122	W. Bret Calhoun	8/1
3	3Big Lake (KY)	Florent Geroux	116	Steven M. Asmussen	6/1
4	4Temper Tantrum (IL)	Jareth Loveberry	116	Armando Hernandez	8/1
5	5Warrior in Chief (KY)	Marcelino Pedroza, Jr.	116	Bernard S. Flint	15/1
6	6Arabian Prince (KY)	Brian Joseph Hernandez, Jr.	116	Dallas Stewart	20/1
7	7Point Me By (KY)	Adam Beschizza	122	Eddie Kenneally	9/2
8	8Concert Tour (KY)	Fernando De La Cruz	116	Brad H. Cox	3/1
9	9Awesome Gerry (KY)	Corey J. Lanerie	116	Saffie A. Joseph, Jr.	8/1
10	10Rightandjust (KY)	Colby J. Hernandez	116	Shane Wilson	12/1
11	11Excess Magic (KY)	Reylu Gutierrez	116	W. Bret Calhoun	8/1

Entries: Joseph E. Spanky Broussard Memorial S.

Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, Monday, December 27, 2021, Race 8

• STK
• 1m 70y
• Dirt
• $75,000
• 3 yo's & up Fillies and Mares
• 4:22 PM (local)

PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
1	1Powder River (KY)	Adam Beschizza	118	Norm W. Casse	8/1
2	2Cheetara (CHI)	Colby J. Hernandez	118	Ignacio Correas, IV	5/2
3	3Microcap (KY)	James Graham	118	Grant T. Forster	8/1
4	4Judy's Way (KY)	Orlando Mojica	118	Carlos H. Silva	8/1
5	5Velvet Crush (KY)	Mitchell Murrill	118	Michael Stidham	8/1
6	6Tap Dance Fever (KY)	Angel Suarez	115	Gerald S. Bennett	20/1
7	7Moon Swag (KY)	Brian Joseph Hernandez, Jr.	115	Brendan P. Walsh	7/2
8	8Audrey's Time (KY)	Corey J. Lanerie	122	Neil L. Pessin	3/1

Entries: Pago Hop S.

Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, Monday, December 27, 2021, Race 9

• STK
• 1m
• Turf
• $75,000
• 3 yo Fillies
• 4:51 PM (local)

PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
1	1Touch of Class (KY)	Orlando Mojica	116	Bernard S. Flint	20/1
2	2Princess Theorem (KY)	Adam Beschizza	122	Brendan P. Walsh	6/1
3	3Barista (KY)	James Graham	116	James E. Baker	9/2
4	4Amiche (KY)	Brian Joseph Hernandez, Jr.	116	Cherie DeVaux	10/1
5	5Suki (KY)	Deshawn L. Parker	116	Matt A. Shirer	10/1
6	6Out of Sorts (KY)	Colby J. Hernandez	122	Brittany T. Russell	8/1
7	7Youens (ON)	David Cabrera	116	Joe Sharp	30/1
8	8Becca's Rocket (KY)	Jareth Loveberry	116	Scott Gelner	12/1
9	9Inajiffy (KY)	Corey J. Lanerie	116	Joe Sharp	20/1
10	10Amalfi Princess (KY)	Marcelino Pedroza, Jr.	116	Michael J. Maker	8/1
11	11Lovely Ride (KY)	Reylu Gutierrez	116	W. Bret Calhoun	8/1
12	12Assertive Style (KY)	Mitchell Murrill	116	Chris A. Hartman	15/1
13	13Arm Candy (KY)	Florent Geroux	118	Steven M. Asmussen	7/2

Entries: Sugar Bowl S.

Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, Monday, December 27, 2021, Race 10

• STK
• 6f
• Dirt
• $75,000
• 2 yo
• 5:22 PM (local)

PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
1	1Chattalot (KY)	Reylu Gutierrez	122	Steven M. Asmussen	7/2
2	2Kaely's Brother (KY)	Marcelino Pedroza, Jr.	120	Brad H. Cox	6/1
3	3Freelancer (KY)	Adam Beschizza	116	Brendan P. Walsh	6/1
4	4Underhill's Tab (KY)	Colby J. Hernandez	116	Albert M. Stall, Jr.	4/1
5	5Special Breed (KY)	Aubrie Green	116	Andrea Ancil Ali	20/1
6	6Magician Stone (KY)	Jose L. Vega	116	Gennadi Dorochenko	30/1
7	7Blue Kentucky (KY)	Florent Geroux	122	Wayne M. Catalano	8/1
8	8Hoist the Gold (KY)	Brian Joseph Hernandez, Jr.	116	Dallas Stewart	6/1
9	9Higher Standard (KY)	James Graham	116	Thomas M. Amoss	3/1