The @fairgroundsnola leaderboard heading into Sunday’s card. @jose93_ortiz wearing the crown with 80 wins after a double last night, while @jockeypedrozajr (60) led the scoring with four wins. @_benacurtis in third with 48. @SofiaLVives (21 wins) now in the Top 10 after scoring her first hat trick at the FG. Trainer @mjsharp75_joe (44) has the 2025-26 meet title locked up with Closing Day next Sunday, March 22. Bret Calhoun looking to hold onto to the silver medal with 26 victories, while four up on @SWRacingStables, the title holder from the 2023-24 meet. #FG154

The @fairgroundsnola leaderboard heading into Thursday’s card (Fast/Firm 14’). @jose93_ortiz is the kingpin with 65 wins. Now two away from 50 wins overall in 2026. Will ride on Saturday @OaklawnRacing. Go MAGNITUDE! Having one of his best FG meets since the 2020-2021 campaign (49 wins-6th), @jockeypedrozajr (48) widened the margin in second over a sidelined @Pacolopez1018, who was injured in a spill on February 7. In third, @_benacurtis (40) now on a three card win streak with a three-for-15 mark last week. Trainer @mjsharp75_joe has another title in sight. Tops with 34 wins. Had a couple of wins at the FG since Fat Tuesday, but overall, also with wins @deltaracing and @TurfwayPark for a 32-162 (W20%) record for the year. @bradcoxracing (19) is tied for second at the 2025-26 meet, while one away from 2,800 career wins. Is winning at a strong 28% in town after DAMASCUS STEEL scored on Saturday. @SWRacingStables, the FG title holder in 2023-24 (50 wins), vying for second with 19 wins, scored with ANTIPHON in the Sunday Opener to keep pace with Closing Day, March 22, 2026. #FG154

Congratulations! @SWRacingStables hitting 1,000 career wins with GYPSAN @fairgroundsnola in the fourth on Friday. Shane Wilson, (@hodgesphoto), with his son @ConnorWill2, won the 2023-24 meet with 50 wins for their first title at the historic New Orleans track. #FG154

In the jostling behind @louisianabred SHE’S A LIVE WIRE ($59.60), placed first after the DQ of the evens favorite, in the Fillies Turf. @SWRacingStables now one away from 1,000 career wins. Shane and son @ConnorWill2 have one entered @fairgroundsnola on Friday (VITRUVIUS).

A five win lead for @jose93_ortiz (47) at the top of the @fairgroundsnola (Fast/Good 28’) meet leaderboard. The defending Champion went double-triple-double over the last three cards. @Pacolopez1018, with 42 wins since the season started on November 20, scored twice on Sunday. @jockeypedrozajr notched a hat trick last Thursday, part of a four win week, to maintain a hold on third with 37. @jareth16 (31) in fourth after wins on the Friday and Saturday cards. @_benacurtis (29) notched a win on Sunday coming back to town from a winning raid on Tampa Bay Downs in the G.3 Endeavor Stakes. @flothejock, after arriving from a stint riding in Japan in January, with seven meet victories. The two-time FG Champion went one-for-one last Thursday and Friday. Rides two on Thursday. Bids au revoir after today’s card to go ride @santaanitapark. Has the call on PLUTARCH in the G.3 Robert B. Lewis Stakes this Saturday. Trainer @mjsharp75_joe, boosted by a triple on Saturday’s card, tops with 28 wins. @SWRacingStables (16) took over sole possession of second place with two wins on Sunday. Now two away with @ConnorWill2 from 1,000 career wins.

Trainer @SWRacingStables with a pair of wins on Sunday @fairgroundsnola (STRAWBERRY SUNDAE $5.80 & FRAN’S STAR (@StarGuitarLA) $7.40). Shane, with his assistant and son @ConnorWill2, now two away from 1,000 career wins. Have six horses entered at the FG next week (Thursday-Saturday) and a pair in at SHRP next Sunday, February 8 (no FG live card).

The @fairgroundsnola leaderboard heading into Sunday’s card (Sloppy). The defending FG Champion @jose93_ortiz, returns from PWC Day at GP, tied at the top with 37 wins. @Pacolopez1018 (37) on a three card win streak this week with five victories. @jockeypedrozajr (32) had a pair of wins yesterday, while @jareth16 (29) scored wins with FLYING MOHAWK on Saturday and crowd favorite DOOLGAROUX on Friday in the Mile. Trainer @mjsharp75_joe started his 100th horse of the meet on Saturday while leading with 23 wins. Bret Calhoun (14) notched a win with BANDIDO DEAL ($14.40) and @SWRacingStables scored with RUE LALA (@StarGuitarLA) to stayed tied for second, while four away now from 1,000 career wins.

The @fairgroundsnola leading jockey @jose93_ortiz (37) out of town today riding @GulfstreamPark on Pegasus World Cup Day. @Pacolopez1018, after a Friday double, now one win back. Trainer @mjsharp75_joe leads, while @SWRacingStables joined the race at 13, while five away from 1k.

Co-leaders in the clubhouse at the start of Saturday’s @fairgroundsnola all MT card. @jose93_ortiz, after arriving in town post CD-Fall meet on 12/4, with 25 wins. Now three-for-11 this week (Thursday & Friday) after a win on SHINING STAR (CHI) yesterday. @Pacolopez1018 has a share of the lead, while still eyeing his first win of the week. @jockeypedrozajr in the chase after a win on promising @JuddmonteFarms newcomer TOUCH OF FIRE (Constitution) in MSW Turf on Thursday. On the trainers side of the leaderboard, @mjsharp75_joe with 18 wins at the top, while eight-for-39 (20.5%) in January. @SWRacingStables and @ConnorWill2 watched ROADSIDE BANKER (@StarGuitarLA) cash in Friday’s first. Now six away from 1,000 career wins. Bret Calhoun, with a training double (CANAL STREET & SIPPIN ON GIN), is one ahead of @bradcoxracing (10), who since opening the bottle of Bollinger on NYD, now 14-for-32 (W44%) overall to start 2026. #FG154

The @fairgroundsnola leaderboard heading into Thursday’s 10-race card. @Pacolopez1018, among those riders at last nights Meet & Greet, tops the 2025-26 season with 25 wins. On a four card win streak since New Year’s Day, while going five-for-25 to start 2026. @jockeypedrozajr, the first rider to go over $1M in earnings for #FG154, part of the three-way tie on 22 meet wins. @jose93_ortiz (22), rode on Tuesday @camareropr, back in town all this race week (today-Sunday). Is there-for-17 to start the New Year, while @jareth16 (22) joined the silver medal battle with wins on every FG card since January 1. @_benacurtis (20) in the top 5 after a four-for-18 mark, including a riding double on NYD. Trainer @mjsharp75_joe, firing out to a six-for-26 (23%) start to the New Year, with wins at the FG and @TheNYRA Big A. Holds a six win lead over @SWRacingStables, now eight away from 1,000 career wins, after his CHARIOT rolled home last Saturday. Bret Calhoun, had a victory on January 2 with BANDIDO DEAL, to remain in the chase with nine wins. @brenpwalsh, with a four-for-13 mark to start 2026 across three tracks, is fourth at the FG meet overall with eight wins.

It’s getting tighter at the top of the @fairgroundsnola meet leaderboard. @Pacolopez1018 holds the lead with 19 wins after doing a balancing act on STRUCK AT MIDNIGHT to win on the Boxing Day card. @jose93_ortiz, firing at 31%, joined the battle for second on 16 wins (☑️) after a victory on QUEEN OF QUEENS. @jockeypedrozajr, now five-for-last 25, in the three-way mix at 16 along with @_benacurtis, who recorded his 200th win in North America last Sunday. @jareth16 in the Top 5 after winning Friday’s finale on JAJA JA MAR for “The Riv.” Trainer @mjsharp75_joe had a pair of wins yesterday to go two up (11-9) over @SWRacingStables, both with meet titles here at the historic FG. Bret Calhoun, with seven meet wins, equaled his total of last year with 119 wins since the start of 2025.