Fair Grounds Corporation

A city that speed calls home

2013-03-04 05:00:00

Hot rodder Jimmy Shine's tattoo-covered arms are elbows-deep under the hood of a 1932 Ford as he adjusts the electrical wiring on a $100,000 racing engine that hasn't started in years. Before a co-worker turns the ignition, Shine glances uneasily at the...

PASSINGS: Vincent Timphony, Peter C. Marzio

2010-12-14 00:00:00

Vincent Timphony Trainer of Breeders' Cup winner Wild Again Vincent Timphony, 76, a thoroughbred trainer who guided Wild Again to victory in the inaugural Breeders' Cup Classic in 1984, died Monday at Methodist Hospital in Arcadia, said his former wife,...

Fake bouts showing men kissing draw suspicion

2008-07-12 15:10:00

Crowds in Arkansas came for the lure of cage fighting and $1 beer, but police say what they got instead was men ripping each others' clothes off and kissing -- a stunt suspected of being orchestrated by Sacha Baron Cohen of "Borat" fame. "We had a...

Jackson Hole Scottish Festival

2007-07-29 00:00:00

An evening ceilidh (Celtic social event) brings music of the British Isles, with harpists, singers, dancers, bagpipers and drummers. The Scottish celebration also has a bonny-knees contest (male knees, female judges), bagpiping and drumming competitions....

Roach - O'Daniel

2013-05-19 09:03:00

Landon Roach and Heather O’Daniel of Redfield are engaged and plan a June 14th wedding at Spink Co. Fair Grounds in Redfield. Parents of the couple are Nancy Roach and Vince and Chris Roach and Jeff and Kay O’Daniel all of Redfield. The groom-...

Kentucky Derby winner Orb remains on target for the Preakness

2013-05-16 08:24:49

BALTIMORE (AP) — Kentucky Derby winner Orb remains on track for the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, when a win would set the stage for a Triple Crown try three weeks later in the Belmont Stakes. While a media frenzy is building around the Pimlico...

Orb and Departing roamed the same field before becoming racehorses

2013-05-14 16:49:00

They likely won't recognize each other Saturday as they go to the gate for the 138th Preakness. Orb, the Kentucky Derby winner, and Departing, a horse some believe could be the only one capable of ending this year's Triple Crown chase in Baltimore, will...

Departing's entry in Preakness leads to homecoming for Nicole Stall

2013-05-08 20:35:00

Nicole Stall boarded the first plane to Maryland she could catch when she heard of Benjamin Boniface's death last June. She was there to grieve the death of a boy she had known since his birth. But also to work. In the days after the 20-year-old's death...

Bulletin Board

2013-05-07 13:50:42

Saturday Benefit, to raise awareness for pediatric strokes, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., school house Children's Museum and Learning Center, 129 E. Ocean Ave., Boynton Beach. With special guest Kendall "Roo" Gillis who experienced a catastrophic stroke at age 6....

Clancy's Call: Kentucky Oaks

2013-05-02 17:04:55

Bob Clancy's selections for the $1 million Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks on Friday at Churchill Downs: Post time: 5:40 p.m.; Distance: 1 1/8 miles; TV: NBC Sports Network SEANEEN GIRL (30-1) is one of only two fillies in this field of 10 with a race at...

Digest: Abstraction wins Tesio; 'Gracie' takes Shine Again

2013-04-27 23:03:00

Pimlico Race Course Abstraction wins Tesio; 'Gracie' takes Shine Again Abstraction was bottled up most of the way, but when he finally angled out for clear sailing, he spurted to the lead and drew away to win the $75,750 Federico Tesio Stakes for 3-...

Digest: Tesio, Shine Again will be run Saturday at Pimlico

2013-04-27 00:33:00

Et cetera Tesio, Shine Again will be run today at Pimlico Pimlico Race Course will feature two stakes today, the $75,000 Federico Tesio for 3-year-olds and the $50,000 Shine Again for Maryland-bred fillies and mares. The Tesio is a prep for runners...

In New Orleans, workers move horses into trailers at the Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots after the track ordered evacuation of the animals, in preparation for Tropical Storm Isaac. The northern Gulf Coast was under a hurricane warning, stretching from west of New Orleans to Destin, Fla.

2012-08-26 00:00:00

Country musician David Nail, best known for his song, �Let it Rain,� will perform at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 8, at Berkeley County Youth Fair Grounds, off Golf Course Road, Martinsburg, W.Va.

2012-08-06 14:14:00

Berkeley County Youth Fair kicks off Saturday, Aug. 4, at the Berkeley County Youth Fair Grounds, off Golf Course Road, Martinsburg, W.Va.

2012-07-30 14:27:00