Saturday’s big Kentucky Derby prep race is the $500,000-dollar, Grade 2 Risen Star Stakes at Fair Grounds. It’s the first race of the season to offer the winner 50 qualifying points toward a spot in the Kentucky Derby. The contest will award a total of 105 points on a 50-25-15-10-5 scale. The race was first held in 1973 as the Louisiana Derby Trial Stakes. In 1989, it was renamed in … Continue reading The Risen Star Stakes