1751 Gentilly Boulevard
Contact: Jim Mulvihill, Communications & Pari-Mutuel Marketing Manager, (504) 948-1233, james.mulvihill@fgno.com
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Stolis Winner Aims to Become All-Time Leading Earner Amongst Quarter Horses in Challenge Championship
WHAT: The Bank of America Challenge Championships, the year-end $1.1 million stakes extravaganza for American Quarter Horses, and the fall’s first Starlight Racing, with live music, DJs, drink specials and more
WHO: Stolis Winner, likely to become the all-time leading earner amongst Quarter Horses with a seventh-place or better finish in the featured Challenge Championship
Jeremy Davenport, guest trumpeter to play “Call to the Post” for Race 6
Christian Serpas & Ghost Town, headlining Starlight Racing band
Owners, trainers and jockeys of Challenge Championship contenders
and Thousands of Starlight Racing fans
WHEN: Friday, November 19, 5 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.
First race, 5 p.m.
Jeremy Davenport, 7 p.m.
First of six Challenge Championship races, 8 p.m.
Featured Bank of
One-on-one interviews with winning connections immediately following race
WHERE: Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots
1751 Gentilly Boulevard,
MORE BACKGROUND: The fastest horses in the world meet in
The Challenge Championships also will mark the return of Starlight Racing, the upscale night racing experience with live music, DJs and drink specials. The initial Starlight Racing series during the last Thoroughbred season grew into one of the city’s premier social events, with thousands of partygoers making Fair Grounds the place to “see and be seen” on select Friday nights.
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James J. Mulvihill
Communications & Pari-Mutuel Marketing Manager
Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots
A Churchill Downs Incorporated Company
1751 Gentilly Boulevard,
504.948.1233 [office]
504.481.8770 [cell]
504.944.7853 [fax]
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