Fair Grounds: Gantry gives Faucheux his first stakes win in Thanksgiving Handicap | Daily Racing Form

Gantry gave 29-year-old New Orleans native Ron Faucheux his first stakes win as a trainer. He was ridden to victory in the $75,000 Thanksgiving Handicap by Richard Eramia, who was fortunate to escape injury in a spill earlier Thursday.

Gantry ($12.20) won the first stakes of his career while racing for the ninth time and making his first start since being privately purchased and turned over to Faucheux about three weeks ago...

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