Horse Races in New Orleans.

New Orleans isn't like anyplace you've ever lived.  New Orleans is like nowhere else in Louisiana.  Orleans Parish is very different from Jefferson Parish, from St. Bernard Parish, and St. Tammany Parish.  New Orleans is a world of its own.  New Orleans is a special place favored by providence.  Wanna go to the horse races in New Orleans?

Both daydreams and fever dreams come true in New Orleans.

You can win a lot of money in New Orleans.  You can learn alot, too.  You can make a fool of yourself in New Orleans and no one will mind.  We're all crazy fools for love in New Orleans.  You can meet the Devil in New Orleans and you can meet your maker.  New Orleans is a city plump with epiphanies.  You can find your better self in New Orleans, even if you don't have a horse in the race.





In a New Orleans state of mind, even the angels dream of spending a few nights on Esplanade Avenue.  Who can blame them?  This part of New Orleans, Louisiana is a slice of Heaven on Earth.  Oo-la-la.

Daytime New Orleans and nighttime New Orleans are two very related things.  Worlds don't collide in New Orleans.  Worlds coalesce and mingle and simmer and interpenetrate in New Orleans.  It's a heckuva town if you've got the stomach for it.

Horse racing season in New Orleans starts on Thanksgiving Day every year and it ends at the end of March the following year.  The Louisiana Cup is run in our part of New Orleans, at the New Orleans horse racing track.  We don't have any other kind of track in New Orleans.  Horse racing and betting are part of New Orleans indigenous culture.

The Fairgrounds Race Track is on Gentilly Avenue.  It's in the Fairgrounds Triangle neighborhood, naturally, and also in Faubourg St. John.  The furthest downtown side of the track is part of DeSaix.  If you don't live here, none of these geographical details mean anything to you.  I apologize.

People who live on Esplanade Avenue lakeside of Claiborne Avenue think of the racetrack as part of their neighborhood.  It's only a ten minute walk away from my front door.  Wanna play the ponies?

If you are looking for someplace to stay, I'd like to point you to the website of our sponsor: La Belle Esplanade.

If you want to visit New Orleans like you live here, this is your headquarters.

La Belle Esplanade is a five-suite B&B hotel on Esplanade Avenue that offers personalized craft hospitality and expert concierge recommendations to help you learn what it means to fall in love with the real New Orleans.  Ranked the #1 place to stay in New Orleans on TripAdvisor since April 2014.  When you visit New Orleans, visit like you mean it.

In New Orleans, every moment is magical, day or night.

What is beautiful during the day in New Orleans is enchanting in the dark.

Things change in New Orleans but they remain true to themselves.  New Orleans authenticity is what makes this magical city so special.  When you catch New Orleans' spirit, laissez les bon temps rouler!  Let the good times roll when you are in New Orleans.  It's like winning the trifecta.  A day in New Orleans is never a rat race. A week in New Orleans is like winning big at the horse races and then going to celebrate at Liuzza's-by-the-Track.

After you stuff yourself with the best everyday gumbo in the city and an oyster and garlic po' boy, you can walk along our beautiful street to your home in New Orleans.  La Belle Esplanade is the New Orleans B&B hotel that is here for you.  You belong here.