Closer Gavea upends the parade in Mardi Gras Stakes
There is not much of a Carnival season in Germany, but the German-bred filly Gavea showed her blitzing run going last to first capturing the $100,000 Mardi Gras Stakes on Tuesday in New Orleans.
It's a familiar time of year in New Orleans, Mardi Gras season, and if you have been following the Fair Grounds meet this winter, you'll be familiar with the cast entered in the $100,000 Mardi Gras Stakes. The Fat Tuesday feature drew eight entrants, six of whom started in the Robert Kelly Memorial. That group includes the top five Kelly finishers – Accomplished Girl, Speedy Traveler, Big Trouble, Oeuvre, and Cupids Crush.