How wet has it been in New Orleans this December? Well, use this as a guide. The horses entered in the Louisiana Champions Day Turf were in the paddock, saddled, and ready to hit the track late on the afternoon of Dec. 12. The delay in actually running the race? Oh, about 168 hours or so.The sky opened last Saturday, washing out the last four races on Louisiana Champions Day. Those races will be made up on Saturday's 13-race card at Fair Grounds, on which they have been sprinkled among five other open stakes races.

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