Evangeline to Host Louisiana Legends Night May 26
Evangeline Downs will be hosting Louisiana Legends Night May 26 featuring the best Louisiana-bred horses currently in training competing against each other.
Southwest Region
News and features for Southwestern farm owners, racehorse owners, and breeders
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Two Scholarships to be Awarded at La. Legends Night
Scholarships offered by the Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders Association.
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Southwest Regional: Blue Bayou
On a secluded and shaded country road outside of Scott, La., the end result of Dex Comardelle’s singular drive has evolved into Louisiana’s latest Thoroughbred breeding farm.
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Bee Jersey Defeats Girvin in Steve Sexton Mile
Chuck Fipke's homebred Bee Jersey earned his first stakes win and third straight victory in the $200,000 Steve Sexton Mile (G3) May 6 at Lone Star Park.
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Four Louisiana Derby Runners to Try Kentucky Derby
Twinspires.com Louisiana Derby (G2) winner Noble Indy has fallen from the spotlight since his win at Fair Grounds Race Course six weeks ago.
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Girvin Returns to Racing in Sexton Mile
Trainer Joe Sharp took a reasoned approach to spotting the 2017 Betfair.com Haskell Invitational Stakes (G1) winner's 2018 debut, with an eye on a prize under the Twin Spires a little farther down the line.
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Louisiana Downs Set for May 5 Opening Day
The 2018 Thoroughbred racing season at Harrah's Louisiana Downs commences on Saturday, May 5. Opening day will include eight races beginning at 3:15 pm (Central) and the simulcast of the 144th Kentucky Derby from Churchill Downs.
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Texas Owner and Breeder Ed Few Dies at 79
Texas-based owner and breeder Ed Few, who campaigned multiple stakes winners like Front Nine and Lady Mallory, died April 8 at his Glorianna Farms home in Jasper, Texas surrounded by family. He was 79.
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Hustle Up First Black-Type Winner for Abstraction
In one of the first black-type stakes for 2-year-olds of 2018, Hustle Up pulled away to a 7 1/2-length lead in the Copper Top Futurity for New Mexico-breds at Sunland Park April 15.
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Magnum Moon Heads Back to Florida After Arkansas Derby
Magnum Moon returned to his base at Palm Beach Downs in South Florida April 15, less than 24 hours after winning the Arkansas Derby (G1) at Oaklawn Park, which was trainer Todd Pletcher's record fifth victory in the race.
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City of Light Edges Accelerate in Oaklawn Handicap
The West Coast invaders were in a race of their own when they entered the stretch in the $750,000 Oaklawn Handicap (G2) April 14 at Oaklawn Park.
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Runaway Ghost Injured, Will Miss Kentucky Derby
Joe Peacock's Sunland Derby (G3) winner Runaway Ghost will miss the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) because of a shin injury, trainer Todd Fincher said April 14.
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Whitmore Surges Late to Take Count Fleet
It appeared Whitmore would spin his wheels for the entire stretch run of the $400,000 Count Fleet Sprint Handicap (G3) April 14, but something changed in the final furlong.
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Seeing Some Value Going Against My Boy Jack
April 14 is the last call for those looking to earn a trip to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1).
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Santana Earns 1,000th Victory on Four-Win Day
Ricardo Santana Jr. grabbed the 1,000th victory of his career (since based on the United States mainland) when he guided Westfest to a clear victory in the sixth race April 12 at Oaklawn Park.
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Accelerate, City of Light Face Off in Oaklawn Handicap
Hronis Racing's Accelerate and Suzanne and William Warren Jr.'s City of Light both won grade 1 races March 10 at Santa Anita Park, but at different distances, and will meet in the middle Saturday for the 1 1/8-mile Oaklawn Handicap.
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Unique Bella Ships in for Apple Blossom
Don Alberto Stable's grade 1 winner Unique Bella, champion female sprinter of 2017, will be out of her element for the first time in the $700,000 Apple Blossom Handicap (G1) April 13 at Oaklawn Park.
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Lone Sailor Breezes Four Furlongs at Churchill Downs
TwinSpires.com Louisiana Derby (G2) runner-up Lone Sailor returned to the work tab April 11 at Churchill Downs with a half-mile breeze in :47 4/5, his first major tune-up in preparation for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1).
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Bind Filly Tops Texas 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale
A filly from the second crop of Bind was purchased by Gary Simms, as agent for M&M Racing, for $140,000 to top the Texas Thoroughbred Association's 2-year-olds in training sale April 10.
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Texas Juvenile Sale Has Momentum This Year
The Texas Thoroughbred Association will seek to build on momentum generated by last year's 2-year-olds in training sale when the 2018 edition is held April 10 at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas.
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Southwest Regional: Aiming High
Larry Hirsch recently took on a new venture with the opening of Highlander Training Center near Sulphur Springs, about 100 miles east of the heart of the Dallas-Ft. Worth Metroplex.
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Trainer Cox, Jockey Bridgmohan Top Fair Grounds Meet
Trainer Brad Cox and jockey Shaun Bridgmohan added another Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots championship title to their accomplished resumes for the 2017-18 meet.
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Mobile Bay Wraps Fair Grounds Meet With Star Guitar Win
Louisiana legend Mobile Bay continued his domination against homebred stakes company with a two-length win in the $75,000 Star Guitar Stakes March 31 at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, the final stakes event of the 2017-18 winter meet.
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Lone Star Park to Introduce Racing Club
Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie is introducing its first ever racing club - a low risk, low cost way to experience Thoroughbred racehorse ownership.
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Peacocks' All-In Plan Led to Runaway Ghost
After more than 50 years in horse racing, the Peacock family focused their entire breeding operation on one mare. The plan could not be working any better.
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Evangeline Downs to Begin April 4
The 53rd season of Thoroughbred racing at Evangeline Downs will begin on Wednesday, April 4 with a nine-race program.
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Optimism Following Surgery for The Player
Owner-trainer Buff Bradley reported late March 26 that surgery on grade 2 winner The Player went well following his injury in the New Orleans Handicap (G2) March 24 at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots.
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Derby Hopeful Lone Sailor Well Worth Purchase Price
While Lone Sailor was just denied what would have been an emotional win for his connections in the TwinSpires.com Louisiana Derby (G2) March 24 at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, the $200,000 purse he earned surpasses his purchase price.
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Former Journalist, Racing Official Williams Dies at 82
Claude Williams worked as a journalist, steward, and racing commission executive in Louisiana and Alabama.
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Runaway Ghost Dominant in Sunland Derby Victory
There was no question who was the best horse at Sunland Park late in the afternoon at the New Mexico racetrack.
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Grade 1 Winner Accelerate Pointed to Oaklawn Handicap
The Southern California-based Accelerate, a 5 1/2-length winner of the March 10 Santa Anita Handicap (G1) at Santa Anita Park, will be pointed to the $750,000 Oaklawn Handicap (G2) April 14 for his next start, trainer John Sadler said March 25.
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Blamed Gets Fifth Straight Win in Sunland Park Oaks
In an almost effortless performance, Cleber Massey's Blamed ran clear in the $200,000 Sunland Park Oaks for her fifth straight win and third stakes victory March 25 at Sunland Park.
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Hustle Up First Winner for Abstraction
Hustle Up became the first winner for New Mexico stallion Abstraction when the 2-year-old gelding was an easy winner March 24 at Sunland Park.
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Good Samaritan Aces Return in New Orleans Handicap
When Good Samaritan galloped last out of the gate for his season debut in the $376,000 New Orleans Handicap (G2) at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, jockey Joel Rosario felt no concern.
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More Good Options Than a New Orleans Menu
Saturday is the biggest day of the season at the Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, with the $1 million Twinspires.com Louisiana Derby (G2) and the $400,000 Twinspires.com Fair Grounds Oaks (G2) heading a 14-race program.
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Runaway Ghost Could Fulfill Dream of a Lifetime
Runaway Ghost, the first foal of multiple stakes winner Rose's Desert, by Ghostzapper, could land a spot in the Kentucky Derby starting gate with a win in the March 25 Sunland Derby.
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Oaklawn Park Launches New Racing Club
Ron Moquett will select and train a 2-year-old for the club this year with the intention of making several starts in 2018 and aiming for a 3-year-old campaign at Oaklawn Park in 2019.
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Asmussen Repeats as Leading Trainer at Sam Houston
The Sam Houston Race Park Thoroughbred meeting concluded Saturday, March 17.
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Oaklawn Reports Record Rebel Day Handle
Total pari-mutuel handle on the 10-race Rebel Day March 17 card at Oaklawn Park was a record for March and a non-Arkansas Derby Day, eclipsing marks set from last year's corresponding program, despite one fewer race.
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Bass Family Keeps Raising the Bar
Only five months after toasting its first grade 1 winner as a breeder, the Bass family of Fort Worth is traveling the fast lane of the Road to the Kentucky Derby with a live contender they bred named Magnum Moon.
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The Player Ready for Battle in New Orleans
After ending a two-race skid in impressive fashion, The Player will try to keep his momentum going March 24 in the $400,000 New Orleans Handicap (G2) at Fair Grounds Race Course and Slots.
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Grade 2 Winner Majestic Heat Retired
Bayakoa Stakes (G2) winner Majestic Heat has been retired from racing after a fifth-place finish in Santa Anita Park's Santa Margarita Stakes (G1) it was announced March 19 by owner-racing manager Madeline Auerbach.
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Texas Horseman Ted Keefer Dies at 83
The owner of Shady Oak Farm training center near Magnolia, Texas, raced graded stakes winners with Bill Heiligbrodt and Walter "Buddy" New.
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Grade 1 Winner Big Macher Puts in Work at Turf Paradise
Grade 1 winner Big Macher, who was retired from racing during the summer of 2017, showed up on the Turf Paradise work tab March 17, but his owner said March 18 the 8-year-old Beau Genius gelding likely won't be returning to racing.
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Martini Glass Makes it a Double in Azeri Stakes
Running for Vince Campanella and Nation's Racing Stable, the 5-year-old Kitalpha mare won her second graded stakes in a row, after taking the Feb. 19 Royal Delta Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream Park.
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Florent Geroux Wins Five on Friday Fair Grounds Card
Jockey Florent Geroux scored five victories March 16 on Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots' nine-race program.
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Jockeys Clark, Mena Hospitalized After Spill
A three-horse spill during the eighth race at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots March 15 injured a pair of jockeys.
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Panel Offers Ideas on Attracting, Keeping Workforce
Experts advised that with changing standards for work visas reducing available foreign workers at the track and farms, horsemen should consider new approaches to welcome and retain a new workforce.
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Prominent Owner Tom Benson Dies
Tom Benson, a Louisiana sports icon who took his football and his basketball with a healthy side of horse racing, died March 15 at Oschner Medical Center in Jefferson, La., with his wife Gayle Marie Benson at his side. He was 90.
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Louisiana Horsemen Aim to Strengthen Aftercare Support
The Louisiana Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association supports state legislation that would make changes to its aftercare program that the organization believes will lead to greater participation.
