String King wins the 2013 Mr. Sulu Stakes.
Photo: Hodges Photography/Lynn Roberts
String King wins the 2012 Louisiana Champions Day Turf Stakes.
Photo: Hodges Photography/Lynn Roberts
String King wins the 2012 Mr. Sulu Stakes.
Photo: Hodges Photography/Lou Hodges, Jr.
String King (black cap) wins the 2011 LA Champions Turf.
Photo: Hodges Photography/Lynn Roberts
String King (black cap) wins the 2011 LA Champions Turf.
Photo: Hodges Photography/Amanda Weir| Trainer | Charles Craig Smith |
|---|---|
| Jockey | Patrick A. Johnson |
| Owner | Charles Craig Smith |
| Breeder | Charlie Smith |
| String King View Five-Cross Pedigree | Crowned King | Barkerville |
| Formeredith | ||
| String Dancer | Fly a Kite (IRE) | |
| One for Emprey |
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The Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders' Association has announced its 2013 champions. An award presentation and Horse of the Year announcement will take place at the Equine Sales Company of Louisiana May 24.
Daddy Nose Best, a smashing stakes winner in his first start over the turf at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, returns to the New Orleans track as the top weight in the $125,000 Colonel E. R. Bradley Handicap (gr. IIIT).
Brittlyn Stable's Sunbean returned to Louisiana-bred company in winning style, nosing out String King in the $150,000 Louisiana Champions Day Classic at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots.
Charles Smith homebred String King, who has registered all seven of his stakes victories on turf, will switch to the main track for a start in the $150,000 Louisiana Champions Day Classic Dec. 14 at Fair Grounds.
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Favored Amira's Prince recorded his fourth consecutive win since arriving in the United States, holding off a determined charge from Willcox Inn in the $400,000 Mervin H. Muniz Memorial Handicap (gr. IIT) March 30.
Optimizer has been a different horse since he moved to the grass, and streaks into the March 30 Mervin H. Muniz Jr. Memorial Handicap at Fair Grounds with two graded stakes scores under his girth.
Optimizer went wire-to-wire in the $125,000 Col. E.R. Bradley Handicap (gr. IIIT) at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots Jan. 26 for red-hot Hall of Famer D. Wayne Lukas, who has won three stakes races in eight days.
Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas looks to continue his hot streak in the $125,000 Col. E.R. Bradley Handicap (gr. IIIT) at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, sending out Optimizer in the Jan. 26 turf test for older males.
Heavy On Themister, under an all-out drive from Rosie Napravnik, scored a one-length victory in the $150,000 Louisiana Champions Day Classic Dec. 8 at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots.
Odds-on Star Guitar cleared off in the stretch for his third consecutive Louisiana Champions Day Classic title at Fair Grounds Racecourse and Slots Dec. 10.
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