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Sponsored by: Our Super Freak Multiple graded stakes-placed Our Super Freak, who has tackled the heaviest hitters in her division, seeks a breakthrough victory against an all stakes-winning field in Sundays 43rd running of the Grade 2, $200,000 Ruffian for older fillies and mares at Belmont Park. The one-turn mile over the main track honors Stuart Janney, Jr.s late dual champion filly, who is recognized as one of the greatest distaffers of all time. Her notable Grade 1-winning accompl...

AUDIO: Evangeline Downs Track Announcer Previews Kentucky Derby Two of them will be mounted by jockeys with Acadiana ties. Kendrick Carmouche, the son of Arnaudville native and former Evangeline Downs and Delta Downs mainstay Sylvester Carmouche, Jr., will ride Bourbonic. Lafayette native Corey Lanerie will mount Sainthood. But do these Acadiana jockeys have a chance at winning the Kentucky Derby? Who are the experts expecting to perform the best? Evangeline Downs track announcer Rob Tuel hand...

Live Racing Returns To Louisiana Downs On Kentucky Derby Day Sponsored by: The 2021 Thoroughbred racing season at Louisiana Downs commences on Saturday, May 1. Opening day will include seven live races beginning at 2:45 pm (Central) and the simulcast of the 147th Kentucky Derby from Churchill Downs. Louisiana Downs will honor its local heroes on Saturday with Bossier City First Responders/Law Enforcement Appreciation Day. Presentations will be made to several groups who have served an...

Louisville, Ky. The name Phil Thomas does not appear in present-day past performances. The last race on his training record was run more than three years ago. His last winner was at the end of the summer of 2013. But something he said resonates to this day with horseplayers handicapping the Kentucky Derby. “I bet if you looked at it,” he said, “horses that won the Derby came fast the last quarter-mile of their last prep.” That was how Jennie Rees recalled a seminal conversation years ag...

Sponsored by: Evangeline Downs Racetrack Casino & Hotel will kick off its 2021 Thoroughbred season on Wednesday, April 28. The 84-day meeting will run through September 18 with live racing scheduled each Wednesday through Saturday night beginning at 5:50pm Central Time. Evangeline Downs offers a one-mile dirt track and seven-furlong turf course. The state-of-the-art facility is a perfect venue for race fans to watch the action from the track apron or high above the track in the climat...

Tim Thornton, Karl Broberg Wrap Up Titles At Delta Downs Meeet Sponsored by: Trainer Karl Broberg The 2020-21 Thoroughbred season at Delta Downs wrapped up on Friday with familiar names topping the standings. Tim Thornton won his third straight leading rider title while Karl Broberg notched his 10th consecutive crown in the training ranks. Broberg and Matt Johansens End Zone Athletics, Inc. earned their sixth straight leading owner title and their ninth in the last 10 years. Thorntons...

Tulsa, Okla. As my wife and I were watching movers pack up our old apartment in Las Vegas, my phone blew up with angry reaction to a development that had become tiringly familiar lately. “No Indiana Grand for Nevada horseplayers,” was the gist of one Tweet. “Such a petty disservice in an industry that needs every ounce of interest/attraction it can muster,” was another reaction. It went on in another Tweet. “J-O-K-E. An issue for how many years?” You can take the boy out of Las Vega...

Louisiana Downs Recap David Alvarez (second from right) was honored as Louisiana Downs leading jockey. PHOTO: Hodges Photography April 8, 2021 | Racing , Racing | Racing , Racing Louisiana Downs honored its leading jockey, trainer and owner for its 44-day Quarter Horse meet, which ended April 7. T...

Photo: Ryan Thompson Even though the Grade 2, $1 million Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn appears chalky, the Rebel undercard does present opportunities to play against vulnerable favorites. There are three specific stakes races that look good.                     Here are the three picks for those undercard races, plus a recap of the Rebel analysis and thoughts on the Beholder Mile (G1) at Santa Anita. Oaklawn Race 5: $350,000 Azeri Stakes (G2) Letruska enters the Azeri with good fo...

Sponsored by: Trainer Karl Broberg Leading North American trainer Karl Broberg is calling for a change in the testing laboratory in Louisiana after learning that split samples from a horse in his barn that originally tested positive for three drugs – including a Class 1 that he said would have been a “career ender” for him – all came back negative. Broberg, ranked first or second in North American wins each year since 2013, was notified by stewards at Delta Downs in late Decem...