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Rob Tuel Named Track Announcer At Evangeline Downs Sponsored by: Track Announcer Rob Tuel Evangeline Downs Racetrack Casino & Hotel has announced the hiring of Rob Tuel as its new full-time track announcer replacing Michael Chamberlain, who had spent the last six years behind the microphone in Opelousas, Louisiana. Tuel's race calling experience began in 2004 at Eureka Downs in Kansas, where he called both Thoroughbreds and Quarter Horses. Over the years he has also called races in his home state of Nebraska at FairPlay Park, Lincoln Race Course and Atokad Park. “I am honored and ...

Evangeline Downs Announcer Rob Tuel joins Evangeline Downs as new announcer and handicapper. PHOTO: Courtesy Evangeline Downs April 21, 2021 | Racing , Racing | Racing , Racing Evangeline Downs Racetrack Casino & Hotel has announced the hiring of Rob Tuel as its new full-time track announcer replacing Michael Chamberlain, who had spent the last six years behind the microphone in Opelousas, Louis...

Wagering Insecurity: When Doping And Gambling Are Intertwined Sponsored by: This is Part 2 of the Thoroughbred Idea Foundation's (TIF) series “Wagering Insecurity.”  Faced with remarkable competitive pressure from the rise of legal sports betting, horse racing is at a crossroads.  Confidence amongst horseplayers and horse owners is essential to the future sustainability of the sport. Efforts to improve the greater North American Thoroughbred industry will fall flat if its stakeholders fail to secure a foundation of integrity, along with increased transparency of the wagering b...

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. The meet, which began January 23, was impacted by the major winter storm in Louisiana, as sub-freezi...

Improvements are coming to three major intersections near the new Amazon facility in the Upper Lafayette/Carencro area. Earlier today, State representative Vincent Pierre and Chairman of the Transportation Committee and Senator Gerald Boudreaux held a public hearing at the Carencro Community Center. The stakeholder meeting was arranged to discuss traffic related to the massive new Amazon facility being constructed at the old Evangeline Downs property site. Construction on the Amazon facility isn't even complete and traffic is already pretty wild in the area, so this was definitely a welcome...