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It was another excellent edition of Louisiana Cup Day on Saturday at Louisiana Downs as the quality of the Louisiana breeding industry shone brightly in each of the six stakes on the program.
Although the horses encountered increasing headwinds throughout the fourth Under Tack session of the 2023 OBS June Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training and Horses of Racing Age, Hip No. 570, a son of City of Light consigned by Wavertree Stables, Inc. (Ciaran Dunne), Agent, breezed an eighth in :9 4/5, the day’s fastest work at the distance.
Evangeline Downs hosted the annual celebration of the Louisiana-breds Saturday night on the Louisiana Legends Night card, which featured six stakes, each worth $100,000, at the Opelousas track.
Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher gave a thumbs up following a Saturday morning breeze from Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable’s reigning champion 2-year-old male Forte, who worked five furlongs over the Belmont Park main track in preparation for the $1.5-million Belmont Stakes(G1).
Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable’s Forte breezed Sunday over the Belmont Park dirt training track in his first workout since scratching on the morning of the May 6 Kentucky Derby (G1) as the morning-line favorite.