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Tradition continues with the addition of six new opening weekend restricted stakes, serving as the perfect springboard for Louisiana Champions Day on Dec 10.
Sponsored by: Underpressure denies Pound for Pound in the Louisiana Premier Night Championship on Feb. 8, 2020 Delta Downs will host its richest race program of the season on Wednesday, Feb. 10, when the track will award $805,000 in total purse throughout 10 stakes races. The event is called Louisiana Premier Day, and for the first time in its 18-year existence it will take place during the daytime hours with first post time set for 12:55 pm. The featured race on the card will be the $125,000 Louisiana Premier Day Championship for older horses competing at 1-1/16 miles, which will b...
Louisiana preview: 'Good comeback spot' for Wells Bayou Fair Grounds Communications Photo: Hodges Photography / Amanda Hodges Weir It has been a long road back, but Wells Bayou, who won last year’s Grade 2 Louisiana Derby, makes his much-anticipated return in Saturday’s $125,000 Louisiana (G3) at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots. The 1 1/16-mile race is a key supporting feature on the six-stakes Road to the Derby card and could prove the pivotal comeback race in a 2021 handicap division lacking any true standouts. Carded as race 10, the Louisiana is the second leg of the...