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Louisiana Downs track announcer to host handicapping course at BPCC
Starting on Wednesday, May 26 at Bossier Parish Community College you can learn the ins-and-outs of horse racing from Travis Stone, the track announcer at Louisiana Downs.
Read more...'T-Galop' screenings set for Eunice, Grand Coteau
In south Louisiana, horses are a way of life, used for zydeco trail rides, racing, Mardi Gras runs and more. Filmmaker Conni Castille has profiled the area's horse culture from its origins to the present day in her new documentary, T-Galop: A Louisiana Horse Story. A free screening is set for 4:30 p.m. Saturday, May 19 at the Prairie Acadian Cultural Center, 250 W. Park Ave., in Eunice. By ...
Read more...Kentucky Derby 138 horse profile: Rousing Sermon [Horse racing]
by Kane Webb Pro His third-place finish in the Louisiana Derby was more impressive than it looks on paper. He broke late and ran wide on both turns in his first start outside of California If you like Liaison, you should like Rousing Sermon, who finished a close second to Liaison twice last winter at Hollywood Park He rarely throws in a bad race Con read more
Read more...Horse racing and casinos, a sometimes deadly mix
The New York Times has a gruesome report today on thoroughbred horse racing in the era of a proliferation of race track casinos. The dramatic increase in horse race purses from the casino money has encouraged racing by unfit horses dosed heavily with pain medication. To survive amid a riot of new, technologically advanced gambling options, track owners have increasingly succumbed to the gambling ...
Read more...Alternation sets sights on Stephen Foster Handicap
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – Alternation, currently the top-rated horse in the weekly NTRA Thoroughbred Poll, came out of his game win last Friday in the Pimlico Special in good condition and will make his next start in the Stephen Foster Handicap on June 16 at Churchill Downs as long as he continues to train to his connections’ satisfaction, trainer Donnie Von Hemel said Wednesday.
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