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Evangeline Downs Racetrack & Casino is a racetrack in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, just east of Opelousas. It is owned and operated by Boyd Gaming . With a one-mile oval track, the facility provides close to 1,000 horse stalls for Thoroughbred flat racing and American Quarter Horse racing.
Shane Jude Sellers (born September 24, 1966 in Erath, Louisiana) is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. At age eleven, he began working around horses and in 1983 rode his first winner at Evangeline Downs. Sellers won several national riding championships and was a leading rider at Arlington Park.
James Eugene Avant (December 7, 1963, in LaGrange, Georgia – October 30, 2018) was an American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. Riding almost exclusively in Louisiana, during his career he has won more than 2,500 races. At Evangeline Downs, he shares the record with Curt Bourque of having ridden six winners on a single racecard, in 1988 ...
April 11, 2014 – at Evangeline Downs, between All In The Art, Chessie Slew, and Memories Of Trina; a triple dead heat. [48] May 31, 2014 – in the Grand Cup at York, between Clever Cookie and Ralston Road. [49] October 18, 2014 – in the Caulfield Sprint at Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, between Miracles of Life and Bel Sprinter. [50]
The 150th Kentucky Derby was all that and more as 156,710 people were on hand to watch Mystik Dan’s thrilling victory via a photo finish in the Run for the Roses on Saturday at Churchill Downs ...
See photos of all the grit and glam from the 2024 Kentucky Derby. The annual horse-racing event, hosted at Churchill Downs, celebrated its 150th anniversary this year.
Robby J. Albarado (born September 11, 1973) is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He began riding at the age of 10 and progressed to riding at bush tracks in his native Louisiana by the age of 12. After turning professional, he earned his first official win at Evangeline Downs in 1990. Since then, he has won more than 5,000 races ...
Some of the biggest names in horse racing, including Churchill Downs – home of the Kentucky Derby -- and Keeneland encouraged HISA to extend its rules to cover 2-year-old sales.