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Delta Downs hosts the Grade III, $1,000,000 Delta Jackpot Stakes for 2-year-olds, the Grade III, $500,000 Delta Princess Stakes for 2-year-old fillies, the Restricted Grade I Lee Burwick Futurity, and the Grade II Firecracker Futurity.
The Delta Jackpot Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Delta Downs in Vinton, Louisiana between 2002 and 2017. A Grade III stakes open to two-year-old horses, it was raced in November over a distance of 1 + 1 ⁄ 16 miles (8.5 Furlongs) on dirt.
The Delta Princess Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Delta Downs in Vinton, Louisiana. A Grade III event for the first time in 2008, it is raced in November. It is open to two-year-old fillies .
Three weeks after her Breeders' Cup, Take Charge Brandi started the 2.2/1 favorite under top weight of 122 pounds for the Grade III Delta Princess Stakes at Delta Downs. Ridden for the first time by Paco Lopez, the favorite tracked the early leader Vivian Da Bling before gaining the advantage on the final turn.
Gunnevera is a chestnut colt bred in Kentucky by Brandywine Farm in partnership with Stephen Upchurch. [1] Gunnevera was sired by 2016 leading first-crop sire Dialed In, [2] who won the Holy Bull Stakes and Florida Derby in 2011 before off-the-board finishes in both the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes. [3]
Delta Downs Jackpot: 1-1/16 miles: Dirt $1,000,000 Delta Downs Nov 23 2013 Rise Up ... Grade Track Date 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Ref Lexington: 1-1/16 miles: Synthetic $200,000
Tepin (March 14, 2011 – 2023) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who was named the American Champion Female Turf Horse of 2015 and 2016. She showed very promising form as a two-year-old in 2013 when she won the Delta Princess Stakes on the dirt.
Each year the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association releases a list of stakes for thoroughbred horses. The Committee grades stakes and handicaps into three grades: Grade I, Grade II and Grade III. The largest races are Grade I. The committee uses as criteria for the grading: