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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.
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.
Randy Paul Romero (December 22, 1957 – August 29, 2019) was an American jockey in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing.. Born into a family involved with horses, his father Lloyd J. Romero was a Louisiana state trooper who trained American Quarter Horses and later, after a drunk driver crashed into his police car and permanently disabled him, he began training Thoroughbreds for flat racing.
The 150th Kentucky Oaks, the second biggest day of racing at Churchill Downs, is finally here.And today is all about the ladies. The Oaks, sponsored by Longines, is a $1.5 Million Grade 1 stakes ...
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 ...
A horse and rider work out under a light rain at Churchill Downs on May 1, 2023, in Louisville. The count of horse deaths rose until it hit a dozen. A Derby dozen.
The deaths of seven thoroughbred horses in the days leading up to the Kentucky Derby overshadowed the race at Churchill Downs this spring. After the event, five more horses died.
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 ...