ff New $300,000 Turf Sprint Anchors Evangeline Stakes Schedule
The $300,000 Evangeline Downs Turf Sprint, a newly on the main track and the $100,000 Opelousas Stakes created event for 3-year-olds and up at five furlongs on the for 3-year-old and up fillies and mares at 1 1/16 miles on grass, is the centerpiece of a revamped Evangeline Downs the turf, headlines a card that also highlights Louisianastakes schedule. A total of 23 stakes worth $2.15 million will bred 3-year-olds in a pair of $70,000 events, the Lafayette Stakes for colts and geldings and the Acadiana be contested at the Louisiana track. The Turf Sprint, featuring the largest purse ever offered for Stakes for fillies. Each race will be contested on the main a Thoroughbred race at Evangeline, highlights a daytime track at seven furlongs. A $100,000 guaranteed Pick 4 program on Saturday, June 21, that is bolstered by three wager will be anchored by the Turf Sprint. Evangeline Downs’ 49th consecutive Thoroughbred open stakes and a total of five stakes. Special post time for that program will be 2:15 p.m. CDT with the normal post season opens Wednesday, April 9. The 84-night meet runs through Saturday, August 30. As in past seasons, racing remaining at 5:40 p.m. for the season. In addition to the new Turf Sprint, some of the will be conducted on a four-evening-a-week schedule, major changes to this year’s stakes schedule include Wednesday through Saturday. For additional information, contact Evangeline Downs at moving the Louisiana Legends Night, a card that features the best Louisiana-bred horses in training squaring (337) 594-3000 or go to evangelinedowns.com. off in eight stakes worth $750,000, from the first weekend in July to Saturday, May 24. Also, the annual D.S. “Shine” Young Memorial, a futurity for Louisiana-bred 2-year-olds (run previously as the Southwest Louisiana Futurity and the Cajun Futurity), has been moved to Saturday, July 5. The “Shine” features both a filly and a colt/gelding division, each offering a $100,000 purse. Trials for the race have been discontinued. “We are very excited about our upcoming Thoroughbred stakes schedule, headlined by the inaugural Turf Sprint, which should What if you could ensure a safe retirement for your racehorse draw top grass sprinters from around North while helping the next generation of horsemen and horsewomen? America as a showcase event for Evangeline DON’T MISS THE 2014 SPORT OF KINGS CHALLENGE Downs, and along with the other marquee Remington Park • June 21-22 races scheduled, should provide a memoWhether you are a hunter, jumper, dressage, barrel racer or just love horses... rable day of racing and entertainment,” we have something to fit your needs. We will also have Western and English said Chris Warren, director of racing operaflat classes. For those of you who bring your family, we will have exhibitions, tions for Delta Downs and Evangeline Downs. a food truck derby, cash awards, awesome prizes and a “Barn Bash” fundraiser Warren added, “We are also confident on Saturday evening. Our judges will be noted Thoroughbred owner MAGGI that the restructuring of our stakes schedMOSS and accomplished eventer STEUART PITTMAN! ule, including the new date for Louisiana Accepting donations of all kinds! Legends Night, will also be a benefit to our Thoroughbred Athletes Inc. horsemen and fans throughout the entire 2851 South Midwest Blvd. • Guthrie, OK 73044 meeting.” (405) 802-1312 • www.thoroughbred-athletes.com www.facebook.com/thoroughbredathletes The Turf Sprint, along with the $100,000 lynn@thoroughbred-athletes.com Evangeline Mile for 3-year-olds and up
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