Last year Underpressure finished second in the LA Bred Premier Night Championship.
After coming up just short in last year’s Louisiana-bred Premier Night Championship Stakes at Delta Downs, Underpressure will try to earn a trip to the winner’s circle this year against an expected nine state-bred rivals in the 1 1/16-mile test Feb. 9.
The $150,000 Premier Night Championship is one of six stakes for Louisiana-breds that will award a total $675,000 in purses. The card also features four starter stakes that will award another $220,000.
In last year’s Premier Night Championship, Mallory Greiner’s Underpressure launched a strong rally from sixth but would be edged for the win by Mobile Bay, who prevailed by a nose. Underpressure, a son of Birdstone , will be making his first start as a 5-year-old after closing last season with a 3 1/2-length score over state-breds in the Louisiana Champions Day Classic Dec. 8 at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots.
Trained by Chris Richard, Underpressure boasts three stakes wins and seven stakes placings as he enters his fourth season of racing. On Saturday he’ll start from post four with jockey Corey Lanerie aboard.
After a stakes win and an allowance-optional claiming victory sprinting at Fair Grounds, Valene Farms’ Givemeaminit will stretch out Saturday while Brittlyn Stable’s Magic Vow will try for a second consecutive stakes win after a four-length victory in the off-the-turf Louisiana Champions Day Turf Stakes Dec. 8 at Fair Grounds.
The field also includes the second- and third-place finishers from the Louisiana Champions Day Classic in runner-up Grande Basin and third-place finisher Mageez.
In the other five stakes for state-breds on Saturday’s Louisiana Premier Night card:
- Carl Moore Management’s Midnight Fantasy will try to secure her fourth win in as many starts and third stakes victory in the $100,000 Starlet Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at one mile.
- In the $100,000 Matron for older fillies and mares sprinting six furlongs, Colonel Thoroughbreds’ Ours to Run will try to extend a streak of three straight stakes wins against state-breds by a combined 18 lengths.
- In the $100,000 Prince Stakes for 3-year-olds at a mile, Valene Farms’ Classy John will try for a third straight stakes win.
- In the 125,000 Distaff at one mile, Brittlyn Stable homebred Testing One Two puts her two-race win streak at Delta Downs on the line.
- In the $100,000 Sprint Stakes, Ivery Sisters Racing’s Monte Man will try to defend his 2018 win in the five-furlong race, which was one of five stakes scores last year for the son of Custom for Carlos .
La Bred Premier Night Starlet S.
Delta Downs Racetrack, Saturday, February 09, 2019, Race 2
1 mile • Dirt • $100,000 • 3yo Fillies • 5:52 p.m (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L 1 Midnight Fantasy (LA) Adam Beschizza 117 Joe Sharp – 2 Crescentcitypretty (LA) Diego Saenz 117 Jose M. Camejo – 3 Fugitive Lady (LA) Gerardo Mora 117 Joe P. McKellar – 4 Cicada’s Song (LA) Miguel Mena 117 Albert M. Stall, Jr. – 5 Miss Bitters (LA) Timothy Thornton 117 Glenn Delahoussaye – 6 Goodprofit (LA) Gerard Melancon 122 Chris Richard – 7 Madeforlife (LA) Corey J. Lanerie 117 Chris Richard – La Bred Premier Night Matron S.
Delta Downs Racetrack, Saturday, February 09, 2019, Race 7
5 Furlongs • Dirt • $100,000 • 4yo & Up Fillies and Mares • 8:22 p.m (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L 1 Ours to Run (LA) Roberto Morales 125 J. Larry Jones – 2 Sarge’s Daughter (LA) Timothy Thornton 116 Karl Broberg – 3 Fiji D (LA) Kevin J. Smith 116 Ronnie P. Ward – 4 Sweet Prayers (LA) Paulina Ramirez 116 Allison Ramsay-Banks – 5 Eye Craft (LA) Filemon T. Rodriguez 116 Shane Wilson – 6 Lovely Charlie (LA) Ashley Broussard 116 Lee Thomas – 7 La Mistake (LA) Gerard Melancon 118 Brett A. Brinkman – 8 Frolic (LA) Jan C. Batista 118 Roland L. Bruno – 9 Minit to Stardom (LA) Colby J. Hernandez 116 Albert M. Stall, Jr. – 10 Shakopee Town (LA) Mitchell Murrill 118 Gary M. Scherer – La Bred Premier Night Prince S.
Delta Downs Racetrack, Saturday, February 09, 2019, Race 8
1 Mile • Dirt • $100,000 • 3yos • 8:52 p.m (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L 1 Cafe Du Monde (LA) Gerard Melancon 122 Leo G. Gabriel, Jr. – 2 Mr. Four Sevens (LA) Colby J. Hernandez 117 W. Bret Calhoun – 3 Kantiana (LA) Chris R. Rosier 117 Enis Mouton – 4 Musada (LA) Thomas L. Pompell 117 Brett A. Brinkman – 5 Jimi’s a Star (LA) Emanuel Nieves 117 Henry B. Johnson, Jr. – 6 Shang (LA) Diego Saenz 117 Steven M. Asmussen – 7 Classy John (LA) Corey J. Lanerie 117 Dallas Stewart – 8 Pickett (LA) Timothy Thornton 117 Glenn Delahoussaye – La Bred Premier Night Championship S.
Delta Downs Racetrack, Saturday, February 09, 2019, Race 9
1 1/16 Miles • Dirt • $150,000 • 4yos & Up • 9:22 p.m (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L 1 Grand Luwegee (LA) Diego Saenz 116 Gerard Perron – 2 Grande Basin (LA) Miguel Mena 116 Edward J. Johnston – 3 Givemeaminit (LA) Gerard Melancon 123 Dallas Stewart – 4 Underpressure (LA) Corey J. Lanerie 123 Chris Richard – 5 Afleet Ascent (LA) Quincy Hamilton 116 Jerry Hollendorfer – 6 Social Misfit (LA) Timothy Thornton 116 Karl Broberg – 7 Theoryintopractice (LA) Colby J. Hernandez 116 Corale A. Richards – 8 Magic Vow (LA) Richard E. Eramia 123 Jose M. Camejo – 9 Why Joey Why (LA) Kerwin D. Clark 116 Brent Delahoussaye – 10 Mageez (LA) Roberto Morales 118 Delmar R. Caldwell – 11 Budro Talking (LA) Chris R. Rosier 118 Mike R. Neatherlin – 12 Pound for Pound (LA) Aubrie Green 116 Jose Grimaldo – La Bred Premier Night Distaff S.
Delta Downs Racetrack, Saturday, February 09, 2019, Race 10
1 Mile • Dirt • $125,000 • 4yo & Up Fillies and Mares • 9:52 p.m (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L 1 Testing One Two (LA) Diego Saenz 123 Victor Arceneaux – 2 Hyper Piper (LA) Timothy Thornton 116 Sam B. David, Jr. – 3 Echoesoftime (LA) Paulina Ramirez 116 Phillip Mark Dison – 4 Safari Calamari (LA) Luis Negron 116 Jose M. Camejo – 5 Mr. Al’s Gal (LA) Richard E. Eramia 118 Justin Jeansonne – 6 Special Blessing (LA) Corey J. Lanerie 118 W. Bret Calhoun – 7 Remember Daisy (LA) Mitchell Murrill 123 Gary M. Scherer – La Bred Premier Night Sprint S.
Delta Downs Racetrack, Saturday, February 09, 2019, Race 11
5 Furlongs • Dirt • $100,000 • 4yos & Up • 10:22 p.m (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L 1 Double Barrel Man (LA) Richard E. Eramia 116 Karl Broberg – 2 Luke’s Cajun Star (LA) Emanuel Nieves 116 Thomas W. Sam – 3 Monte Man (LA) Gerard Melancon 123 Ron Faucheux – 4 Wild Bert (LA) Roberto Morales 118 Ronnie Averett – 5 Win Lion Win (LA) Kevin J. Smith 116 Allison Ramsay-Banks – 6 Bending Saint (LA) Timothy Thornton 116 Karl Broberg – 7 Divine Bean (LA) Colby J. Hernandez 116 Albert M. Stall, Jr. – 8 Rock N Sake (LA) Gerardo Mora 116 Sarah Delany – 9 Wonder Run (LA) Diego Saenz 118 Steven B. Flint –
