May Calendar of Events from the Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders Association

 Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders Association would like to share the following list of dates of interest to Louisiana horsemen and women.

Brought to you by Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders AssociationWhispering Oaks FarmDaaher and Equine Sales CompanyClick images to link to more informationMay 2, 3, 4, 5, New Orleans Jazz Fest at the Fair Grounds
No visitors will be allowed access to New Orleans Office during these days.
We apologize for any inconvenience.

May 2

  • National Day of Prayer

May 3

  • Equine Sales Oaks, Evangeline Downs

May 4

  • Equine Sales Derby, Evangeline Downs
  • Louisiana Downs 2018 Thoroughbred Meet Opens
  • Kentucky Derby


May 5

  • Cinco De Mayo

May 7 

  • Nominations for LTBA Board of Directors due from LTBA membership. Resume and photo of prospective board members also due.

May 12

  • Mothers Day

May 14

  • LTBA Board of Directors to meet with the Acadiana Caucus in Baton Rouge

May 18

  • Preakness Stakes
  • Armed Forces Day

May 21

  •  LTBA 2019-20 Membership Forms mail

May 25

  •  Louisiana Legends Night – Eight stakes races for Accredited Louisiana Bred Thoroughbreds worth total purses of $550,000

May 27

  •  Memorial Day

May 31

  • Louisiana Futurity Forms mail
  • LTBA Board of Directors Ballots to be mailed out

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Please contact Linda 985-386-0360, linda@louisianabred.com or Roger 504-947-4676, roger@louisianabred.com for cost and availability.

Do you have a date pertaining to Louisiana-breds that you would like included in an upcoming calendar? Please contact Linda 985-386-0360, linda@louisianabred.com or Roger 504-947-4676, roger@louisianabred.comfor consideration.

 

Any questions or need more info call

Roger A. Heitzmann III, Secretary/Treasurer

Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders Association

504-947-4676

April Calendar of Events from the Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders

 
 Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders Association would like to share the following list of dates of interest to Louisiana horsemen and women.Brought to you by Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders AssociationWhispering Oaks FarmDaaher and Equine Sales CompanyClick images to link to more information

March 31

  • NEW DATE! LTBA Annual Meeting and Awards BanquetNEW DATE! Equine Sales Pavillion, Opelousas. 3:00 p.m. Featuring music by Rick Mocklin and Southern VoiceNEW DATE!
  • Equine Sales Company Two Year Old In Training Sale and Horses of Racing Age. Breeze Date 10:00 A.M.

April 1

  • Louisiana Downs racing surface opens

April 2

  • Equine Sales Two Year Olds In Training Sale, 11:00 A.M. Opelousas

April 3

  • Evangeline Downs 2019 Thoroughbred Season Opens  – For any accreditation stamps and any other LTBA needs, please see Michelle Benoit at the EVD HBPA office

April 7

  • Texas Two-Year-Olds In Training Under Tack Show, 10:00A.M., Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie

April 10

  • Texas Two-Year-Olds In Training Sale, 12:00 noon, Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie

April 11

  • LTBA Board of Directors Meeting, 11:30 A.M. Landry’s, Breaux Bridge
  • LTBA to mail checks for Open Breeders Awards earned at the Delta Downs Meet

April 15

  • Tax Day – Taxes due
  • Louisiana State Racing Commission meeting, 9:00 a.m. at Monteleone Hotel, New Orleans

April 19

  • Good Friday

April 21

  • Easter Sunday

April 23-26

  • Ocala Breeders’ Sale, Spring Two-Year-Olds In Training Sale

April 26

  • Evangeline Downs Distaff Stakes

April 27

  • Evangeline Downs Classic Stakes

April 25, 26, 27, 28
May 2, 3, 4, 5

  • New Orleans Jazz Fest at the Fair Grounds

No visitors will be allowed access to New Orleans Office during these days.
We apologize for any inconvenience.

Would you like to sponsor a newsletter? Reach over 2,500 readers.

Please contact Linda 985-386-0360, linda@louisianabred.com or Roger 504-947-4676, roger@louisianabred.com for cost and availability.

Do you have a date pertaining to Louisiana-breds that you would like included in an upcoming calendar? Please contact Linda 985-386-0360, linda@louisianabred.com or Roger 504-947-4676, roger@louisianabred.comfor consideration.

 

Any questions or need more info call

Roger A. Heitzmann III, Secretary/Treasurer

Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders Association

504-947-4676, 800-772-1195

G1SW Daaher to Stand at Circle H

G1 Cigar Mile H. winner Daaher is moving from Shadwell Farm in Lexington, Kentucky to Circle H Farms in Abbeville, Louisiana for the 2019 breeding season.

A 2004 son of Awesome Again out of the stakes winning Irish Open mare Irish Cherry, Daaher won the G1 Cigar Mile Handicap at Aqueduct by 2 1/2 lengths, earning a 114 Beyer Speed Rating in the process at age three. The same year he won the G2 Jerome Handicap at Belmont by 2 1/4 lengths, earning a 110 Beyer for his effort.

With 8 crops of racing age, Daaher is the sire of 8 blacktype winners including G2 stakes winner Gypsy Robin ($598,900) G2 placed stakes winner Clothes Fall Off ($485,660) and 2018 multiple stakes winner One Last Empress.

In an agreement between Shadwell Farm and Circle H Farms, Daaher will be standing for a 2019 fee of $3,000 Live Foal.