Category: Equine Sales of Louisiana

DOUBLE STAR SHINES IN THE EQUINE SALES DERBY

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COLT’S THIRD CAREER VICTORY IS HIS FIRST STAKES TRIUMPH

 

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Double Star wins the Equine Sales Derby. Coady Photography.

 

Equine Sales Derby
Evangeline Downs, 5-5-18, 1 Mile, $75,000
3yos

DOUBLE STAR
Star Guitar–Bond Queen
Breeder: Thomas Edward Vinci & Bill Mayfield
Owner: Four Star Racing
Trainer: Robert D. Schultz
Jockey: Jose Andres Guerrero

2nd
Honor My Speed
To Honor and Serve–Unbridled’s Secret
Breeder: Barry Simpson
Owner: Rodney J. Verret
Trainer: Allen Landry
Jockey: Timothy Thornton

3rd
Discreetly D
Discreetly Mine–Evening Muse
Breeder: Michael Villar & Cynthia Villar
Owner: Set-Hut LLC
Trainer: Jerry Delhomme
Jockey: Colby J. Hernandez

 

OPELOUSAS, LA – Four Star Racing’s Double Star claimed the first stakes win of his career on Saturdaynight at Evangeline Downs in the $75,000 Equine Sales Derby. Regular rider Jose Guerrero was aboard for the victory for trainer Robert Schultz.

 

Double Star had to overcome being wide on both turns in the race. The colt was hung five-wide on the first turn and ended up getting a wide run up the backstretch as well, while sitting in mid-pack. Tensas’s Boy set the early fractions of 24 seconds for the quarter-mile and 48.39 for the half-mile. Double Star commenced a four-wide rally on the far turn and was able to power past the early leaders by the top of the stretch. From there, the colt withstood the closing efforts of a 17-1 longshot, Honor My Speed and the 2-1 second choice, Discreetly D, to win by 2-3/4 lengths in a final time of 1:40.21 for the one mile over the fast track.

 

The winner was sent off as the even-money favorite in the Equine Sales Derby. Double Star paid $4.20 to win, $2.80 to place and $2.20 to show. Honor My Speed finished second and paid $10.40 to place and $5 to show, while Discreetly D finished third and paid $3.20 to show.

 

Double Star is a 3-year-old colt bred in Louisiana by Thomas Edward Vinci and Bill Mayfield. He is by Star Guitar and out of the Stormy Atlantic mare, Bond Queen. Double Star now has three wins in his 10-race career and the $45,000 first-place purse increased his lifetime earnings to $110,820.

 

Evangeline Downs will resume live racing on Wednesday night with a nine-race program. First post time on Wednesday will be 5:50 pm Central Time.

 

For more information on the Thoroughbred season at Evangeline Downs, visit the track’s website atwww.evdracing.com. Evangeline Downs’ Twitter handle is @EVDRacing and the racetrack is also accessible on Facebook at www.facebook.com/EvangelineDownsRacing.

 

SPECIAL BLESSING IS INDEED SPECIAL IN THE EQUINE SALES OAKS

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FILLY CLAIMS THE FIRST STAKES VICTORY OF HER YOUNG CAREER

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Special Blessing wins Equine Sales Oaks, May 4. Coady Photography

 

Equine Sales Oaks
Evangeline Downs, 5-4-18, 1 Mile, $75,000
3yo fillies

SPECIAL BLESSING
Flat Out – Langsyne
Breeder: J. Adcock
Owner: Coteau Grove Farms LLC
Trainer: W. Bret Calhoun
Jockey: R. Morales

2nd
Yes Gorgeous
Mass Media–Isn’t She Gorgeous
Breeder: J. Adcock & Montgomery Equine Center
Owner: Scott Gelner
Trainer: Scott Gelner
Jockey: Diego Saenz

3rd
Bella Cajun
Bellamy Road–Cajun Candy
Breeder: Cypress Bend Farm
Owner: Dore, Ralph and Gautreau, Keith
Trainer: Ralph J. Dore
Jockey: Cristina Bonilla

 

OPELOUSAS, LA – Special Blessing, owned by Coteau Grove Farms, LLC and trained by Bret Calhoun, won the first stakes race of her five-race career in the $75,000 Equine Sales Oaks at Evangeline Downs on Fridaynight. The filly was ridden to victory by Roberto Morales, who was riding her for the first time ever.

 

Special Blessing sat just off of a very slow pace being set by an 18-1 maiden, Bella Cajun and Yes Gorgeous, who was the only horse in the field with multiple victories entering Friday night. Those two dueled through dawdling fractions of 25.69 seconds for the quarter-mile and 51.24 seconds for the half-mile. Special Blessing made her move on the far turn and she and Yes Gorgeous went on to engage through the stretch before Special Blessing put her rival away to win by 1-3/4 lengths in a final time of 1:40.33 for the mile over the fast track.

 

The winner was sent off as the 6-5 favorite in the field of seven by the betting public. Special Blessing returned $4.60 to win, $2.80 to place and $2.40 to show. Yes Gorgeous paid $2.40 to place and $2.20 to show, while Bella Cajun held third and paid $5.80 to show.

 

Special Blessing is a 3-year-old filly bred in Louisiana by J. Adcock. She is by Flat Out and out of the Langfuhr mare, Langsyne. Special Blessing has now won two of her five lifetime starts and the $45,000 first-place purse increases her lifetime earnings to $85,930.

 

Evangeline Downs will resume live racing on Saturday with a nine-race program. The featured event on the Saturday card is the $75,000 Equine Sales Derby with Double Star listed as the 5-2 morning-line favorite in the field of eight. The track will also be offering the simulcast of the 144th Kentucky Derby from Churchill Downs at approximately 5:50 pm and the live racing program will start shortly thereafter.

 

For more information on the Thoroughbred season at Evangeline Downs, visit the track’s website atwww.evdracing.com. Evangeline Downs’ Twitter handle is @EVDRacing and the racetrack is also accessible on Facebook at www.facebook.com/EvangelineDownsRacing.

 

May Calendar of Events

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

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May 1

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

May 3, 4, 5, 6

  • 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 3

  • National Day of Prayer

May 4

  • Equine Sales Oaks, Evangeline Downs

May 5

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

May 6

  • Equine Sales Two Year Olds In Training Breeze Show
  • LTBA Annual Meeting and Awards Banquet, 5:00 p.m., at Equine Sales Facility, Opelousas, LA

May 7 

  • Equine Sales Two Year Olds In Training Sale
  • Nominations for LTBA Board of Directors due from LTBA membership. Resume and photo of prospective board members also due.

May 13

  •     Mothers Day

May 19

  •  Preakness Stakes
  • Armed Forces Day

May 21

  • LTBA 2017-18 Membership Forms mail

May 26

  • Louisiana Legends Night – Eight stakes races for Accredited Louisiana Bred Thoroughbreds worth total purses of $750,000

May 28

  • Memorial Day

May 31

  • Louisiana Futurity Forms mail

June 1

  • LTBA Board of Directors Ballots to be mailed out

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Equine Sales Company 2-Year-Old Sale Set for May 7

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(Opelousas, Louisiana – April 30, 2018) — Equine Sales Company will present its 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale in Opelousas, Louisiana, on Monday, May 7, with a catalog of 73 head that includes several recent supplements. The sale will be held starting at 1 p.m. with the breeze show set for Sunday, May 6, at 10 a.m. Both the breeze show and sale will be broadcast live on the Equine Sales website, www.equinesalesofla.com, and breeze show replays will also be posted.
As always, the auction features offspring of many top Louisiana stallions, including Half Ours, Custom for Carlos and Star Guitar, and leading national sires including Flat Out (the sire of last year’s $110,000 sale-topper), Hard Spun and Shackleford. Also represented in the catalog are a slew of first-crop sires including Can the Man, Fed Biz, Flashback, Guilt Trip, Itsmyluckyday, Sabercat, Shakin’ It Up and Sum of The Parts.
Also on the schedule, the $75,000 Equine Sales Oaks will be held Friday, May 4, followed by the $75,000 Equine Sales Derby on Saturday, May 5, both at Evangeline Downs for graduates of last year’s 2-year-olds in training sale.
“There are top quality runners in both of those stakes that will showcase some of horses who went through the ring last year,” said Foster Bridewell, sales director. “I think this year’s catalog is even stronger, so I’m looking forward to seeing these horses at the breeze show and then at the races down the road.”
The sale catalog is online at www.equinesalesofla.com.

EQUINE SALES CO. 2YO SALE CATALOGS NOW ON-LINE

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Catalogs for Equine Sales Company 2018 Two-Year-Old In-Training Sale with Horses of Racing Age have been mailed and are now online at www.equinesalesofla.com. or for a direct link, click here.

Supplements are still being accepted for the sale and the catalog is being updated daily.

Sale Date:  Monday, May 7, 2018
Breeze Show:  Sunday, May 6, 2018

 

Consignment contracts can be downloaded by clicking this link:

 

You can visit our website:(www.equinesalesofla.com) or you can contact Equine Sales Company by email (sales@equinesalesofla.com) or call:  337-678-3024.
SAVE THE DATES FOR THESE UPCOMING SALES!!
 
2018 Consignor Select Yearling Sale
Thursday,September 6, 2018
2018 Open Yearling & Mixed Sale
Sunday, October 28, 2018
Equine Sales Company
Office:  337-678-3024 * Fax:  337-678-3028
Sale Director:  Foster Bridewell
Cell:  214-718-7618

April Calendar of Events

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March 27

  • Evangeline Downs to take entries for 2018 Thoroughbred Season opening day

April 1

  • Easter Sunday

April 2

  • Louisiana Downs racing surface opens

April 4

  • Evangeline Downs 2018 Thoroughbred Season Opens  – For any accreditation stamps and any other LTBA needs, please see Michelle Benoit at the EVD HBPA office

April 8

  • Texas Two-Year-Olds In Training Sale, Under Tack Show, Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie

April 10

  • LTBA to mail checks for Open Breeders Awards earned at the Delta Downs Meet
  • Texas Two-Year-Olds In Training Sale, 12:00 noon, Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie
  • LTBA Board of Directors Meeting, 11:30 A.M. Prejeans, Carencro

April 17

  • Tax Day – Taxes due

April 24

  • Louisiana State Racing Commission meeting, 9:00 a.m. at Evangeline Downs Event Center, Opelousas, LA
  • LTBA Board of Directors to meet with the Acadiana Caucus in Baton Rouge

April 24-28

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

April 27, 28, 29

May 3, 4, 5, 6

  • 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 6

  • LTBA Annual Meeting and Awards Banquet, Equine Sales Facility 5:00 P.M.
  • Equine Sales Two Year Olds In Training Breeze Show

May 7 

  • Equine Sales Two Year Olds In Training Sale

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Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders Association

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March Calendar of Events

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March 3

  • Black Gold Overnight S, Fair Grounds
  • Dixie Poker Ace S, Fair Grounds

March 9

  • Owners Appreciation Day Distaff S., Delta Downs
  • Azalea S., Delta Downs

March 10

  • Louisiana Downs Stall Applications Due

March 10

  • Allen Lacombe Overnight S, Fair Grounds
  • Nelson J. Menard Overnight S., Fair Grounds
  • Owners Appreciation Cup S., Delta Downs
  • Pelican S., Delta Downs

March 11

  • Daylight Savings Time starts – change clocks ahead one hour

March 13-14

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

March 16

  • Evangeline Downs Barn Area Opens (tentative date)

March 17

  • Red Camellia S, Fair Grounds
  • St. Patricks Day

March 19

  • Deadline for Louisiana Horse Spring foal photos

March 20

  • March Equinox, Spring Begins

March 22

  • Louisiana Downs Barn Area Opens

March 24

  • Louisiana Derby Day, New Orleans Fair Grounds: New Orleans Ladies Overnight S., Costa Rising S., Crescent City Derby, Crescent City Oaks, G2 Muniz Memorial H., G2 New Orleans H., G2 Fair Grounds Oaks, G2 Louisiana Derby

March 25

  • Palm Sunday

March 29

  • Maundy Thursday

March 30

  • Good Friday

March 31

  • Star Guitar S., Fair Grounds

 
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EQUINE SALES COMPANY NOW ACCEPTING CONSIGNMENTS FOR THE 2018 TWO YEAR OLD IN TRAINING SALE WITH RACE AGE HORSES

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EQUINE SALES COMPANY

**CONSIGN NOW** 

EQUINE SALES COMPANY

2018 TWO YEAR OLD IN TRAINING SALE WITH RACE AGE HORSES

 SALE DATE:  MONDAY, MAY 7, 2018

BREEZE SHOW:  SUNDAY, MAY 6, 2018

 

 

 

 
NOW ACCEPTING CONSIGNMENTS FOR THE
2018 TWO YEAR OLD IN TRAINING SALE
 
WITH RACE AGE HORSES
 
 
Sale Date:  Monday, May 7, 2018
Breeze Date:  Sunday, May 6, 2018
 
 
We are now accepting consignments for the 2018 TWO YEAR OLD IN TRAINING SALE WITH RACE AGE HORSES, which will be held on Monday, May 7, 2018.  The Breeze Show will be Sunday, May 6, 2018.
 Consignment contracts can be downloaded by clicking this link:
You can visit our website:(www.equinesalesofla.com) or you can contact Equine Sales Company by email (sales@equinesalesofla.com) or call:  337-678-3024.
2018 Consignor Select Yearling Sale
Thursday,September 6, 2018
2018 Open Yearling & Mixed Sale
Sunday, October 28, 2018
More information on these sales will be provided at a later date
Equine Sales Company
Sale Director:  Foster Bridewell
Cell:  214-718-7618

February Calendar of Events

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 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 Association, Whispering Oaks Farm, and Equine Sales Company. Click images to link to more information

Feb 2

  • Groundhog Day

Feb 5

  • Accredited Louisiana Bred Champions Ballots to mail from LTBA office.

Feb 6

  • Out of State Breeders Awards to mail from LTBA office

Feb 10

  • LTBA Board of Directors Meeting, Delta Downs, Lookout Steak House, 12:00 noon – 2:00 p.m.
  • Louisiana Premier Night, Delta Downs, Vinton, 1st post 5:40
  • LTBA Scholarship Drawing; two $1,000 scholarships for current college students. Registration between 4:40 p.m. & 5:40 p.m. Drawing in the winners circle after the 5th race. Must be present to win.

Feb 13

  • Mardi Gras
  • Mardi Gras Stakes, New Orleans Fair Grounds

Feb 14

  • Valentines Day
  • Ash Wednesday

Feb 16

  • Evangeline Downs Stall Applications Due

Feb 17

  • Louisiana Derby Preview Day, New Orleans Fair Grounds; G3 Mineshaft H, G2 Risen Star St., G2 Rachel Alexander S., G3 Fair Grounds H., Colonel Power Overnight S., Daisy Devine S.

Feb 19

  • Presidents Day
  • Equine Sales Company 2018 Two Year Old In Training Sale and Race Age Horses Consignment Deadline

Feb 20

  • Accredited Louisiana Bred Champions Ballots due in LTBA office

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January Calendar of Events

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REMINDER

Dec 31

  • Louisiana Stallion Registrations Due
  • Louisiana Futurity Nominations Due (pregnant mares)

Jan 1

  • New Years Day
  • LTBA Offices Closed in observance of New Years

Jan 5

  • Lookout S., Delta Downs, Vinton, LA

Jan 6

  • B-Connected S., Delta Downs, Vinton, LA
  • Pan Zareta Overnight S., Fair Grounds, New Orleans, LA

Jan 12

  • Take Charge Brandi S., Delta Downs, Vinton, LA
  • Eldorado S., Delta Downs, Vinton, LA

Jan 13

  • Road to the Derby Kickoff Day, New Orleans Fair Grounds; G3 Lecompte S, Silverbulletday S., Duncan F. Kenner S., Louisiana S., G3 Col. E. R. Bradley H., Marie G. Krantz Mem. S.
  • Fremont S., Delta Downs, Vinton, LA
  • Big Drama S., Delta Downs, Vinton, LA

Jan 15

  • Martin Luther King Day

Jan 28

  • The Big Easy Overnight S., New Orleans Fair Grounds

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