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Category: LTBA
LTBA Breeders Sales of Louisiana 2023 Yearling Sale Results
The Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders Association’s Breeders Sales of Louisiana held its 2023 Yearling Sale followed by Mixed Session, Thursday, September 28th at the Equine Sales Facility in Opelousas.
173 yearlings were cataloged with 13 outs. 120 yearlings sold for a gross of $1,306,100, and an average of $10,884 and a median of $6,000. 40 RNAs.
2 weanlings sold for a gross of $6,700 and an average of $2,350.
1 horse of racing age sold for $1,000.
23 broodmares sold for a gross of $67,300 and an average of $2,926.
The gross for the overall sale was $1,381,100.
Hip number 131, a gray colt by G2 Kelso H. winner Anchor Down out of the unraced Half Ours mare, Solo Buena was purchased by Noble Oaks Farm for $90,000 topping the sale. The unnamed colt is a full brother to stakes placed winner Swot Analysis, and a half brother to multiple stakes winner Free Drop Maddy.
The top three yearlings in the sale were all sold by Clear Creek Stud LLC, Agent.
The second highest price of the day went to Hip number 74, a bay filly by Astrology out of multiple stakes winning Old Forester mare, Kitty’s Got Class. The filly purchased by Set-Hut LLC for $65,000, is a full sister to Big Time, a champion 2-year-old Louisiana Bred filly, and a half sister to Classy John, a champion 2-year-old Louisiana Bred colt. Hip number 103, a chestnut filly from the first crop of Vekoma out of stakes placed Tale of the Cat mare, Our Jenny B sold for $60,000 to Grassroots Training and Sales.
Complete results can be found on the LTBA Website at https://www.louisianabred.com/default.aspx?pid=279
LTBA Preparing to Deliver Breeders Awards Via Direct Deposit
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September Calendar of Events from the LTBA
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LTBA PAC Event. Wednesday September 27
The LTBA invites you to join us Wednesday, September 27 at Equine Sales Company of Louisiana in Opelousas for an evening of fun with fellow horsemen and women for a purpose.
We are raising money for a Political Action Committee (LTBA PAC) to advocate for the Louisiana thoroughbred industry.
Appetizers and a bar will be available. The event is being held on the evening prior to the Breeders Sales Company of Louisiana yearling and mixed sale.
Donations may also be made at the door.
Or mail a check to: LTBA PAC P.O. Box 24650 New Orleans, LA 70123
Text to give: Text “louisianabred” to (888) 444-8774 to give.
LTBA Raises Breeders Awards
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Obituary: Kenneth Joel LaVergne, Sr.
Kenneth Joel LaVergne, Sr.
October 15, 1932 – August 8, 2023
OPELOUSAS ~ Funeral services will be held Saturday, August 12, 2023 at a 12:30 p.m. Liturgy of the Word in Evangeline Memorial Gardens Chapel in Carencro for Kenneth Joel Lavergne, Sr., age 90, who passed away Tuesday, August 8, 2023 at the Southwest Louisiana War Veterans Home in Jennings.
Interment will be in Bellevue Memorial Park in Opelousas. Deacon David Menard, will officiate at the services.
Mr. LaVergne was a native of Opelousas and lifelong resident of Sunset. He was a parishioner of St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church where he served as a Lecturer. Mr. LaVergne attended the University of Houston from which he received his Doctorate in Pharmaceuticals. After completing this doctorate, he joined the military. He is a proud veteran of the United States Army and served in the 101st Airborne Division “Screaming Eagles” as a medic during the Korean conflict; Mr. LaVergne returned to Louisiana and became the owner/operator of Sunset Pharmacy. He also worked as a relief pharmacist at several local pharmacies throughout the years.
Mr. LaVergne was a thoroughbred breeder and was on the Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders Association Board of Directors in the early decades of the program.
Survivors include his five sons, Kenneth Joel LaVergne, Jr. of Honey Grove, Tx, Clyde LaVergne and his wife, Chanda, of Lewisburg, Brett Duval LaVergne and his wife, Judy, of Youngsville, Thomas Donahue LaVergne and his wife, Lori, of Arnaudville, and Rene’ LaVergne and his wife, Sonya, of Little Rock, AR; his former wife, Willie Nezat LaVergne Fruge; one sister, Libbye Crump; nine grandchildren, Tucker LaVergne and his wife, Paige, Bethany LaVergne, Brett LaVergne and his wife, Cali, Olivia LaVergne, Brun LaVergne and his wife, Tai, Alex LaVergne Doucet and her husband, Grant, Allison LaVergne, Jessica LaVergne and Zachary LaVergne; and five great-grandchildren, Cohen LaVergne, Celia LaVergne, Clyde Andrews LaVergne, Wilson Daniel LaVergne, and Annie LaVergne.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Joseph LaVergne, and the former Louise Sibille; four brothers, L.J. LaVergne, Eugene LaVergne, Carrol LaVergne, and Bernard LaVergne; and three sisters, Irma Quirk, Lillian Barry, and Roslyn Soileau.
A rosary will be prayed at 7:00 p.m. Friday in the funeral home led by his son Rene’ LaVergne.
The family requests that visiting hours be observed from 4:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. Friday and will continue from 10:00 a.m. until service time on Saturday.
Pallbearers will be Tucker LaVergne, Zachary LaVergne, Brun LaVergne, Noah Fusilier, Cohen LaVergne, and Brett LaVergne.
Melancon Funeral Home, Evangeline Memorial Gardens Chapel, 4117 N. University Ave., Carencro, (337) 896-3232, is in charge of arrangements.
To plant a beautiful memorial tree in memory of Kenneth, please visit our Tree Store.
Breeders Sales of Louisiana Sale Catalog Online
The Breeders Sales of Louisiana 2023 Yearling Sale followed by Mixed Session catalog is now online on the Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders Association (LTBA) website.
The printed catalog is in production and will be in the mail mid to late August.
The Yearling Sale which will be followed by a Mixed Session under the banner of Breeders Sales of Louisiana, will be held on Thursday, September 28th at the Equine Sales of Louisiana facility in Opelousas, La.
Originally scheduled for Saturday, September 30th, the LTBA Board of Directors decided to move the date of the 2023 Sale to Thursday, September 28th, in order to attract buyers between the Keeneland and Fasig Tipton Mid-Atlantic Yearling Sales. LTBA hopes to attract more nationally prominent trainers and buyers who have traditionally skipped the Breeders Sale to go to Fasig Tipton.
The Breeders Sales of Louisiana 2023 sale has attracted its largest catalog to date since the LTBA jumped in to fill the void left by Equine Sales of Louisiana in 2021. The 2023 catalog includes 162 yearlings, 41 broodmares, 3 weanlings and 2 horses of racing age.
In the 2022 Sale, 138 yearlings were cataloged with 18 withdrawn. 101 yearlings sold for a gross of $1,690,600 nearly doubling the 2021 gross of $898,000. The yearling average was $16,739 with a median of $10,000 another significant increase over 2021 average $13,027 and median $8,000.
Three weanlings sold for a gross of $20,000, one horse of racing age sold for $7,000, and nine broodmares sold for a gross of $67,800. The gross for the overall sale was $1,785,400.
“Louisiana Breds have been very popular at the sales around the country. Now with the introduction of Sports Betting and the coming of Historical Horse Racing Machines, we anticipate that purses for Accredited Louisiana Breds will increase dramatically. We expect the value of, and demand for Louisiana Bred yearlings to increase substantially as well,” says LTBA Secretary/Treasurer Roger Heitzmann, III
August Calendar of Events from the LTBA
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Saturday’s Louisiana Cup Day brings state’s best to LaDowns
By TONY TAGLAVORE, Journal Sports
Trainer Brett Brinkman is looking forward to watching how his four-year-old filly, Final Quest, runs in Saturday’s second race of Louisiana Cup Day at Louisiana Downs, against the state’s best Breds.
But he won’t be leaving the track once the horses cross the finish line.
Brinkman will stay for the third race. Not because a horse he trains will be running, but because of a horse Brinkman bred — Fort Polk.
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