Bradley Thoroughbreds, Whispering Oaks Farm, Team Hanley, Madaket Stables, and Tim and Anna Cambron’s She’s A Julie had her work cut out for her in the stretch of Friday’s Grade 1 La Troienne, but was able to run down the erratically-moving Secret Spice to win by about a half-length on the wire. Ridden by Ricardo Santana for trainer Steve Asmussen and sent off at 5-1 odds, the 4-year-old daughter of Elusive Quality covered 1 1/16 miles on Churchill Downs’ fast main track in 1:43.58.
“I felt this would be the right spot for her,” Asmussen said. “I got extremely nervous with all the rain this morning, with a sloppy track. It seemed like her sloppy track run last season caused the dip. But she’s a Grade I-winning mare and deservedly so. I got concerned going into the second turn, it seemed that she had to wait for traffic a bit. But she showed her heart. She’s a monster physically, and it just shows that time helped her come together.”
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NEW DATE! LTBA Annual Meeting and Awards Banquet, NEW DATE! Equine Sales Pavillion, Opelousas. 3:00 p.m. Featuring music by Rick Mocklin and Southern Voice. NEW 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
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LTBA to mail Accredited Louisiana Bred Champions Results
Owners Appreciation Day Distaff S., Delta Downs
March 9
Allen Lacombe Overnight S, Fair Grounds
Owners Appreciation Cup S., Delta Downs
March 10
Daylight Savings Time starts – change clocks ahead one hour
March 11
Louisiana Downs Stall Applications Due
Daylight Savings Time starts – change clocks ahead one hour
March 12-13
Ocala Breeders’ Sale, March Two-Year-Olds In Training Sale
March 13
Evangeline Downs Barn Area Opens – Horses allowed on the grounds
March 15
Deadline for Louisiana Horse Spring foal photos
March 16
Red Camellia S, Fair Grounds
March 17
St. Patricks Day
March 18
Evangeline Downs track will open for training
March 20
March Equinox, Spring Begins
March 21
Louisiana Downs Barn Area Opens
March 23
Louisiana Derby Day, New Orleans Fair Grounds: New Orleans Ladies 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 24
Star Guitar S., Fair Grounds
March 31
NEW DATE! LTBA Annual Meeting and Awards Banquet, NEW DATE! Equine Sales Pavillion, Opelousas. 3:00 p.m. Featuring music by Rick Mocklin and Southern Voice. NEW DATE!
Equine Sales Company Two Year Old In Training Sale and Horses of Racing Age. Breeze Date (Sale Tuesday, April 2)
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Nelson J. Menard Memorial Stakes, New Orleans Fair Grounds
Feb 5
Accredited Louisiana Bred Champions Ballots to mail from LTBA office.
Feb 7
Equine Sales Company 2019 Two Year Old In Training Sale and Race Age Horses Consignment Deadline
Feb 8
Out of State Breeders Awards to mail from LTBA office
Feb 9
LTBA Board of Directors Meeting, Delta Downs, Human Resources Office, 2:00 p.m.
Louisiana Premier Night,Delta Downs, Vinton, 1stpost 5:25
LTBA Scholarship Drawing; two $1,000 scholarships for current college students. Registration between 4:25 p.m. & 5:25 p.m. Drawing in the winners circle after the 5thrace. Must be present to win.
Feb 14
Valentines Day
Feb 15
Evangeline Downs Stall Applications Due
Feb 16
Louisiana Derby Preview Day, New Orleans Fair Grounds; G3 Mineshaft H, G2 Risen Star St., G2 Rachel Alexandra S., G3 Fair Grounds H., Colonel Power S., Albert M. Stall Memorial S.
Feb 18
Presidents Day
Feb 20
Accredited Louisiana Bred Champions Ballots due in LTBA office
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Clear Creek Stud Stallion Presentation, Folsom, 10:30 a.m. -2:00 p.m.
Richard R. Scherer Memorial Overnight Stakes, New Orleans Fair Grounds
Dec 7
LTBA Board of Directors Meeting, 2:00 p.m., Landry’s Seafood Lakefront, New Orleans
The Magic City Classic, New Orleans Fair Grounds
Dec 8
28thAnnual Louisiana Champions Day, 7 stakes for Louisiana Bred Thoroughbreds, 3 stakes for Louisiana Bred Quarter Horses New Orleans Fair Grounds, 1stPost 12:30 p.m.
Louisiana Champions Day, Race Central, 12:30 through last race,New Orleans Fair Grounds, Black Gold Room. Lunch is served from 1pm – 3pm. LTBA MEMBERS WELCOME!
LTBA Scholarship Drawings; two $1,000 scholarships for current college students. (Registration between 11:30 a.m. & 12:30 p.m. Drawings for two scholarships will occur at the winners circle after the 5thrace. Must be present at winners circle to win.)
Dec 15
Holiday Family Day, New Orleans Fair Grounds
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Dec 22
Santa Super Saturday, New Orleans Fair Grounds: Tenacious Stakes, Bonapaw Stakes, Blushing KD Stakes, Buddy Diliberto Memorial Stakes, Sugar Bowl Overnight Stake, Letellier Memorial Stakes
Dec 24
Christmas Eve – LTBA Offices closed
Dec 25
Christmas– LTBA Offices closed
Dec 26
Tiffany Lass Overnight Stake, New Orleans Fair Grounds
Dec 28
Starlight Racing, New Orleans Fair Grounds, 1st post 5 p.m. Fair Grounds Starlight Racing. The Topcats in the Clubhouse 7-11 p.m.
LTBA and Fair Grounds Scholarship Drawings; four $1,000 scholarships for current college students. Must be present to win. For Details contact Fair Grounds Race Course.
Dec 29
Louisiana Futurity, Divisions for Fillies and for Colts and Geldings, New Orleans Fair Grounds
New Orleans Fair Grounds Stakes: Woodchopper Stakes, Pago Hop Stakes,
Dec 31
New Years Eve
Louisiana Stallion Registrations Due
Louisiana Futurity Nominations Due (pregnant mares)
FINAL DAY to apply for accreditation of 2018 Louisiana Bred foal at weanling rate of $75. As of January 1, 2019, 2018 foals become yearlings and the rate increases to $250.
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Mobile Bay with jockey Edgar Prado aboard wins the 36th running of the Grade II $400,000 Super Derby at Louisiana Downs. Hodges Photography / Lou Hodges, Jr.
After an outstanding racing career, Mobile Bay, two-time Accredited Louisiana Bred Horse of the Year, has been retired from the track. He will soon take up residence at Carrol Castille’s showcase breeding facility, Whispering Oaks Thoroughbred Farm in Carencro, Louisiana.There he will begin preparation for his stud career for the 2019 breeding season.Mobile Bay is owned by Irwin Olian’s Tigertail Ranch and was trained for his entire career by popular local favorite Victor Arceneaux.
Mobile Bay, a 2012 dark bay or brown son of Lone Star Special out of Tranquility Bay,ran from ages three to six, hitting the board in 21 of 29 lifetime starts. He won eleven stakes, often showing speed in route races of 1 1/16 to 1 1/8 miles, including the G2 Super Derby, open company stakes such as the Sunland Park Handicap, the Maxxam Gold Cup and the Zia Park Derby, as well Louisiana Bred Stakes including the Louisiana Champions Day Classic at the Fair Grounds twice.He placed in another five stakes including the G3 Oklahoma Derby.His Lifetime earnings of $1,246,440 rank him 4th among all-time Leading Accredited Louisiana Bred Runners. A multiple Accredited Louisiana Bred Champion, Mobile Bay was named 2015 3YO Colt or Gelding and Horse of the Year, 2016 Older Male and Horse of the Year, and 2017 Older Male.
Mobile Bay was a tremendous, durable competitor, shipping to win stakes at half a dozen different racetracks across the South and Southwest, while showing amazing heart and athleticism. Good bone, conformation and intelligent mind have enabled him to stay sound and compete at very high levels into his 6 y.o campaign. “He is a gorgeous, imposing individual standing 17 hands, weighing 1300 pounds, with textbook conformation.” says Olian.
Tigertail Ranch will be offering free breeding service to approved mares for the 2019 season, with only a modest $350 booking fee. Olian wants to attract a large book of mares to enable Mobile Bay to compete as a sire at the national level.At the same time, he appreciates the great thrills and excitement that Mobile Bay has given him and the horse’s many fans in Louisiana and elsewhere.He wants to give something back to breeders in the Louisiana breeding program in gratitude for all the benefits he received as well as to attract mares from breeders in other states such as New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and Arkansas.
“He is a remarkable individual, an outstanding and durable athlete and specimen with text book conformation,” says Olian. “Mobile Bay has the capacity to hold his own physically against any stallion in the country. His sire Lone Star Special has the rare quality of moving up his mares. I expect Mobile Bay will move up his mares significantly as well. Both represent the best of the Unbridled sire line and I believe will serve to establish a new branch of that line.”
