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LQHBA Scholarship Drawings to Take Place on LQHBA Louisiana Million Night at Evangeline Downs

OPELOUSAS, LA–NOVEMBER 29, 2023–The LQHBA Louisiana Million (RG1) will highlight an exceptional stakes-filled card on Saturday, December 16 at Evangeline Downs. The winning connections will be thrilled, as will seven Louisiana students when the Louisiana Quarter Horse Breeders Association (LQHBA) awards a total of $25,000 in scholarships.

High school graduates and seniors graduating in 2024 wishing to attend a higher education institution are eligible. A registration table will be located on the main level of the racetrack from 4:30–6:30 pm on December 16. Students must be present for the drawing of two (2) $5,000 scholarships and six (6) additional $1,500 scholarships.

Bruce Salard, LQHBA executive director, is pleased that the association will offer a record $25,0 .. Read More

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Dark Nme 9801$1,559,452
Cowboys Gun Z 6320$1,548,344
Trane Station V 8530$1,015,509
Bella de Ball 5311$632,374
Ezee Monee 9510$592,283

By North American Race Leaders View Top 25 Horses
Name Starts 1st 2nd 3rd Earnings
Valeriano Racing Stables LLC 7524911$2,326,824
Rogelio Marquez, Jr. 125302611$1,815,692
West Texas Racing Partners 42791$1,615,493
TYKHE Racing LLC 29835$1,590,454
Dunn Ranch 9825207$945,068

By North American Race Leaders View Top 25 Owners
Name Starts 1st 2nd 3rd Earnings
Mj Farms 621999177$4,396,088
Steve D Burns Dvm 779112116114$3,710,050
Bobby D Cox 944154103105$3,665,094
Edward C Allred 6191038294$2,777,550
McColee Land & Livestock Llc 380605248$1,633,776

By North American Race Leaders View Top 25 Breeders
Name Starts 1st 2nd 3rd Earnings
M. Heath Taylor 441907763$4,082,995
Santos Carrizales, Jr. 102291214$3,378,357
Wesley T. Giles 391715945$3,360,359
Juan Diaz, Jr. 320985651$3,074,211
Jason L. Olmstead 6131149481$2,949,857

By North American Race Leaders View Top 25 Trainers
Name Starts 1st 2nd 3rd Earnings
Francisco Calderon 5431047768$6,022,710
Adrian A. Ramos 418695956$2,927,435
Bryan Candanosa 501809155$2,694,364
Sergio Becerra, Jr. 421594843$2,391,946
Agustin Silva 212292122$2,340,360

By North American Race Leaders View Top 25 Jockeys
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Disqualification Gives Chicka Boom Babe Victory In $298,910 New Mexico Classic Futurity(RG2)

HOBBS, NM—NOVEMBER 26, 2023–Chicka Boom Babe was awarded the win in Sunday's $298,910 New Mexico Classic Futurity(RG2) at Zia Park after fastest qualifier and post time favorite Drest For Success was disqualified from first and placed fifth after drifting in the stretch from the inside rail and impeding eventual fourth-place finisher Jess Paid.

Chicka Boom Babe, under jockey Adrian Ramos, was only a head back at the wire while completing the 350 yards in :17.338 seconds, a 103 speed index into a 5 mph crosswind. It was the fourth win in eight starts for the graded stakes winning daughter of multiple stakes sire Chicks Regard.

Wesley Giles trains the gray filly for owners Robert Driggers and Ben Ivey. Ivey Cattle Company bred Chicka Boom Babe in New Mexico from the First Moonflash .. Read More

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New Mexico Classics Quarter Horse Stakes Set for Sunday at Zia Park

HOBBS, NM—NOVEMBER 25, 2023– Six official stakes restricted to registered state-bred Quarter Horses — led by the 350-yard, $298,910 New Mexico Classics Futurity (RG2) for 2-year-olds — will be contested as part of New Mexico Classics weekend at Zia Park on Sunday.

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A Tres Of Eagle Soars to His Richest Stakes Win in Bank of America Challenge Championship

GRANDE PRAIRIE, TX–OCTOBER 21, 2023–Bella Vista Farms' A Tres Of Eagle broke sharply from his rail post and sprinted to a half-length victory in Saturday's Grade 1, $260,751 Bank of America Challenge Championship at Lone Star Park.

Saddled by Eddie Lee Willis and making his first-ever start at Lone Star Park, A Tres Of Eagle covered 440 yards in :21.665. Francisco Calderon rode the 4-year-old One Fabulous Eagle gelding, who banked $123,963 from his third graded stakes score.

A Tres Of Eagle was purchased by Bella Vista Farms for $40,000 at the 2020 Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale. The bay gelding was bred in Oklahoma by The Mixer Ranch, and he is out of A Tres Of Paint, a 10-year-old daughter of champion Tres Seis and winner of the 2016 Remington Park Derby (RG3) in her fi .. Read More





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