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In poor health, in 2002 the seventy-seven-year-old Franks undertook a liquidation of his horse racing and breeding operations. He died on December 31, 2003, at the WK Pierremont Health Center in Shreveport, Louisiana. In his memory, three racetracks have named races for him. In 1992, Franks was inducted into the Fair Grounds Racing Hall of Fame ...
Pages in category "Defunct horse racing venues in Louisiana" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
On April 10 Bernard de Marigny, Julius C Branch and Henry Augustine Tayloe organized the Spring Meeting of The Louisiana Jockey Club at the Louisiana Race Course. [3] Tayloe was a member of the founding dynasty of American horseracing: the son of John Tayloe III, founder of the Washington Jockey Club, imported the first Epsom Derby winner Diomed, bred the foundational American thoroughbred Sir ...
It is the richest race held at Louisiana Downs. In its history, the Super Derby has attracted some of the top horses in the country including winners of all three American Classic Races. The Super Derby was a Grade I race from 1983 to 2001. In 2002, it was downgraded to Grade II and in 2016, it was downgraded again to Grade III.
The Louisiana Derby is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at the Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, Louisiana. Run in late March, the race is open to horses, age three, willing to race 1 + 3 ⁄ 16 miles on the dirt. It currently offers a purse of $1,000,000. The Louisiana Derby is one of the major prep races on the ...
The Elite Equine rescue fundraiser “Boots and Bling” gala is Saturday, Dec. 7 from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. to raise money for injured and unwanted horses and to give them a second chance ...
The center, housed on about 150 acres, is a nonprofit that rescues and rehabilitates discarded draft horses from neglect, abuse, abandonment and slaughter from around the country. And you can now ...
Evangeline Downs Racetrack & Casino is a racetrack in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, just east of Opelousas.It is owned and operated by Boyd Gaming.With a one-mile oval track, the facility provides close to 1,000 horse stalls for Thoroughbred flat racing and American Quarter Horse racing.