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Three State-Bred Quarter Horse Stakes Scheduled for Louisiana Champions Day at Fair Grounds


RG1 winner Game will face a full field of state-breds in Saturday's Louisiana Champions Day Juvenile Stakes (RG2) at Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans

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BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

NEW ORLEANS, LA—DECEMBER 11, 2014—A full field of 12 state-bred 2-year-olds has been entered in the 350-yard, $100,000 Louisiana Champions Day Juvenile Stakes (RG2), one of three Quarter Horse stakes slated for Fair Grounds Race Course on Saturday.

Joseph Landreneau’s Game, a son of Game Patriot trained by Kelli Smith, drew post 5. The gelding has earned $488,994 from eight starts, and his four wins include victories in the July 12, $646,000 Lee Berwick Memorial Futurity (RG1) and May 24, $265,000 Louisiana Breeders’ Laddie Futurity (RG2), both at Delta Downs.

Orlando Baldillez will ride Game on Saturday.

Other contenders include Louisiana Jambalaya, a Jet Black Patriot colt racing for Mykelia Carter and Roderick Carter trained by Justin Dehart, and Fast Preacher Man, a son of Jet Black Patriot campaigned by Timothy and Theresa Stephens from the barn of Trey Ellis.

Louisiana Jambalaya has won three of five outs, including the 350-yard, $287,000 LQHBA Sale Futurity (RG1) at Fair Grounds, and he has earned $146,175. The colt drew post 4 and will be ridden by Lucas Constantin on Saturday.

Fast Preacher Man is coming off of a third-place finish, three-quarters of a length behind winner JLS Dashn And Zoomn, in the $1-milion LQHBA Futurity (RG1) at Evangeline Downs on November 29. John Hamilton has been named to ride the colt from post 6.

The complete lineup for the Louisiana Champions Day Juvenile Stakes, in post position order including jockey assignments--

  1. Jeti Luke (Patrick Watson)
  2. Gotta Run Miss (Jose Vega)
  3. Jumpn Jesse (Saul Ramirez Jr.)
  4. Louisiana Jambalaya (Lucas Constantin)
  5. Game (Orlando Baldillez)
  6. Fast Preacher Man (John Hamilton)
  7. Mayo T (David Alvarez)
  8. TM Dees Prize (Dennis Means)
  9. Zoomin For Bugs (Gilbert Ortiz)
  10. Hemps Jumpn Lajolla (Randy Edison)
  11. Dashacrossyourmind (Donald Watson)
  12. Sweet Okey Dokey (Raul Ramirez Jr.).

Louisiana Champions Day Classic (RG2)

Also on Saturday, Stacey Moak’s Big Timer is one of eight aged sprinters entered in the 440-yard, $100,000 Louisiana Champions Day Classic (RG2).

Stacey Moak's Big Timmer is one of eight sprinters entered in the Louisiana Champions Day Classic (RG2).
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A 4-year-old Bigtime Favorite gelding trained by Vann Haywood, Big Timer placed third in the 440-yard, $100,000 Louisiana Classic Stakes (RG2) at Delta Downs on July 12. Big Timer has earned $44,000 from five starts this season.

Big Timer drew post 3 and will be ridden by Dennis Means.

JLS Mr Bigtime, a homebred 6-year-old son of Bigtime Favorite racing for John Soileau’s JLS Speed Horse Ranch Inc., brings a bankroll of $999,947 from 28 starts into this race. Trained by Darrel Soileau, the gelding is coming off of a fifth-place finish in the 400-yard, $50,000 Opelousas Stakes (R) at Evangeline Downs on November 15.

The complete lineup, in post position order including jockey assignments--

  1. AJs Fast Dash (John Hamilton)
  2. Blue Louisiana Jolla (Gilbert Ortiz)
  3. Big Timer (Dennis Means)
  4. Bipty Dash (Raul Ramirez Jr.)
  5. JLS Mr Bigtime (Patrick Watson)
  6. I Can Toast Fast (David Alvarez)
  7. Dashin Gage (Jose Vega)
  8. Perrys Runaway (Donald Watson).

Louisiana Champions Day Derby (RG2)

TM Ranch’s Ol Time Preacher Man, a gelded son of Heza Fast Dash trained by Kenneth Roberts Sr., is one of nine state-bred sophomores entered in the 400-yard, $100,000 Louisiana Champions Day Derby (RG2).

LQHBA Breeders' Million Futurity winner Ol Time Preacher Man will look to get his second stakes win of the season over the Fair Grounds Race Course in Saturday's Louisiana Champions Day Derby (RG2). © Lou Hodges Photography
Ol Time Preacher Man has banked $56,651 from five starts this season, and his two wins include a half-length victory in the 350-yard, $60,000 Treme Derby (R) at Fair Grounds on August 16. The gelding drew post 8 and will be ridden by Patrick Watson.

Roberts will also send out Kool Design, a chestnut son of First N Kool owned by Oscar Rohne. A graded stakes winning gelding, First N Kool is coming off of a second-place finish to Ol Time Preacher Man in the Treme Derby.

The complete lineup, in post position order including jockey assignments--

  1. Sandra Sue Blue (Eddi Martinez)
  2. JLS Book Of Psalms (Lucas Constantin)
  3. Heza Fast Rogue (Donald Watson)
  4. Heza Bell Perry (Donell Blake)
  5. The Game Cartel (David Alvarez)
  6. Heasablackmagic (Gilbert Ortiz)
  7. Kool Design (Jose Vega)
  8. Ol Time Preacher Man (Donald Watson)
  9. Scooter Prize (Raul Ramirez Jr.).

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