Multiple Graded Winner Rdd Lajollanfastdash Dominates Million Dollar LQHBA Breeders' Futurity Trials
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The 10 fastest qualifiers, from 136 Louisiana-bred two-year-olds who participated on Friday, will return to Evangeline Downs on Saturday, November 19th to vie for a winner's purse of $445,000. The 10th place horse will pickup $25,000.
Rdd Lajollanfastdash has now won six of his seven lifetime starts, including the Mardi Gras Futurity at Louisiana Downs and the LQHBA Sales Futurity at Fair Grounds already this year. He earned $4,200 for his trial victory on Friday night, which increases his lifetime earnings to $290,677.
Bred in Louisiana by Richard Dale Domingue, Rdd Lajollanfastdash is a 2-year-old gelding by Heza Fast Dash, out of the Streakin La Jolla mare, La Jollan Queen. He is trained by Jose Sanchez.
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For the complete list of qualifiers to the LQHBA Breeders' Futurity(RG1) including times, sires, dams, owners, breeders, trainers and jockeys CLICK HERE.
The second 10 fastest qualifiers from Friday's trials are preferred invites for the $40,000 LQHBA Invitational Breeders' Stakes. CLICK HERE for that list.
Each of the 15 LQHBA Breeders Futurity trials offered a purse of $7,000.
Racing will resume at Evangeline Downs on Saturday night with a nine-race program that will include four trials for the LQHBA Breeders Derby. Post time on Saturday will be 5:35 pm Central Time.
For more information on the American Quarter Horse season at Evangeline Downs, visit the track’s website at evdracing.com. Evangeline Downs’ Twitter handle is @EVDRacing and the racetrack is also accessible on Facebook at www.facebook.com/EvanglineDownsRacing.
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