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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 miles on the dirt. It currently offers a purse of $1,000,000.
The Super Derby is an American thoroughbred horse race held annually in September at Louisiana Downs in Bossier City, Louisiana. Inaugurated in 1980, the Super Derby is open to three-year-olds and the distance is 1 + 1 ⁄ 8 miles on the dirt. It is the richest race held at Louisiana Downs.
The Kentucky Derby takes place annually at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, on the first Saturday in May, where it began in 1875. Participating horses run a distance of 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (2.0 km), or 10 furlongs. The Derby is a Grade I event with a purse of $3,000,000 in 2022.
The Louisiana Derby (6:42 p.m. EDT post time) will offer 200 qualifying points toward the May 4 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, including 100 to the winner and 50 to the runner-up.
The Louisiana Derby winner will depart from post position 4. ... Distance: 1 1/4 miles. For: 3-year-old Thoroughbreds. Kentucky Derby field, with odds: 1. Dornoch (20-1) 2. Sierra Leone (3-1)
Catching Freedom rallied from last place to capture Saturday’s $1 million, Grade 2 Louisiana Derby at Fair Grounds. Ridden by Flavien Prat and trained by Louisville’s Brad Cox, Catching ...
Risen Star Stakes. The Risen Star Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old horses at a distance of one and one-eighth miles on the dirt run annually in February, usually during the President's Day weekend at Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, Louisiana. The event currently offers a purse of $400,000.
Churchill Downs is a horse racing complex located on Central Avenue in south Louisville, Kentucky, United States, famed for hosting the annual Kentucky Derby. It officially opened in 1875 and was named for Samuel Churchill, whose family was prominent in Kentucky for many years. [1] The first Kentucky Derby, a Thoroughbred sweepstakes and part ...