The Louisiana Quarter Horse Breeders Association (LQHBA) Breeding and Racing Program offers:

• Year Round Racing at Louisiana Downs (46 days), Delta Downs (46 days), Fairgrounds (10 days) and Evangeline Downs (46 days)
• Breeder Awards! HISTORY and a thriving industry! (mare and stallion awards) – over $38 MILLION PAID OUT SINCE 2013! Almost $5 Million per year for the last EIGHT YEARS!!
• Breeder Awards (mare awards) paid to breeders of Accredited Louisiana Bred foals finishing 1st, 2nd and 3rd in State Bred and Open Bred overnight Races! (25% of what the horse earns). Accredited Louisiana Bred Stakes Races are eligible for Breeder Awards. OPEN Stakes races are not eligible for Breeder Awards.
• Year End Awards – Accredited Louisiana Bred (LQHBA) Champions
• Annual Yearling Sale since 1977 (40+ years)
• Annual Membership Meeting & Awards Banquet

Accredited Louisiana Bred Futurities and Derbies handled by LQHBA

• $200,000 Added RGI LQHBA LOUISIANA MILLION - Evangeline Downs ($1,000,000 Futurity Final)
• $150,000 Added RGI Sale Futurity - Fair Grounds Fair Grounds ($400,000 Est.)
• $100,000 Added LQHBA Breeders Derby - Evangeline Downs -($275,000 Est.)
• $100,000 Added RGII Mardi Gras Futurity - Louisiana Downs ($250,000 Guaranteed)
• $50,000 Added Mardi Gras Derby - Louisiana Downs ($100,000 Est.)
• Three $100,000 Guaranteed Louisiana Champions Day Races (RGII & RGIII) at Fair Grounds Race Course

Accredited Louisiana Bred Futurities and Derbies handled by Delta Downs

• $75,000 Added RG2 Laddie Futurity – Delta Downs ($275,000 Est.)
• $75,000 Added RG2 Lassie Futurity – Delta Downs ($275,000 Est.)
• $350,000 Added RG1 Lee Berwick Futurity – Delta Downs Delta Downs ($1,000,000 Est.)
• $150,000 Added RG3 LA Bred Derby – Delta Downs ($225,000 Est.)

A Guaranteed Minimum of 148 Quarter Horse Racing Days Annually in Louisiana

• Delta Downs – Vinton (46 QH racing days)
• Evangeline Downs – Opelousas (46 QH racing days)
• Fair Grounds – New Orleans (10 QH racing days)
• Louisiana Downs – Bossier City (46 QH racing days)

• Karen Darling Falgoust - Opelousas, LA
• Stephen Deville - Opelousas, LA
• Richard Ortego - Ville Platte, LA

North

• D. Michael Hayes - Natchitoches, LA

South Central

• Brandon Trahan – Abbeville, LA
• Kenny Patton - New Iberia, LA
• Jerome Bellard - Kaplan, LA

South East

• Tim Rogers - Lettsworth, LA
• Major Thibaut - Pointe Coupee, LA
• Riley Blanchet - Rosedale, LA

South West

• Larry Findley, DVM - Vinton, LA
• Kirt Chaisson - Jennings, LA
• Bobbi Randle - Vinton, LA

Officers

• President - Kirt Chaisson
• 1st Vice President - Dr. Larry Findley
• 2nd Vice President - erome Bellard
• Secretary - Bobbi Randle