Louisiana Quarter Horse Breeder Association

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Louisiana Downs Opens 46-Day Quarter Horse Meet Saturday

Louisiana Downs opens its winter American Quarter Horse meet on Saturday.

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Q-RACING JOURNAL—JANUARY 3, 2016—Louisiana Downs will open its 46-day winter American Quarter Horse meet on Saturday.

Located in Bossier City, near Shreveport, Louisiana Downs will offer live racing on a Saturday-through-Tuesday schedule through March 23. Post time for the first race every day will be 1 p.m. (CST).

Louisiana Downs’ stakes schedule will feature 11 official stakes, topped by the 300-yard, $100,000-added Mardi Gras Futurity (RG2) for state-bred juveniles on March 12, and the 300-yard, $75,000-added Harrah’s Futurity (G3) on closing day. Other major stakes scheduled during the meet include the 400-yard, $50,000-added Mardi Gras Derby (R) on March 12.

Louisiana Downs’ opening-day program features a pair of stakes the 250-yard, $15,000 Harrah’s Dash and the 870-yard, $15,000 Marathon Stakes (see related story).

For more information on the Louisiana Downs meet, visit the track’s website at www.caesar.com or call (318) 742-5555. AQHA News and information is a service of the American Quarter Horse Association. For more news and information, follow @AQHARacing on Twitter, watch the AQHA Racing Newscast and visit www.aqharacing.com.

LQHBA is the official authorized representative of the American Quarter Horse racing and breeding industry in Louisiana, the unified voice of quarter Horse breedings in the State of Louisiana for purposes of communicatting the advantages and rewards of breeding Quarter Horses in the State and for the purposes of a conducting and coordinating activities with breeding and racing agencies.