Evangeline Downs Racetrack Entries (2024)

FAQs

Who owns Evangeline Downs? ›

It is owned and operated by Boyd Gaming. With a one-mile oval track, the facility provides close to 1,000 horse stalls for Thoroughbred flat racing and American Quarter Horse racing.

The oldest racetrack in the United States is Freehold Raceway in New Jersey. It opened in the 1830s but races harness horses (standard breds) not Thoroughbreds.

Pimlico Race Course is a thoroughbred horse racetrack in Baltimore, Maryland, most famous for hosting the Preakness Stakes.

Johnny Trotter, Owner, Ruidoso Downs Race Track and Casino.

1966 – The history of the Evangeline Downs all began on April 28, 1966, when it was opened for business in its original location along U.S. Highway 167 (also known as the Evangeline Thruway, and today as Interstate Highway 49) at Carencro, Louisiana, just north of the city limits of Lafayette, Louisiana.

Meet Your Track Announcer, Rob Tuel

Tuel handicaps each live racing program at Evangeline and hosts the track's daily simulcast show.

Virginia, Tennessee are just two solid yellow lines apart

While the two Kansas Cities are separated by the mighty Missouri River, Virginia's Bristol and Tennessee's Bristol are divided by State Street, where you can stand with one foot in each state.

Champion filly Go For Wand, who suffered a fatal injury during the stretch run of the 1990 Breeders Cup Distaff, is buried in the Saratoga Race Course infield.

Kentucky is the racing capital of the United States, raising thousands of Thoroughbreds a year and hosting the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. Kentucky has nearly four times as many racing days and more horses per race.

Dover Motor Speedway. "The Monster Mile" "World's Fastest One-Mile Oval" Oval (1969–present)

Why is it called the preakness? ›

Why Is It Called the Preakness? Unlike Kentucky and Belmont, Preakness has nothing to do with location. The race's name actually comes from Maryland governor Oden Bowie, who named the inaugural race for the colt, Preakness, who won the Dinner Party Stakes on October 25, 1870, the day that Pimlico opened.

Secretariat, Seabiscuit, War Admiral. Their names are the stuff of legend, legends forged on Maryland sod.

Eldora Speedway is a half-mile dirt racing facility located in Rossburg, Ohio. The 'Big E' is owned by three time NASCAR Champion, Tony Stewart. The Indiana native purchased Eldora from legendary promotor Earl Baltes in 2004.

Ruidoso Downs has been the home of the World's Richest Quarter Horse Race® since the All American Futurity was first contested on Labor Day in 1959 with a $129,000 purse. This past summer the Rainbow Futurity and the Rainbow Derby were on track to become $1,000,000 races.

Stewart has owned Macon Speedway with Kenny Wallace, Ken Schrader and Bob Sargent since 2007.

Paul Blanchard , owner and CEO of The Downs At Albuquerque.

It is owned and operated by Churchill Downs, Inc. New Kent County, Virginia, U.S.

Hunter Pasteur Homes said it is buying Northville Downs from the Northville Driving Club and the Carlo family partnership. A draft of the tentative deal obtained by the Free Press shows a total sale price of $10.25 million.

Ocean Downs is a casino and harness racing track in Berlin, Maryland, near Ocean City. It is owned and operated by Churchill Downs Inc.