Louisiana Derby

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Grade II race
Louisiana Derby
Location	Fair Grounds Race Course New Orleans, Louisiana
Inaugurated	1898
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	Fair Grounds Race Course
Race information
Distance	11/16 miles (8.5 furlongs)
Track	Dirt, left-handed
Qualification	Three-year-olds
Weight	122 lbs.
Purse	$600,000

The Louisiana Derby is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at the Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, Louisiana. Usually run in early March, the race is open to horses, age three, willing to race 11/16 miles (8.5 furlongs) on the dirt. A Grade II event, it currently offers a purse of $600,000.

Raced at 1⅛ miles until 1988, two winners of the Louisiana Derby have gone on to win the Kentucky Derby: Black Gold in 1924, and Grindstone in 1996. The 1988 winner, Risen Star went on to win the Preakness and Belmont Stakes.

In 2006, the race had to be canceled as a result of Hurricane Katrina.

Contents 1 Records 2 Winners of the Louisiana Derby since 1988 3 Earlier winners 4 References

[edit] Records

Speed record:

• 1:42.60 - Crypto Star (1997) (at current distance of 1/16 miles)
• 1:48.80 - Clev Er Tell (1977) (at 1⅛ miles)

[edit] Winners of the Louisiana Derby since 1988

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2008	Pyro	Shaun Bridgmohan	Steve Asmussen	Winchell Thoroughbreds	1:44.44
2007	Circular Quay	John R. Velazquez	Todd A. Pletcher	Michael Tabor	1:43.01
2006	no race
2005	High Limit	Ramon Dominguez	Robert J. Frankel	Gary & Mary West	1:42.74
2004	Wimbledon	Javier Santiago	Bob Baffert	James McIngvale	1:42.71
2003	Peace Rules	Edgar Prado	Robert J. Frankel	Edmund A. Gann	1:42.67
2002	Repent	Jerry D. Bailey	Kenneth McPeek	Select Stable	1:43.86
2001	Fifty Stars	Donnie Meche	Steve Asmussen	J. Cassells / R. Zollars	1:44.76
2000	Mighty	Shane Sellers	Frank L. Brothers	Aspiration Stable	1:43.29
1999	Kimberlite Pipe	Robby Albarado	Dallas Stewart	J. D. Gunther	1:43.56
1998	Comic Strip	Shane Sellers	Neil J. Howard	William S. Farish III	1:43.36
1997	Crypto Star	Pat Day	Wayne Catalano	Darrell & Evelyn Yates	1:42.60
1996	Grindstone	Jerry D. Bailey	D. Wayne Lukas	Overbrook Farm	1:42.79
1995	Petionville	Chris Antley	Randy Bradshaw	Everest Stables	1:42.96
1994	Kandaly	Craig Perret	Louie J. Roussel III	Louie J. Roussel III	1:42.86
1993	Dixieland Heat	Randy Romero	Gerald Romero	Leland Cook	1:44.80
1992	Line In The Sand	Pat Day	Neil J. Howard	William S. Farish III	1:43.40
1991	Richman	Pat Day	William I. Mott	William F. Lucas	1:44.50
1990	Heaven Again	Corey Nakatani	Vincent Timphony	K. Timphony et al	1:43.80
1989	Dispersal	Jose Santos	Bud Delp	Henry & Teresa Mayerhoff	1:43.80
1988	Risen Star	Shane Romero	Louie J. Roussel III	R. Lamarque/L. J. Roussel III	1:42.80

[edit] Earlier winners

[edit] References

• The Louisiana Derby at Pedigree Query
• The Louisiana Derby at the NTRA