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Million Dollar LQHBA Breeders' Futurity Heads Evangeline Downs Stakes Schedule
Evangeline Downs will will kick off it's 2014 fall Quarter Horse Meet on October 1.

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Million Dollar LQHBA Breeders' Futurity Heads Evangeline Downs Stakes Schedule

OPELOUSAS, LA—AUGUST 20, 2014—The $1 million-est. LQHBA Breeder's Futurity (RG1) highlights an expanded and bulked up stakes schedule for the upcoming 46-night 2014 fall Quarter Horse racing season at Evangeline Downs Racetrack Casino & Hotel, which is set to begin on Wednesday, October 1.

The LQHBA Breeders' Futurity, worth $1 million dollars the last two years, is the richest race held annually at Evangeline Downs and just one of three seven-figure races held in the state of Louisiana and the only one open to Quarter Horses. The LQHBA Breeders' Futurity is restricted to Louisiana bred two-year-olds and will be run at the distance of 400 yards on Saturday, November 29. Trials will be held on Friday, November 7, with the ten fastest qualifying times earning a berth in the rich final, and the second ten fastest qualifying times returning for the LQHBA Invitational, also conducted on Saturday, November 29.

The total purses for the 2014 stakes schedule is approximately $1.5 million, an increase of more than 7 percent from last year’s total and also features a total of thirteen black type events, up from last year’s total of seven.

“We are excited about the upcoming meet and hope our bulked up stakes program is received by the horsemen," said Chris Warren, the director of racing operations at Evangeline Downs. "We have strengthened both our Louisiana-bred program, along with offering more opportunities for open bred horses this year. Our closing night, December 20th should be a tremendous evening of racing with a total of five stake races including the EVD Futurity & Derby.

"These two very popular events provide horsemen a chance to showcase their late-developing 2-year-olds as well as offering their 3-year-olds one final shot at a big payday.”

Warren added, “Nominations for both the EVD Futurity and the EVD Derby close on September, 26th and each event will feature trials that will be held in late November.”

Evangeline Downs’ 2014 Fall Quarter Horse Stakes schedule.
Oct. 4 — Billy Montgomery Stakes (La)
  F/M 3yo&up 350 yds. — $30,000
Oct. 25 — Amelia Belle Stakes (La) )
  3yo&up 350 yds. — $35.000
Nov. 8 — EVD Dash)
  3yo&up 3yo&up 220 yds. — $20,000
Nov. 15 — Opelousas Stakes)
  3yo&up 3yo&up 400 yds. — $50,000
Nov. 22 — Races and Aces Stakes (La) )
  3yo&up 3yo&up 870 yds. — $35,000
Nov. 29 — Mojo’s Stakes (La) )
  3yo&up 3yo&up 300 yds. — $25,000
Nov. 29 — LQHBA FUTURITY (La) )
  3yo&up 2yo 400 yds. — $1,000,000
Nov. 29 — LQHBA INVITATIONAL (La)
  3yo&up 2yo 400 yds. — $40,000
Dec. 20 — Blue Chip Starter Stakes (La) )
  3yo&up 3yo&up 330 yds. — $20,000
Dec. 20 — Sam’s Town Stakes)
  3yo&up 3yo&up 350 yds. — $25,000
Dec. 20 — IP 870 Stakes)
  3yo&up 3yo&up 870 yds. — $25,000
Dec. 20 — EVD DERBY)
  3yo&up 3yo 400 yds. — $75,000
Dec. 20 — EVD FUTURITY)
  3yo&up 2yo 400 yds. — $100,000

Note: Purse for the LQHBA Futurity is estimated. Purses for both the EVD Derby & EVD Futurity are added, all others are guaranteed.

Note: Races with (La) are restricted to horses bred in Louisiana.