403:. Following that he never returned to graded stakes race competition again. After that he won the Evangeline Handicap and the Louisiana Showcase Classic. Returning to compete Delta Downs Gold Cup, he finished in fourth place. Following his defeat he returned to the winner's circle in the Louisiana Champions Day Classic Stakes. For the most part he was in second place before taking over the lead at the turn and winning by 1/4 length.
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Louisiana Legends Classic Stakes. Starting off he settled back in third, but he began to slip back to forth. By the far turn he began to come back being only two lengths behind. Finally he galloped away winning by 3/4 of a length and breaking the track record at the time.
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Louisiana-bred racehorses of all time. He won the Louisiana-bred Horse of the Year title 4 times, as well as the state's Champion Older Horse three times and the Champion Two Year Old Colt award. He retired as the richest Louisiana-bred horse of all time with
370:. At the start he settled in on the rail for the majority of race staying in third but dropping back to fourth but back to third being four lengths behind at the final turn. But soon ran by everyone to win by a comformatle length. After that, one potential idea of his handlers was for a
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