Evangeline Downs Meet Starts April 6
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The 2016 Thoroughbred racing season at Evangeline Downs Racetrack, Casino & Hotel will run 84 days from April 6 through Aug. 27.
The track's stakes schedule is anchored by the $100,000 Evangeline Mile for 3-year-olds and up Saturday, June 4 and Louisiana Legends Night, which will feature eight Louisiana-bred stakes race with purses totaling $775,000 on Saturday, July 2,
The Evangeline Mile program will also include two other stakes races: the $60,000 Need for Speed Stakes for 3-year-olds and up at five furlongs on the turf and the $70,000 Lafayette Stakes for Louisiana-bred 3-year-olds at seven furlongs on the main track.
Louisiana Legends Night is highlighted by the $125,000 Classic for 3-year-olds and up at 1 1/16 miles on the main track. There will also be six stakes races with purses of $100,000 on Legends Night: the Distaff for fillies and mares 3-year-olds and up at 1 1/16 miles on the main track, the Sprint for 3-year-olds and up at 5 1/2 furlongs on the main track, the Mademoiselle for fillies and mares 3-year-olds and up at 5 1/2 furlongs on the main track, the Turf for 3-year-olds and up at 1 1/16 on the turf, the Cheval for 3-year-olds at one mile on the turf, and the Soiree for 3-year-old fillies at one mile on the turf. There will also be the $50,000 Starter for 3-year-olds and up at 1 1/16 on the main track.
Live racing will run on a Wednesday through Saturday weekly schedule during the season. First post time will be 5:50 p.m. CT.