Underpressure Back for Premier Night Championship Try

After coming up just short in last year's Louisiana-bred Premier Night Championship Stakes at Delta Downs, Underpressure will try to earn a trip to the winner's circle this year against an expected nine state-bred rivals in the 1 1/16-mile test Feb. 9.

The $150,000 Premier Night Championship is one of six stakes for Louisiana-breds that will award a total $675,000 in purses. The card also features four starter stakes that will award another $220,000.

In last year's Premier Night Championship, Mallory Greiner's Underpressure launched a strong rally from sixth but would be edged for the win by Mobile Bay, who prevailed by a nose. Underpressure, a son of Birdstone , will be making his first start as a 5-year-old after closing last season with a 3 1/2-length score over state-breds in the Louisiana Champions Day Classic Dec. 8 at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots.

Trained by Chris Richard, Underpressure boasts three stakes wins and seven stakes placings as he enters his fourth season of racing. On Saturday he'll start from post four with jockey Corey Lanerie aboard.

After a stakes win and an allowance-optional claiming victory sprinting at Fair Grounds, Valene Farms' Givemeaminit will stretch out Saturday while Brittlyn Stable's Magic Vow will try for a second consecutive stakes win after a four-length victory in the off-the-turf Louisiana Champions Day Turf Stakes Dec. 8 at Fair Grounds.

The field also includes the second- and third-place finishers from the Louisiana Champions Day Classic in runner-up Grande Basin and third-place finisher Mageez.

In the other five stakes for state-breds on Saturday's Louisiana Premier Night card:

• Carl Moore Management's Midnight Fantasy will try to secure her fourth win in as many starts and third stakes victory in the $100,000 Starlet Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at one mile.
• In the $100,000 Matron for older fillies and mares sprinting six furlongs, Colonel Thoroughbreds' Ours to Run will try to extend a streak of three straight stakes wins against state-breds by a combined 18 lengths.
• In the $100,000 Prince Stakes for 3-year-olds at a mile, Valene Farms' Classy John will try for a third straight stakes win.
• In the 125,000 Distaff at one mile, Brittlyn Stable homebred Testing One Two puts her two-race win streak at Delta Downs on the line.
• In the $100,000 Sprint Stakes, Ivery Sisters Racing's Monte Man will try to defend his 2018 win in the five-furlong race, which was one of five stakes scores last year for the son of Custom for Carlos .
  
  

  Entries: LA Bred Premier Night Starlet S.

  Delta Downs Racetrack, Saturday, February 09, 2019, Race 2

  • STK
  • 1m
  • Dirt
  • $100,000
  • 3 yo Fillies
  • 5:52 PM (local)

  PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
  1	1Midnight Fantasy (LA)	Adam Beschizza	117	Joe Sharp	3/5
  2	2Crescentcitypretty (LA)	Diego Saenz	117	Jose M. Camejo	9/2
  3	3Fugitive Lady (LA)	Gerardo Mora	117	Joe P. McKellar	20/1
  4	4Cicada's Song (LA)	Miguel Mena	117	Albert M. Stall, Jr.	10/1
  5	5Miss Bitters (LA)	Timothy Thornton	117	Glenn Delahoussaye	8/1
  6	6Goodprofit (LA)	Gerard Melancon	122	Chris Richard	6/1
  7	7Madeforlife (LA)	Corey J. Lanerie	117	Chris Richard	12/1

  
  

  Entries: LA Bred Premier Night Matron S.

  Delta Downs Racetrack, Saturday, February 09, 2019, Race 7

  • STK
  • 5f
  • Dirt
  • $100,000
  • 4 yo's & up Fillies and Mares
  • 8:22 PM (local)

  PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
  1	1Ours to Run (LA)	Roberto Morales	125	J. Larry Jones	4/5
  2	2Sarge's Daughter (LA)	Timothy Thornton	123	Karl Broberg	12/1
  3	3Fiji D (LA)	Kevin J. Smith	116	Ronnie P. Ward	30/1
  4	4Sweet Prayers (LA)	Paulina Ramirez	116	Allison Ramsay-Banks	30/1
  5	5Eye Craft (LA)	Filemon T. Rodriguez	116	Shane Wilson	20/1
  6	6Lovely Charlie (LA)	Ashley Broussard	116	Lee Thomas	15/1
  7	7La Mistake (LA)	Gerard Melancon	118	Brett A. Brinkman	8/1
  8	8Frolic (LA)	Jan C. Batista	118	Roland L. Bruno	12/1
  9	9Minit to Stardom (LA)	Colby J. Hernandez	116	Albert M. Stall, Jr.	4/1
  10	10Shakopee Town (LA)	Mitchell Murrill	118	Gary M. Scherer	8/1

  
  
  
  
  

  Entries: LA Bred Premier Night Prince S.

  Delta Downs Racetrack, Saturday, February 09, 2019, Race 8

  • STK
  • 1m
  • Dirt
  • $100,000
  • 3 yo
  • 8:52 PM (local)

  PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
  1	1Cafe Du Monde (LA)	Gerard Melancon	122	Leo G. Gabriel, Jr.	4/1
  2	2Mr. Four Sevens (LA)	Colby J. Hernandez	117	W. Bret Calhoun	8/1
  3	3Kantiana (LA)	Chris R. Rosier	117	Enis Mouton	15/1
  4	4Musada (LA)	Thomas L. Pompell	117	Brett A. Brinkman	8/1
  5	5Jimi's a Star (LA)	Emanuel Nieves	117	Henry B. Johnson, Jr.	7/2
  6	6Shang (LA)	Diego Saenz	117	Steven M. Asmussen	9/2
  7	7Classy John (LA)	Corey J. Lanerie	117	Dallas Stewart	2/1
  8	8Pickett (LA)	Timothy Thornton	117	Glenn Delahoussaye	15/1

  
  
  
  
  

  Entries: LA Bred Premier Night Championship S.

  Delta Downs Racetrack, Saturday, February 09, 2019, Race 9

  • STK
  • 1 1/16m
  • Dirt
  • $150,000
  • 4 yo's & up
  • 9:22 PM (local)

  PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
  1	1Grand Luwegee (LA)	Diego Saenz	116	Gerard Perron	12/1
  2	2Grande Basin (LA)	Miguel Mena	116	Edward J. Johnston	10/1
  3	3Givemeaminit (LA)	Gerard Melancon	116	Dallas Stewart	5/2
  4	4Underpressure (LA)	Corey J. Lanerie	123	Chris Richard	3/1
  5	5Afleet Ascent (LA)	Quincy Hamilton	116	Jerry Hollendorfer	5/1
  6	6Social Misfit (LA)	Timothy Thornton	116	Karl Broberg	20/1
  7	7Theoryintopractice (LA)	Colby J. Hernandez	116	Corale A. Richards	12/1
  8	8Magic Vow (LA)	Richard E. Eramia	123	Jose M. Camejo	9/2
  9	9Why Joey Why (LA)	Kerwin D. Clark	116	Brent Delahoussaye	30/1
  10	10Mageez (LA)	Roberto Morales	118	Delmar R. Caldwell	12/1
  11	11Budro Talking (LA)	Chris R. Rosier	118	Mike R. Neatherlin	20/1
  12	12Pound for Pound (LA)	Aubrie Green	116	Jose Grimaldo	30/1

  
  
  
  
  

  Entries: LA Bred Premier Night Distaff S.

  Delta Downs Racetrack, Saturday, February 09, 2019, Race 10

  • STK
  • 1m
  • Dirt
  • $125,000
  • 4 yo's & up Fillies and Mares
  • 9:52 PM (local)

  PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
  1	1Testing One Two (LA)	Diego Saenz	123	Victor Arceneaux	9/5
  2	2Hyper Piper (LA)	Timothy Thornton	116	Sam B. David, Jr.	8/1
  3	3Echoesoftime (LA)	Paulina Ramirez	116	Phillip Mark Dison	30/1
  4	4Safari Calamari (LA)	Luis Negron	116	Jose M. Camejo	15/1
  5	5Mr. Al's Gal (LA)	Richard E. Eramia	116	Justin Jeansonne	9/2
  6	6Special Blessing (LA)	Corey J. Lanerie	118	W. Bret Calhoun	7/2
  7	7Remember Daisy (LA)	Mitchell Murrill	123	Gary M. Scherer	5/2

  
  
  
  
  

  Entries: LA Bred Premier Night Sprint S.

  Delta Downs Racetrack, Saturday, February 09, 2019, Race 11

  • STK
  • 5f
  • Dirt
  • $100,000
  • 4 yo's & up
  • 10:22 PM (local)

  PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
  1	1Double Barrel Man (LA)	Richard E. Eramia	116	Karl Broberg	6/1
  2	2Luke's Cajun Star (LA)	Emanuel Nieves	123	Thomas W. Sam	12/1
  3	3Monte Man (LA)	Gerard Melancon	123	Ron Faucheux	9/5
  4	4Wild Bert (LA)	Roberto Morales	118	Ronnie Averett	12/1
  5	5Win Lion Win (LA)	Kevin J. Smith	116	Allison Ramsay-Banks	12/1
  6	6Bending Saint (LA)	Timothy Thornton	116	Karl Broberg	5/1
  7	7Divine Bean (LA)	Colby J. Hernandez	116	Albert M. Stall, Jr.	5/2
  8	8Rock N Sake (LA)	Gerardo Mora	116	Sarah Delany	20/1
  9	9Wonder Run (LA)	Diego Saenz	118	Steven B. Flint	15/1