Shane Wilson

Brittlyn Stable's Ova Charged (Star Guitar--Charged Cotton, by Dehere), winner of this year's GIII Unbridled Sidney Stakes and owner of the year's top Beyer Speed Figure, fell leaving the eighth pole during the running of Saturday's Kentucky Downs Preview Ladies' Turf Sprint Stakes and was subsequently euthanized. According to the track's Kevin Kerstein, the 6-year-old mare suffered a right front fetlock injury. Jockey Corey Lanerie walked back to the jockeys' room under his power. Bred in Louisiana by Evelyn Benoit's operation, Ova Charged won eight of her first nine starts,...

The beast of the Bayou is now a queen in Kentucky, as Brittlyn Stables' homebred Ova Charged (Star Guitar) overcame a slow break and managed to gut it out late in Friday's GIII Unbridled Sidney S. It was her fifth consecutive victory, 13th from her 16 lifetime starts and fourth from as many appearances in turf sprint events. The 3-5 jolly off a 12 1/2-length dusting of her fellow Louisiana-breds in the Mar. 24 Page Cortez S.--for which she earned a massive 113 Beyer Speed Figure--Ova Charged was off a...

Louisiana Downs wrapped up its 84-day meet, which ran from May 1 to Sept. 21, Tuesday evening. Journeyman Carlos Lozada won 84 races from 391 rides (21%) to take the leading jockey title. His mounts earned $1,053,720. The 36-year-old Puerto Rican native was winning his second title, having also won in 2019. "I thank my family, my agent Ronald Ardoin, and each of the owners and trainers who supported me this season," said Lozada. "Louisiana Downs has been a very good track for me." Shane Wilson, in just his second...