Super Derby

The Super Derby, which was put on hiatus in 2022, will return to the Louisiana Downs stakes schedule in 2023. The nine-furlong race for 3-year-olds will be run Sept. 2 and will be worth $200,000. "We are looking forward to a great Thoroughbred season and the return of the Super Derby," the track's racing operations/ racing secretary Matt Crawford said. "Of course, Louisiana Cup Day will return [Aug. 5] with purses of $75,000 for the six stakes for Louisiana-breds. In addition, we will debut the $50,000 Alabama S. [June 24]...

The 2020 Thoroughbred racing season at Harrah's Louisiana Downs, which was originally scheduled to begin Saturday, May 2, will commence Saturday, June 6. An emergency meeting of the Louisiana State Racing Commission took place May 5 and unanimous approval for the revised opening date was granted. Due to state mandates regarding COVID-19, Harrah's Louisiana Downs concluded its 2020 Quarter Horse meet Monday, Mar. 16, two days ahead of the scheduled final date. Thoroughbreds have been training there since Monday, Apr. 13 when a judge ruling allowed horsemen to be permitted...

Louisiana Downs will push back the opening of its spring/summer meet by one month, drop 20 dates from its schedule, and cancel the running of the GIII Super Derby because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Louisiana State Racing Commission (LSRC) voted 11-0 at an emergency meeting Tuesday to approve the track's request. The decision was the only agenda item scheduled and none of the scores of participants on the conference call spoke in opposition to the changes. Louisiana Downs had been slated to start racing May 2. The 20 dates...

8th-OP, $92K, Alw/Opt. Clm. ($50K), post time: 5:51 p.m. ET Winchell Thoroughbreds homebred ROTATION (Tapit) faces the starter for the first time since posting a 3/4-length victory in the GIII Super Derby S. last September. A son of Free Spin (Olympio), the gray is a full-brother to MGSW & GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile runner-up and current Darby Dan stallion Tapiture; SW & GSP Retap; and to MSW Remit, whose daughter Finite (Munnings) has won the Silverbulletday S. and GII Rachel Alexandra S. this season to earn the top spot...