Trained by Allen Landry for owner/breeder World War IV Racing & Rebel Tide Racing LLC,  filly SIX STRING was strong in sprinting to graduate in her first outing. She followed that with 2 allowance wins in a row. Today at Evangeline she sprinted to win #4 pressing the pace and then clearing for the win in an off the turf allowance. Racing back in a month and on the turf, she pressed the pace early then took over nd won by 2 1/2 lengths for win #5.

BRADFIELD BABY won his 2nd race despite a bump at the start.  He pressed the paceon the insidem dueled and  to draw off to win by  by 3 1/4 lengths, He raced a mile and 70 at Louisiana Downs for trainer Joseph M. Foster and owner/breeder  Danny F Bockmon and Joey Foster Racing and Farm, LLC. Breeder: Danny F Bockmon & Elm Tree Farm, LLC

UP N GONE added allowance win #4 tohisresume. He swept from  off the pace to leave his field in his wake. He raced a mile  on the dirt at Evangeline Downsf or trainer  Samuel Breaux and owner Donald W. Moran, Sr.He ettled and then swept wide for the win by 2 1/4,  Breeder: Brittlyn, Inc

Brittlyn homebred OVA CHARGED picked off her 2nd stakes in a month with an easy win in the Chicken Fried Stakes at Lone Star, Off the prohibitive favorite, she bided her time briefly and then did as her name suggests and won off by 2 3/4 sprinting 5 furlongs on the turf. She is closing in on a million dollars in earnings. This extraordinary mare has won 15 of 18 starts.

Racing a mile on the turf in a MSW at Evangeline Downs, STEEL GUITAR settled off the pace then cleared outside to get up for the win by a head. She is trained by Brett A. Brinkman for himself as co-owner with James R. Dimel.
Breeder: Clear Creek Stud LLC

TDZ CORRIENDA STAR stalked the pace, then was shuffled back and had to regroup to come on strongly for the win - his 2nd. He raced 6 1/2 frlongs at Evangeline Downs. He was claimed out of his winning race and we wish all new connections the best of racing luck, 
 Bred by Tony Doughtie.
 

A homebred  Kendel D. Standlee, NATIVE STAR . He is trained by Jayde J. Gelner. Racing 6 furlongs at Evangeline Downs, h settled off the pace early then swept around the field on the outside to win by 1 3/4.

Stakes placed at 2 in the D. S. Shine Young Futurity. At 6, SCHNELL is still winning ( his 8th) closing with a ate rush racing 7 furlogs at Evangeline Downs. The gelding is a full brother to grade 2 winner Minit to Stardom. He was bred by Brittlyn in Louisiana and passed through the Ocala Breeders' Sales March Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training, selling to KSI for $200,000.  He is trained by  Karl Broberg
for End Zone Athletics, Inc..

STARSTUDDED AFFAIR raced 6 furlongs to a wire-to-wire graduation at Louisiana Downs. He broke on top between horses and never looked back. The 3 year old gelding is a Brittlyn homebred trained by Shane Wilson
 

Louisiana Legends Night started off with a rainstorm that delayed the start of the first race by nearly an hour. When the races started the track was rated as sloppy but sealed. The fifth race of the night, the Louisiana Legends Mademoiselle, saw Star Guitar’s daughter, Ova Charged, returning to Louisiana after her impressive win in the GIII Unbridled Sidney Stakes at Churchill Downs. Rightfully sent off at odds of one to nine, Ova Charged broke with the leaders and accelerated on the turn to open up a clear lead turning for home and won by a comfortable length while under a hand ride to the finish. This was Ova Charged’s fourteenth win from seventeen starts. She had now won eleven stakes races with a stakes placing in the GIII Victory Ride Stakes at Belmont Park as a three-year-old. She has now earned $849,200 for her owner/breeder the Brittlyn Stable of Evelyn Benoit. CLICK HEADLINES TO READ MORE

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OPELOUSAS, LA –Evangeline Downs hosted the annual celebration of the Louisiana-bred Thoroughbreds with an exciting Louisiana Legends Night card on Saturday.  

The star of the night was Brittlyn Stable, Inc.’s (Evelyn Benoit) Ova Charged in the Mademoiselle.  One of the biggest favorites in recent memory at odds of 1/9, Ova Charged broke sharply and contested the early pace with Flashy Meg and Charlie T through an opening quarter-mile in 21.75 seconds.  Ova Charged, with jockey Jose Guerrero in the irons, kicked it into another gear and opened a three-length advantage over Charlie T, while Luyv made a wide bid through a half-mile in 45.14 seconds. CLICK HEADLINES TO READ MORE

Making his 2nd start and off the favorite, STARRY EYED by STAR GUITAR sprinted to a wire-to-wire MSW graduation. He is a homebred for  Terry Gaffney & Denise Schmidt and is trained by co-owner Denise Schmidt.
 

Racing a mile at Evangeline Downs, Z`S GUITAR broke slowly and then while closing was floated 5 wide but still went on to win by 4 1/2 lengths . He is trained by  Shelton J. Zenon, Sr. foe owner  Marquel Zenon and was bred by Cypress Bend Farm.

BRADFIELD BABY pressed the pace, gained the lead, lost it briefly but regained it to draw off and graduate by 1 3/4 lengths, He raced a mile and 70 at Louisiana Downs for trainer Joseph M. Foster and owner/breeder  Danny F Bockmon and Joey Foster Racing and Farm, LLC
Breeder: Danny F Bockmon & Elm Tree Farm, LLC

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Charged Temp (Star Guitar), a full-sister to 'TDN Rising Star' GSW Manama Gold and 13-time winner GSW Ova Charged, has been added to the Fasig-Tipton May Digital sale as HIP 42, announced the auction house via release Friday.

A four-time winner herself, Charged Temp is offered in foal with her first offspring by GISW Arabian Lion (Justify) on a 2024 cover. She hails from an active female line as her dam SW Charged Cotton (Dehere) is a half to MSW & GSP Walkwithapurpose (Candy Ride {Arg}), whose daughter Regulatory Risk (Omaha Beach) recently ran third in the GI Longines Kentucky Oaks. That mare has also produced SW Where Paradise Lay (Into Mischief) and SP Whispering Pines (Uncle Mo). This is also the family of MGISW Schossberg as well as Canadian champion juvenile colt MGSW Conquest Typhoon.

Bidding for the sale will end Tuesday, May 14 at 2:00 p.m. eastern time. To view the catalogue and register to bid, please visit the website.

STAR GUITAR had progeny earning in  2023 over $2.7 million
Additionally, he sired 2 Louisiana Champions!
Sire of 2023 3-year-old filly Champion: STAR MOMENT
Sire of 2023 4-year-old and up male Champion: TOUCHUPONASTAR

Second last out in the G2 New Orleans Classic, TOUCHUPONASTAR went back to his stakes winning ways taking the EVD Classic. This incredible gelding has won 12 of 16 starts with a two 2nds in a graded stakes, He has NEVER been off the board. He is trained by Jeff Delhomme for owner Set-Hut LLC.Breeder: Coteau Grove Farm Lifetime Record:    MGSP, 16-12-3-1, $844,100.

On the same card, TDZSHININLUCKYSTAR added his first black type running 3rd in the Ragen Gagen S. for owner-breeder  Tony Doughtie  and trainer Knudsen Kent

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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 CLICK HEADLINES TO READ MORE

OVA CHARGED will start in the Unbridled Sidney S. (Gr. 3) on May 3. The multiple stakes-winning Brittlyn homebred is trained by Shane Wilson. Here she is schooling at Churchill

CARPIS broke his maiden at the Fair Grounds towards the end of his 2-year-old season and jumped straight into stakes company running 2nd in the Louisiana Futurity. Today he pressed the pace from the inside and prevailed to win in his first allowance condition going 6 1/2 furlongs at Evangeline Downs. He is a homebred for Springrun Thoroughbred Stables, LLC and is trained by Sam B David.

 PESO PESADO  shortened distance to 7 furlongs but kept his running style, sweeping around the field late to score and make it 2 wins in a row in allowance company - this one at Evangeline.  He is now trained by Emile Schwandt and owned by George Malley
Breeder: Wayne Sanders & Larry Hirsch

Also in the winner's circle at Evangeline  was veteran stakes placed WIN YA WIN who added win #8 to his resume. The 7 year old gelding has earned 1/4 of a million. He is now trained by Eduardo Ramirez for owner E.R. Racing Stables, LLC
Breeder: Brittlyn, Inc.

The Evangeline Downs 2024 season got off to a good start Friday night with some full fields and a healthy handle on opening night. Offered on the program were two open stakes races. Star Guitar’s Guitar Solo added another stakes to her resume by easily winning the Acadiana Stakes for Three-Year-Old Fillies. In her usual running style Guitar Solo went to the front immediately then held off all the closers to finish in front by a length. Bred and owned by World War IV Racing, Guitar Solo has now won three races from five starts and has earned $133,800 for trainer Allen Landry. The Acadiana was her second stakes win having previously captured the Louisiana Futurity at Fair Grounds on New Year’s Eve.

Winner of the Mardi Gras S last out, 6-year-old mare OVA CHARGED added the $100,000 Page Cortez S. to her resume. Sprinting 5 1/2 furlongs on the turf, at the Fair Grounds, she shot from the gate and won ridden out by over 12 lengths! OVA CHARGED has won 4 stakes races in a row and an additional 5!  She has only been off the board once in her life. OVA CHARGED is a homebred for Brittlyn, Inc. (LA); and is trained by Shane Wilson.  

Behind her came RUE LALA with the same connections. She added a third stakes placing to her page.

Following 4 stakes wins in a row, TOUCHUPONASTAR ran 2nd in the G2 New Orleans Classic S. He led until deep stretch and could just not best a closer. This incredible gelding has won 11 of 15 starts with a two 2nds in a graded stakes, He has NEVER been off the board. He is trained by Jeff Delhomme for owner Set-Hut LLC.
Breeder: Coteau Grove Farm

In addition, SAVED BY GRACE earned her first black running 3rd in the Crescent City H. for  trainer  Gary M. Scherer and owner Road Trip Racing, Inc. Breeder: Brittlyn, Inc.

Further afield at Sam Houston,  AVAILABLE STAR won an allowance race. He is trained by Karen E. Jacks for owner Carl R. Moore Management LLC. Breeder: Brittlyn, Inc. He is closing in on 1/4 of a million dollars in earnings.

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Carolina Panthers, is also a passionate horse owner who, along with his father Jerry and his brother Jeff, operates Set-Hut Stable LLC. The Delhomme clan focuses on Louisiana-breds and this year they have come up with one of the best ever. Touchuponastar (Star Guitar) is 11-for-14 lifetime and will run this weekend at Fair Grounds, either against open company in Saturday's $500,000 GII New Orleans Classic or against state-breds the next day in the Star Guitar S. CLICK HEADLINES TO  READ MORE

FREDDIE BY A NOSE defied his name AGAIN and has now won his second race in a row - this one by 5 lengths! He had ben claimed out of his winning race and he brought his new connections straight to the winner's circle. Racing 6 furlongs at the Fair Grounds, he rallied from way off the pace and left his rivals in the dust.
Breeder: Stephen Brown

BAYOU JAM has rewarded several different owner/trainer combinations. He is still winning at 7 and rewarded his newest connections trainer Keith G. Bourgeois and owner Matthew Bellard with still another win = his 8th, Racing a mile at the Fair Grounds, he shifted inside and edged up the rail for the win by 3/4.   He was bred by Brittlyn, Inc..|

STAR READY  was ready for the winner's circle and got there leading every step of the way racing a mile at the Fair Grounds and repelling any challenger. He is trained by Alfonso Balderas for owner  W. K. Freeman.
Breeder: David Cobb

FREDDIE BY A NOSE defied his name and graduated by 5 racing aa mile on the dirt. He was claimed out of his winning race and we wish his new connections the best of racing luck. Breeder: Stephen Brown
SAVED BY GRACE won for the 2nd time also at a mile on the dirt. She broke a step slow then rallied outside for the win by 1 1/2 lengths. She is trained by Gary M. Scherer for owner Road Trip Racing, Inc.. Breeder: Brittlyn, Inc.

February 23, 2024

Star Guitar’s Manama Gold kept her record intact with a victory in the GIII UAE Oaks at Meydan Racecourse on Friday. CLICK HEADLINES TO READ MORE

MANAMA GOLD  is # 2 on the KENTUCKY OAKS (G1) LEADERBOARD!

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'TDN Rising Star' MANAMA GOLD  (f, 3, Star Guitar–Charged Cotton, Dehere)( remained perfect with a 1 1/4-length tally in the AED700,000 G3 UAE Oaks over the closing Mizzyaan (Justify) at Meydan Racecourse on Friday. It was the first stakes win for the chestnut, who covered the 1900-metre trip in 2:00.81. CLICK HEADLINES TO READ MORE

Trained by Allen Landry for owner/breeder World War IV Racing & Rebel Tide Racing LLC, newly turned 3 year old filly SIX STRING was strong in sprinting to graduate in her first outing. She has followed that with a third win in a row dueling and clearing her field to remain undefeated. All three wins were sprinting at Delta Downs.

Open stakes wins are hard to come by for most Accredited Louisiana Breds but that was not the case on Tuesday at the Fair Grounds. The Mardi Gras Stakes was easily added to the resume of Star Guitar’s daughter, Ova Charged. After taking the lead shortly after the start, Ova Charged steadily opened daylight on the field until she found the finish line five plus lengths in front. Finishing second was last year’s winner of the Mardi Gras Stakes, Oeuvre.
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Winning machine Ova Charged made it three straight victories for Shane Wilson with this impressive performance, her first on the lawn since capturing the 2022 Page Cortez S. at Fair Grounds. 
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Brittlyn homebred MOMENT OF STARDOM  won his 4th and his second allowance in a row, taking an  at a mile on the turf at the Fair Grounds. He rallied on the inside and then shifted out to clear the field. He is trained by Shane Wilson. 

Earlier this month, Stakes placed RUE LALA added win #4 racing 51/2 furlongs in allowance company at the Fair Grounds. Today she added another stakes placing third in the  LA Bred Premier Matron Stakes where she was nipped bu a head for second.. RUE LALA is a Brittlyn Stable homebred trained by Lane Wilson.

GUITAR DOCTOR dropped down into claiming company for the first time and had no trouble wiring the field for his 3rd win. He raced 7 1/2 furlongs at Delta Downs and won by 3 3/4 lengths. The four-year-old is owned by Susan K. Love and trained by Eduardo Ramirez. He was bred by  Wayne Love

Brittlyn homebreds trained by Shane Wilson had a strong showing at the Fair Grounds.

MSW BEHEMAH STAR followed his Louisiana Champions Day Turf Stakes in December with a very convincing allowance win at a mile and 70 on the dirt. He pressed the pace in 2nd then got the lead and held sway to win by 3 1/2. His E-Speed rating of 112 was the 2nd highest in his career.

MOMENT OF STARDOM  won his 3rd, taking an AOC at a mile on the turf at the Fair Grounds. He rallied on the inside to clear the field.

Star Guitar’s Ova Charged continued her winning ways by adding the Bob F. Wright Memorial to the list of her now seven stakes races she has won. Breaking alertly Ova Charged soon took the lead and as they turned for home she opened daylight on the rest of the field to win by a widening six plus lengths and stopping the timer for the six furlongs at 1:09.75. Bred and owned by Evelyn Benoit’s Brittlyn Stable Inc., Ova Charged’s record now stands at ten wins from thirteen starts with earnings of $488,780 for trainer Shane Wilson. Her previous start saw her capture the Louisiana Champions Day Ladies Sprint for the third year in a row.

PICKIN ANA GRINNIN has several huge wire-to-wire wins - one by over 13 lengths. Today she raced to an unchallenged wire-to-wire win in going a mile in allowance company at Delta Downs.  She once again rewarded her new trainer Eduardo Ramirez and owner Jerry T. Wheeler with this easy win.
B: Coteau Grove Farms, LLC.

Trained by Allen Landry for owner/breeder World War IV Racing & Rebel Tide Racing LLC, 2 year old filly SIX STRING was strong in sprinting to graduate in her first outing. She pressed the pace then cleared and held for the win by 3/4 of a length,

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MANAMA GOLD (f, 2, Star Guitar–Charged Cotton, by Dehere), who attracted plenty of hype prior to this first start, ran to her billing and emerged a 2 1/2 length winner at Meydan. Kept off the fence as Frost At Dawn (Frosted) made the running, the Louisiana-bred was keen to go on rounding the bend and Adrie de Vries had his hands full keeping her content. She tackled the leader at the head of the straight, and ground determinedly past her 250 metres from home, before going on to win a shade cozily. CLICK HEADLINES TO READ MORE

Stakes placed WIN YA WIN added another win - his 7th. - racing 6 furlongs at The Fair Ground. Off the favorite, he cleared to win by over 4 lengths. WIN YA WIN  is a full sibling to Wild About Star, SW, $190,200 and Minit to Stardom, GSW, $536,180. The Brittlyn-bred 6-year-old gelding is trained by Keith G. Bourgeois for owner Robert Asaro Enterprises, Inc. 

The 33rd Louisiana Champions Day was a sunny pleasant day but the Stars were shining brightly on the day. Star Guitar had three individual winners of the nine stakes races for the day. The Louisiana Champions Day Classic was first on Star’s agenda when Touchuponastar led from start to finish while being shadowed throughout the race by Tumbarumba. Touchuponastar was a repeat winner having captured last year’s Classic. Bred by the Coteau Grove Farms of Ginger and Keith Myers, Touchuponastar is owned by Set-Hut Stable (Jake Delhomme) and trained by Jeff Delhomme. His win in the Classic set his record at ten wins (seven stakes races) from thirteen starts with two stakes placings, including a second the Grade III Steve Sexton Mile and earnings of $618,100. CLICK HEADLINE TO READ MORE

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Coming off convincing stakes victories, including one against open company, Touchuponastar  did exactly as expected back in against fellow Louisiana-breds, dominating the Dec. 9 Louisiana Champions Day Classic Stakes at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots. With Tim Thornton aboard, the 4-year-old Star Guitar   gelding led gate to wire, taking the $145,500 feature by a geared-down 1 1/4 lengths in 1:50.12 for 1 1/8 miles over a fast surface. CLICk HEADLINES TO READ MORE

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Ova Charged Survives Photo For Louisiana Champions Day Ladies Sprint Threepeat

Employing her signature stalking speed, Brittlyn Stable's homebred Ova Charged beat Basalt Street by a thin lip to take her third $100,000 Louisiana Champions Day Ladies Sprint in a row. Stablemate Spirited Beauty ran third.

Louisiana Champions Day Ladies Sprint S. Fair Grounds, 12/9, $100,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 6f (dirt),
3–Spirited Beauty, 118, ch m, 5 ....$11,000 Star Guitar–Sunday's Child, by Any Given Saturday
O–Brittlyn Stable, Inc., B–Brittlyn, Inc. (LA), T–Shane Wilson, 

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There are nine championship races slated this year, headed by the $150,000 Louisiana Champions Day Classic Stakes, which drew a field of six and will be contested at 1 1/8 miles over the main track. The 3-5 morning line favorite is the Jeff Delhomme-trained Touchuponastar , the 2022 Classic defending champion. The Star Guitar   4-year-old gelding, bred by Coteau Grove Farms, is 5-for-6 this year with one second, and 9-2-1 from 12 lifetime starts with earnings of $528,100. The Set-Hut-owned gelding has won eight of his last nine starts, losing only in the Steve Sexton Mile Stakes (G3) May 29 at Lone Star Park. CLICK HEADLINES TO READ MORE

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Tony Doughtie’s TDZSHININLUCKYSTAR pulled off the biggest upset of the night with a 27-1 stunner in the Cheval.  The race for 3-year-olds was contested at the distance of one mile.  Tdzshininluckystar was away in good order but was allowed to settle in midpack as Sonofaship set the early fractions of 24.16 for an opening quarter and a half-mile split in 47.63, with Strong Promise and Saint Gabriel chasing into the far turn. CLICK HEADLINES TO READ MORE