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Old 08-11-2009, 04:04 PM
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Default LA Derby will lengthen, richen, compete with FL Derby
Major changes for Louisiana Derby
By Marty McGee

http://www.drf.com/news/article/106268.html

The Louisiana Derby will have a bigger purse, longer distance, and a date closer to the Kentucky Derby when the longtime Fair Grounds fixture is run in 2010.

Officials at Churchill Downs Inc., which owns Fair Grounds in New Orleans, issued a media release Tuesday announcing that the Louisiana Derby will be worth $750,000, up from $600,000, when the race is run March 27, 2010, which is two weeks later than what had been customary. The 2010 date is just five weeks before the 136th Kentucky Derby, to be run May 1 at Churchill Downs.

In addition, the Grade 2 Louisiana Derby has been lengthened by a sixteenth of a mile to 1 1/8 miles. The new date will put the Louisiana Derby in competition with other major Derby prep races. This year the Grade 1, $750,000 Florida Derby was run five weeks befoe the Kentucky Derby.
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