The nationally acclaimed racing event has a distinguished list of past champions, including four Kentucky Derby winners, four Preakness Stakes winners, five Belmont Stakes winners and seven Travers Stakes winners. The prestigious race, which had its first running in 1980, had a noted history as a graded stake run at nine furlongs on the dirt. Hall of Fame conditioner, Steve Asmussen won the 2018 Super Derby with Limation. Contested on the Frank’s Turf Course in 2017, the Super Derby reverted to a main track feature last year. The marquee stakes of the meet is the Grade 3, $300,000 Super Derby, which will be run at a distance of mile and one-sixteenth. The 84-day meet includes 14 stakes highlighted by two major events, Louisiana Cup Day on Saturday, August 3 and Super Derby Day on Saturday, September 7. Grade 3, $300,000 Super Derby Set for Saturday, September 7īossier City, LA – The 2019 Thoroughbred racing season will get underway at Harrah’s Louisiana Downs on Saturday, May 4.
