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The chance of a
lifetime
By JULIE DAUGHERTY
Times Racing Reporter
If you find yourself in the infield of a horse race track
on the first Saturday in May, chances are you are either
at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Fest or you are
attending the Kentucky Derby.
Churchill Downs in
Louisville Kentucky and
the Fairgrounds Race-
course in New Orleans
were buzzing with action
this past Saturday. The
infield of Fairgrounds was
alive with music, food,
beer, booze, bikinis and
some mud.
Ditto for the infield at
Churchill Downs.
The almost impercepti-
ble difference may be that
more people were donning
hats in Louisville. The
jury is still out on which
track had longer lines to
the port-a-potties (Lou-
isville) or the pot—o-golds
(New Orleans).
Interestingly, of the
horses running in the
Kentucky Derby and in
theother 13 races OnSat-
urday’s card, ’there Were
several that trained at the
Fairgrounds or previously
raced here before making
the trip north to the other
infield.
Louisiana was well
represented 760 miles
North and a tad bit East
on Derby Day. There were
14 races run at Churchill
Downs Saturday. Six of
those were won by horses
who last raced at the Fair-
grounds. Ten races were
won by horses that raced
here recently or trained
here over the winter.
Country House, the of-
ficial winner of Kentucky
Derby 145 was second in
the Risen Star and 4th
in the Louisiana Derby.
He then went to Oaklawn
where he placed third in
the Arkansas Derby earn-
ing enough points to run
in the race deemed the
most exciting two minutes
in sports.
Speaking of Country
House as the winner of
Kentucky Derby 145, I
wouldn’t be doing my job
if I failed to mention he
finished second but was
moved up through dis-
qualification. The horse
that crossed the wire first,
Maximum Security, was
in front running in the two
path (two horse widths out
from the rail).
According to his jockey
Luis Saez, he spooked
from the crowd in the in-
field and drifted into the
five path. Luis straight-
ened him out the best he
could but not before he
interfered with War Of
Will, Long Range Toddy,
Bodexpress, and Country
House. Therefore, as per
racing rules, he was taken
down and placed behind
the horses he impeded,
no matter where they fin-
ished.
The Stewards (top rac-
ing officials) made the
right call.
War Of Will, who
trained at the Fairgrounds
all winter long was most
affected by Maximum Se-
curity. He is a big athletic
monster who looks like he
could run all day. It’s a
miracle he didn’t go down
in the race.
David Carrol, assistant
to Mark Casse wh over-
saw War of Wills t aining
all Winter informed me
that War of Will came out
'of the race with a few little
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scratches but he is sound.
They are extremely happy
and feel very blessed that
he’s good enough to con-
tinue on. They plan on
shipping him to Pimlico
early next week to run in
the Preakness.
Scott Blasi, assistant to
Steve Asmussen, says that
Long Range Toddy came
out of the race surpris-
ingly well but they do not
have any immediate plans
for him. They are going to
give him a breather and
look for a race down the
road. Do not worry though;
Steve has a horse to run
in the Preakness, Laugh-
ing Fox, who just won the
Oaklawn Invitational.
Trainer Bret Calhoun
was faced with a major
dilemma earlier this year.
It looked like he could pos-
sibly have two horses in
the Derby. Bret also owns
a house that overlooks the
Jazz Fest Acura Stage and
the Fairgrounds oval.
I offered to watch his
house on the 2nd and
through this past week-
end. Bret told me that
even if he had a horse in
the Derby he would prob-
ably just stay here. I said,
“Yeah right.” I guess Mick
Jagger made the choice
easy for Bret.
Bret went to the Derby
riding high on the Louisi-
ana Derby win of his horse
By My Standards. By My
Standards was pretty
much mugged coming out
of the gate in the Derby
and was also bumped pret-
ty hard with one half mile
to go in the race. He ended
up placing twelfth.
Bret says he came out of
the race just fine. He plans
on giving him a little rest
then freshening him up
for some of the other Der-
bies later in the Summer
and Fall. Illinois Derby,
Pennsylvania Derby, Lone
Star Derby and'the Super
Derby are all possibilities.
Bret’s other possible
derby contender, Mr.
Money, who ran fourth in
the Breeders Cup Juvenile
didn’t have enough points
to run in the Derby. Mr.
Money didn’t disappoint
on Derby Day however,
he won the Pat Day Mile
Stakes on the Derby un-
dercard earning $225,680.
He beat two other Fair—
grounds horses by 5 1/4
lengths. Bret said even
though the win was im-
pressive his “numbers”
(speed ratings) didn’t jump
up much so he doesn’t re—
ally see the Preakness in
Mr. Money’s future. But
he hasn’t totally ruled it
out either. “Very outside
chance we may run him,”
according to Bret.
It’s the chance of a
lifetime in a lifetime of
chance!
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andhe decided to keep
his headquarters in his
Ponchatoula hometown.
Jani-King broke ground
this past Thursday on a
beautiful piece of property
off I-55 on the Northeast
Service Road.
The event was well at—
tended by Jani-King em-
ployees and included 10-
cal dignitaries including'
Ponchatoula Mayor Bob
Zabbia.
The new corporate of-
fice will cost $4.5 million
dollars to develop and will
boast an 18,000 square foot
corporate Office with room
for other businesses to re-
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locate to the Ponchatoula
campus.
Tom Enmon chose his
hometown to expand his
franchise business and
the new buildings will
allow him to hire an ap-
proximate 15 additional
local employees due to the
bigger space, according to
Chance Enmon, a Jani-
King executive.
Tom Enmon is a long—
time supporter of Pon-
chatoula and its Chamber
and is a sponsor of the
Krewe of Erin. His family
members are principals in
the business.
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THE TIMES, MAY 9, 2019, PAGE
Anniversaries and Birthdays
Happy
Anniversary
May 9 - Gary & Brenda
Kyzar, Dennis Sr. & Jerri
Faye Pevey, George &
Beth Schmitt
May 10 - David & Ode-
lia Coat
May 11 — James Lin-
da Barnes
May 12 - Douglas &
“Sissy” Daigle
May 13 Frank & Wen-
dy LeSaicherre, Barry &
Daphne Griffin V
May 14 Dwight &
Becky Raiford, Larry &
Konnie Pittman, Joe Paul
Jr. & Teresa Corbett,
Craig & Christie Messmer
May 15 Kelcy & Joan
Price, Earl & Barbara
Theirot, James & Kerri
Bankston,
Happy
Birthday
May 9 Amanda Sim,
Amy Haight, Brianna
Bowden, Claude Fowler
Sr., Dee Decote, Eliza-
beth Stanga Cleaver, Erin
Derbins, Jane Anderson
Martin,. Johnny Caro,
Laurie Allen, Payton
Ramsey, Philip Stein, Se-
batian Allibe, Stewart Ge-
genheimer, Jeff Schmitt
May 10 - Jonathan
Oney, Liz Pugh, Suzanne
Vidrine,
May 11 —— Barbara
Franks, Carol Jean Arret-
tieg, Carol Kinchen, Hous-
ton Joiner, Karen Ward,
Ronette Wright, Tim
Heitman, Zachary Taylor
Barlow, Carol Kinchen,
Raymond Disher,
May 12 — Adam Our-
so, Anglea Davis, Anna
Vaughn, Cindy McKean,
Courtney Palisi, Jared
Hill, Jourdan Cheek, Ka-
tie VanVrancken, Kim
Coates, Kimberly Landry,
Rachel Arretteig, Shon-
dra McGary;
May 13 — Bobby Al-
len, Danna Spring, Mi-
chael Gaskins, Nicky
Roth, Ryan Delaney, Sta-
cey Stein, Taylor Jam-
bon, Tracey Stein, Alyssa
Charbonnet, Candac Gi-
roir, Ray Disher
May 14—Anna Pittman,
Anne J a'ckson, Becky Wil-
liard, Charlene Plummer,
Dennis Dressel, Jeff Alan
LeSaicherre, Julia Gegen-
heimer, Kathleen Keller,
Matthew Richardson, Ol-
ivia Pevey, Susan Basso,
May 15 ——Floyd Bou-
dreaux, Hazel Boudreaux,
Julia Gene Taylor, Rich-
ard Wallace, Skyer Bou-
dreaux
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Residents and local
government come together
for National Day of Prayer
By BRIANNA ELLIOTT
Special to The Times
The National Day of Prayer was observed on May 2,
2019. Each year on the first Thursday of May the presi-
dent of the United States signs a proclamation which
encourages Americans to pray for their country and
their government.
This year local resi-
dents came together at
Woodland! Park Baptist
Church for breakfast and
prayer. Pastors from sev-
eral local churches lead
approximately 100 people
in prayer for our country.
Prayer topics included
government, business,
churches, law enforce-
ment, military, family,
education, and arts/me-
dia.
Several members of
the local government and
leadership attended to
pray for the nation; in-
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eluding President of Tan-
gipahoa Parish School
Board Melissa Stilley,
Robby Miller, Sheriff
Daniel Edwards, Police
Chief of Hammond Edwin
Bergeron, and several
school board members.
The event was orga-
nized by Christian Com-
munity Network (CON).
The organization is com-
mitted to developing re-
lationships between min-
isters/ministries and the
residents of the North-
shore.
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