Written by Barbara Newtown Original Publish Date June 2015 Thirty-seven years since Affirmed won the Triple Crown… Trainers, owners, jockeys, and fans have had high hopes thirteen times during those Continue Reading →

Written by Barbara Newtown Original Publish Date January 2015 Maggi Moss runs Thoroughbreds at tracks across the country. She’s only been in the racing business for sixteen years (and racing Continue Reading →

Compliments of the River Road African American Museum www.africanamericanmuseum.org  Original Publish Date April 2013 Abe Hawkins (unknown – 1867) was born at Ashland Plantation in Ascension Parish, Louisiana. He was Continue Reading →

Written by Barbara Newtown Jerry Delhomme leans back in his lawn chair in the shade of Barn N at the Evangeline Downs Training Center. Jerry is the father of Jeff Continue Reading →

Written by Barbara Newtown Original Publish Date: June 2014 Danny has a big smile on his face as he enters Don Stemmans’ office in Stemman’s Horse Supply in Carencro, Louisiana. Continue Reading →

Written by Barbara Newtown Original Publish Date: June 2014 I watch Glenn Delahoussaye, mounted on his little bald-faced paint Boss Hogg, as he gets ready to pony an eager young Continue Reading →