Becky Winemiller’s NOB HILL DEELITE (Afternoon Deelites) posted a head win on
Saturday in the $105,900
Crescent City Derby, one of eight stakes closing out the Fair Grounds at
Louisiana Downs meeting this weekend. Trained by Patrick Mouton, the
three-year-old chestnut rallied under jockey Elvis Perrodin from near the back
in the 1 1/16-mile test to overhaul pacesetter Big Herm (Editor’s
Note) at the line.
With the victory, Nob Hill Deelite added a third stakes score to his record,
which now stands at 7-5-1-0 with $219,419 in earnings. He stopped the clock in
1:46 on the fast dirt and, in the process, captured his fourth straight race.
“He’s starting to come around and learn what he’s got to be doing,” Perrodin
said. “He impressed me today because the last 70 yards, he jumped in the bridle
again and gave me a little bit more.”
Mouton and Perrodin teamed up for “a little something extra” in the
Crescent City Derby, as the two
visited the winner’s circle in the previous race, the $107,400
Lagniappe Ladies S. Stanley B. Seelig’s THE BETER MAN CAN (Lord Avie) was
the heavy 1-5 favorite in the 1 1/16-mile test for distaffers and didn’t
disappoint her backers or her connections while stopping the teletimer in 1:45
4/5.
The Beter Man Can scored in her sixth stakes race here, moving her line to
12-8-1-0 while increasing her earnings to $385,838.
Rounding out the stakes action at Louisiana Downs on Saturday was Carrol
Castille’s ALL WIRED UP (Wire Me Collect). Quickly moving to the front when the
gates opened in the $104,050
Lagniappe Sprint S., the four-year-old bay held a wide advantage throughout,
setting quick fractions of :21 3/5 and :44 3/5, before crossing under the wire 4
1/4 lengths the best. By that point, jockey Marlon St. Julien was already
wrapping up on the Brandon Marks trainee, who went the 5 1/2 furlongs in 1:03
3/5.
“He popped the gate right away and I let him do what he’s used to doing,” St.
Julien said. “He’s the fastest horse in the state right now, I promise you.”
All Wired Up captured the Peninsula Gaming Inaugural S. prior to this one and
now owns an 8-5-1-2, $183,457 career mark.