Louisiana-bred superstar Touchuponastar will look for his fourth consecutive win in the $150,000 Louisiana Champions Day Classic Stakes Dec. 13 at Fair Grounds Racecourse & Slots.
Set-Hut's 6-year-old gelding by Star Guitar enters Saturday's race off back-to-back stakes wins at Delta Downs for trainer Jeff Delhomme. He will face up to five rivals in the 1 1/8-mile race, including Letmikefigureitout, who won the Jacob V. Morreale Memorial Stakes Nov. 22 at Fair Grounds. Letmikefigureitout is also entered in the Louisiana Champions Day Turf Stakes later on the card.
He's Late Again and Sippin On Gin, who finished third and fourth, respectively, in the Jacob V. Morreale, separated only by a head, will square off again in the Classic Stakes unless He's Late Again's connections opt for his cross-entered spot in the Turf Stakes. Benoit and longshot Sonya Knows Better round out the field.
Saturday's card features six other stakes races, with purses totaling $900,000.
Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, Saturday, December 13, 2025, Race 4Entries: Louisiana Champions Day Classic S.
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L 1 1Sonya Knows Better (LA) Colby J. Hernandez 118 Samuel Breaux 50/1 2 2Touchuponastar (LA) Timothy Thornton 124 Jeff Delhomme 2/5 3 3Sippin On Gin (LA) Axel Concepcion 121 W. Bret Calhoun 8/1 4 4Benoit (LA) James Graham 124 Joe O. Duhon 8/1 5 5He's Late Again (LA) Ben Curtis 121 Allen Landry 12/1 6 6Letmikefigureitout (LA) Devin H. Magnon 124 Alan Klanfer 4/1
Secret Faith Looks For 10th Stakes Win in Ladies Sprint
Norman Stables' Secret Faith will try to win her 10th stakes race in the $125,000 Louisiana Champions Day Ladies Sprint Stakes for trainer Jayde Gelner. The 3-year-old Aurelius Maximus filly has only lost once against state-bred rivals, when she was edged out by a head by Blue Fire in last year's Louisiana Champions Day Lassie Stakes.
Stonestreet Stables and Peter Leidel's Blue Fire is among the four other entries in the 6-furlong race.
Secret Faith was last seen winning the Delmar R. Caldwell Memorial Stakes Nov. 22 at Fair Grounds, and will face all four rivals she defeated that day. Runner-up Six String, third-place Beleout, and fifth-place Fast Flame all return; Blue Fire finished fourth in the Delmar R. Caldwell.
Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, Saturday, December 13, 2025, Race 3Entries: Louisiana Champions Day Ladies Sprint S.
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L 1 1Secret Faith (LA) C.J. McMahon 122 Jayde J. Gelner 3/5 2 2Blue Fire (LA) Jose L. Ortiz 122 Steven M. Asmussen 7/2 3 3Six String (LA) Colby J. Hernandez 124 Allen Landry 7/2 4 4Fast Flame (LA) Paco Lopez 122 Joe Sharp 10/1 5 5Beleout (LA) Erica M. Murray 124 Courtney Dandridge Jr. 12/1
Highly Wicked and Nora G Face Off in Ladies Turf Stakes
Last year's Louisiana Champions Day Ladies Turf Stakes winner Highly Wicked will attempt to win the 1 1/16-mile race again Saturday while conceding 6-9 pounds to four others.
The 5-year-old daughter of Wicked Strong finished fourth last time out in the John Valene Memorial Stakes after bobbling at the start and proving no threat in the closing stages. Rising Inflation won the race by 4 1/2 lengths over Norah G and Clearly a Test, who all will be back for more in the Ladies Turf Stakes.
Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, Saturday, December 13, 2025, Race 2Entries: Louisiana Champions Day Ladies Turf S.
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L 1 1Clearly a Test (LA) Paco Lopez 118 Shane Wilson 8/1 2 2Highly Wicked (LA) Marcelino Pedroza, Jr. 124 Sam B. David, Jr. 6/5 3 3Rising Inflation (LA) Isaac Castillo 118 Jonathan Wong 7/5 4 4Norah G (LA) Axel Concepcion 118 Patricia G. West 9/2 5 5Kalil (LA) Timothy Thornton 115 Jeff Delhomme 15/1
Coteau Grove Farms' Little Miss Curlin, who won her stakes debut Nov. 21 by 5 lengths in the Donovan L. Ferguson Memorial Stakes, will take on five opponents in the $125,000 Louisiana Champions Day Lassie Stakes for 2-year-old fillies.
Entries: Louisiana Champions Day Lassie S.
Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, Saturday, December 13, 2025, Race 6
- STK
- 6f
- Dirt
- $125,000
- 2 yo Fillies
- 3:15 PM (local)
| PP | Horse | Jockey | Wgt | Trainer | M/L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1Thrill Seeker (LA) | Paco Lopez | 122 | Joe Sharp | 2/1 |
| 2 | 2Swampy (LA) | Axel Concepcion | 122 | Samuel Breaux | 10/1 |
| 3 | 3Liteupthenite (LA) | Elvin Gonzalez | 122 | Jayde J. Gelner | 6/1 |
| 4 | 4Wickedwithbourbon (LA) | Ben Curtis | 122 | J. Keith Desormeaux | 9/2 |
| 5 | 5Little Miss Curlin (LA) | Jareth Loveberry | 122 | Patrick Devereux, Jr. | 6/5 |
| 6 | 6She's a Live Wire (LA) | Isaac Castillo | 122 | Shane Wilson | 15/1 |
Nine juveniles will square off in the Louisiana Champions Day Juvenile Stakes. Three Diamonds Farm's Creole Chrome was made the 3-1 morning-line favorite of a 4 3/4-length debut win at Fair Grounds Nov. 20.
Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, Saturday, December 13, 2025, Race 8Entries: Louisiana Champions Day Juvenile S.
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L 1 1Scar Ship (LA) Jose L. Ortiz 122 Ricky Courville 6/1 2 2Dynamite Tonight (LA) Jareth Loveberry 122 Samuel Breaux 6/1 3 3Creole Chrome (LA) Paco Lopez 122 Joe Sharp 3/1 4 4Tdzmystreaminhint (LA) Jose Luis Rodriguez 117 Nason Eschete 50/1 5 5Our Moneyman (LA) Axel Concepcion 122 W. Bret Calhoun 4/1 6 6Mr Mo Money (LA) Thomas L. Pompell 122 Brett A. Brinkman 6/1 7 7Golden Mane (LA) Isaac Castillo 122 Jayde J. Gelner 12/1 8 8Randemonium (LA) Ben Curtis 122 Benard Chatters 7/2 9 9Chariot (LA) James Graham 117 Shane Wilson 20/1
Jacob V. Morreale Memorial Stakes winner Letmikefigureitout is the morning-line favorite for the Louisiana Champions Day Turf Stakes at 7-2. He is also entered in the Classic Stakes. Should he run in the turf, he will break from post 1. Whispering Oak Farm's Good and Stout, who finished second in the Jacob V. Morreale, will break from post 6.
Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, Saturday, December 13, 2025, Race 9Entries: Louisiana Champions Day Turf S.
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L 1 1Letmikefigureitout (LA) Devin H. Magnon 118 Alan Klanfer 7/2 2 2Big Chopper (LA) Isaac Castillo 118 Jayde J. Gelner 20/1 3 3Behemah Star (LA) Jose Luis Rodriguez 118 Shane Wilson 20/1 4 4Mangum (LA) Paco Lopez 118 Jeff Delhomme 6/1 5 5Wicked Secret (LA) Julio Ramirez, Jr. 120 Whitney J. Zeringue, Jr. 8/1 6 6Good and Stout (LA) Marcelino Pedroza, Jr. 124 Carrol Castille 5/1 7 7Pegaso (LA) James Graham 118 Patti Turner 6/1 8 8Cajun Mitole (LA) Thomas L. Pompell 115 Brett A. Brinkman 10/1 9 9Woods N Water (LA) Timothy Thornton 118 Samuel Breaux 12/1 10 10He's Late Again (LA) Ben Curtis 115 Allen Landry 12/1 11 11Allnight Moonlight (LA) Jose L. Ortiz 124 Samuel Breaux 5/1 12 12Fran's Star (LA) Paco Lopez 118 Shane Wilson 8/1
Single Malt Stable's Geaux Sugar will look to make it 2-for-2 in the Louisiana Champions Day Sprint Stakes. He won last year's edition of the race by 4 3/4 lengths. Not On Herb, who finished third last year behind Geaux Sugar, enters the race off back-to-back stakes wins for Crusaders Stable and trainer David Terre.
Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, Saturday, December 13, 2025, Race 10Entries: Louisiana Champions Day Sprint S.
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L 1 1Geaux Sugar (LA) Mitchell Murrill 124 Keith G. Bourgeois 5/2 2 2El Dinero (LA) Jareth Loveberry 122 Patrick Devereux, Jr. 7/2 3 3F T W Slam (LA) Devin H. Magnon 118 Gary J. Husak 10/1 4 4Hay Jude (LA) Jose L. Ortiz 118 Thomas M. Amoss 9/2 5 5Not On Herb (LA) Paco Lopez 124 David Terre 2/1 6 6Strong Promise (LA) Colby J. Hernandez 118 Allen Landry 8/1
