11/15/2020..OPELOUSAS, LA – Evangeline Downs hosted four qualifying trials for the $111,180 Evangeline Downs Derby on Saturday night and One Fast Perry posted the fastest time of the night with 19.681 seconds for the 400 yards in the fourth trial race of the evening. That time equaled a speed index of 94 over the fast track with Leonardo Rodriguez in the saddle.

One Fast Perry has now won four of 15 lifetime starts and the $3,000 first-place purse increases his lifetime earnings to $46,395. He was bred in Louisiana by the owner, Eddie L. Harrison. The 3-year-old gelding is trained by Lanny Keith. One Fast Perry is by Fast Prize Jordan and is out of the Toast to Dash mare, De Bell Perry.


TRAINER ALONSO NERI QUALIFIES FIVE FOR THE FINAL ON DECEMBER 12

Trainer Alonso Neri showed that he brought a stellar collection of horses to Evangeline Downs this weekend by qualifying five horses for the Final. Neri conditions I Am Valiant (third-fastest), Ima Tempting Girl (fifth-fastest), Kiss My Annee GL (sixth-fastest), Hit or Miss Kiss (eighth-fastest) and Wager on Your Wagon (ninth-fastest). Victor Urieta, Jr. was in the saddle for three of those qualifiers, while Jorge Garcia was the jockey for the other two.

Each of the four Evangeline Downs Derby trials offered a purse of $5,000 with the winner of each trial receiving $3,000. The 10 fastest qualifiers from these trials will come back to run in the Final on Saturday, December 12.

Listed below are the 10 finalists for the Evangeline Downs Derby, along with their connections.

            HORSE                        TIME           JOCKEY                   TRAINER

  1. One Fast Perry              19.681           Leonardo Rodriguez   Lanny Keith
  2. Wagons Dash                19.767           Everardo Rodriguez    Eric Long
  3. I Am Valiant                 19.776           Victor Urieta, Jr.         Alonso Neri
  4. Jess B One                    19.784           Juan Garcia, Jr.           Trey Ellis
  5. Ima Tempting Girl        19.831           Victor Urieta, Jr.         Alonso Neri
  6. Kiss My Annee GL       19.873           Jorge Garcia                Alonso Neri
  7. Toreto                            19.979           Raul Ramirez, Jr.        Jose Sanchez III
  8. Hit Or Miss Kiss           19.980           Victor Urieta, Jr.         Alonso Neri
  9. Wager On Your Wagon20.002           Jorge Garcia                Alonso Neri
  10. Passionate Paris            20.007           Everardo Rodriguez    Lanny Keith

Racing will resume at Evangeline Downs on Wednesday night with an eight-race program that will include the $30,000 Races and Aces Stakes. Post time on Wednesday will be 5:35 pm Central Time.        

For more information on the American Quarter Horse season at Evangeline Downs, visit the track’s website at www.evdracing.com. Evangeline Downs’ Twitter handle is @EVDRacing and the racetrack is also accessible on Facebook at www.facebook.com/EvangelineDownsRacing.

About Evangeline Downs

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