Incentives
3 RACES PER DAY offered for accredited Louisiana breds at each track each day in Louisiana.
25% Breeders' Awards paid to accredited Louisiana breds sired by a Louisiana based stallion finishing first, second or third in any stakes race outside of Louisiana (purse capped at $200,000).
18% Breeders' Awards paid to accredited Louisiana breds sired by out of state stallions finishing first, second or third in any stakes race outside of Louisiana (purse capped at $200,000).
10% Breeders’ Awards paid to foals out of non-resident mares sired by a Louisiana based stallion finishing first, second or third in any race in Louisiana.
9% Breeders’ Awards paid to foals out of non-resident mares sired by out of state stallions finishing first, second or third in any race in Louisiana.
9% Breeders’ Awards paid to foals out of Resident Mares that are sired by out of state stallions and the mare is bred back to an out of state stallion.
By Louisiana state law, Louisiana bred races are paid sixty days following the race. Open races are paid 30 days following the end of the meet.
Out of state stakes races are paid quarterly.
World Wide Breeders Awards paid to accredited Louisiana breds finishing first, second or third in any race outside of Louisiana on a prorated portion of the $400,000 annual fund set aside for this purpose.
Out of state breeders awards are paid once a year, usually the first week in February.
Purse Supplements:
One half of breakage used to supplement races restricted to accredited Louisiana breds.
30% of thoroughbred share of the net win from slot machines at the race tracks is used to supplement purses for accredited Louisiana bred horses.
One half of 1% of video poker franchise fee statewide with 2/3 of fund going to thoroughbreds.
Purse Supplements for Accredited Louisiana Bred races are due to increase dramatically from Sports Betting and Historical Horse Racing Machines currently in operation.
Multiple State Bred Days - Louisiana is the only state with more than one State Bred Day. We now have one at each track for a total of four. Louisiana Premier Night at Delta Downs, Louisiana Legends Night at Evangeline Downs, Louisiana Cup Day at Louisiana Downs and Louisiana Champions Day at Fair Grounds.
Stallion Awards are paid based on a stallion's progeny finishing first, second or third in an allowance, handicap or stakes race in Louisiana or in a stakes race outside of Louisiana.
Stallion awards are paid once a year, usually in the first week of August.