Karl Broberg will win the Evangeline Downs training title by a pole when the Opelousas, La., track’s meet closes on Saturday night, but he was far from celebrating on Monday. Broberg was working the phones as floodwaters were threatening his farm near Delta Downs in Vinton, La. There has been ongoing flooding in coastal areas in Louisiana and Texas since Hurricane Harvey made landfall late Friday night in Rockport, Texas. “We are in a bad spot right now,” Broberg said. “I’m talking with the guys at the farm, getting things ready if we do need to get mares out of there.” Delta Downs, which opens its Thoroughbred meet Oct. 18, closed for simulcasting on Monday and Tuesday. Sam Houston, located two hours away in Houston, closed for simulcasting on Sunday and Monday. Chris Warren, director of racing for Delta and Evangeline, was hopeful that Delta would be able to resume simulcasting Wednesday. “It was real bad here this morning in Vinton,” Warren said Monday. “It was coming down in buckets. There was a little break, the sun was out, and now it’s dark again. It’s been waves of rain. The wind has never really gotten out of hand.” Delta’s facilities are in good order, said Warren, with the plan still being to open the backstretch to horses on Sept. 18 in advance of the meet. Broberg said he will be there with a division, and with new goals for the season. He will be coming off an Evangeline meet at which he had won 85 races from 233 starts through Tuesday, putting him 64 wins clear of his closest pursuer in the standings, Sam Breaux. “Delta is probably my favorite track to run at, period,” Broberg said. “We’ve got some very ambitious goals this year on what we want to accomplish. We want to make sure we win more races there than we did last year. I’m trying to win more higher-priced claiming races this year, if we can find the right horses, instead of just races near the bottom.” Broberg owns many of the horses in his care, and his racing stable, End Zone Athletics, will win the Evangeline owner title come Saturday. End Zone also is the leading owner in wins in North America, while Broberg himself leads all trainers in wins in North America. “I’m the principal owner of End Zone Athletics,” Broberg said. “I would much rather that be a client than myself in that role. End Zone is a necessity to keep everyone employed. I don’t want to lose the help I have. It’s getting tougher and tougher to get clients. I get more horses.” Broberg said his thoughts on Monday were with those fighting flooding and dealing with property destruction, as well as his own staff and the horses at his farm. The leading rider at the Evangeline meet will be Tim Thornton, who has been a regular aboard horses trained by Broberg.