Louisiana Champions Day card drawn

Saturday’s Louisiana Champions Day card was drawn last weekend, and is headed by Louisiana-bred grass star String King, who will be favored in the Champions Day Turf. String King – bred, owned, and trained by Charlie Smith – drew post 1 in a 10-horse field and was installed as the 8-5 morning-line favorite under Richard Eramia.

The Champions Day Classic, at $150,000, is the richest race on the card, and it attracted nine entrants, headed by The Pickett Factor, Mobile Bay, and One King’s Man.

The 13-race card starts at 12:30 local time with three Quarter Horse races.

 Louisiana-bred 2-year-old turf fillies take center stage on Thursday’s nine-race card, with a field of nine entered in race 4, a first-level grass-route allowance also open to $30,000 claimers.

Contention runs deep, but the pick to win is Hopette, who is bred to like two turns on turf and gets her first chance in such a race.