Louisiana Cup Sprint winner Laughingsaintssong has interesting pedigree

Laughingsaintssong, who was one of the most impressive winners during the Louisiana Cup program last Saturday at Louisiana Downs, has a fascinating pedigree. And it’s not solely because he’s from the female family of champion Chilukki.

“He’s got a Quarter Horse sibling, a half-brother who won a $1 million race,” said Allen Landry, who trains Laughignsaintssong.

Jess a Saint captured the $1 million Louisiana Quarter Horse Breeders Association Futurity in 2015 at Evangeline Downs. He is by the Quarter Horse stallion Jess Louisiana Blue, while both he and Laughingsaintssong are out of the Vindication mare Laughing Saint.

Laughingsaintssong, a son of Songandaprayer, was an $18,000 purchase at auction a few months before Jess a Saint won the LQHBA Futurity. Rodney Verret owns Laughingsaintssong, a 5-year-old who dominated the $50,000 Louisiana Cup Sprint on Saturday by 5 1/2 lengths, earning a career-high Beyer Speed Figure of 97.

“He put in a real good effort,” Landry said. “He ran his butt off.”

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Laughingsaintssong is back home at Evangeline Downs and plans for his next start are to be determined, but in December he could see action on the Louisiana Champions Day card at Fair Grounds.

“We’re going to play it by ear, see what comes along,” said Landry.

The Louisiana Cup was the second stakes win for Laughingsaintssong and the first since the $50,000 Space City at Sam Houston in 2017. He came into Saturday’s race off a July allowance win at Evangeline.

“He loved the track at Shreveport,” Landry said of Louisiana Downs. “It was the first time he ran there.”

Laughingsaintssong is now 8 for 21. His promising half-sister Saints N Muskets also ran Saturday, finishing a close second in a conditioned allowance sprint at Evangeline Downs.

“A couple more yards and I think she would have won it,” said Landry, who also trains Saints N Muskets for Verret.

Laughingsaintssong has one additional half-sister racing, the Quarter Horse filly Laughingsaintsgirl. All of the horses are related to Chilukki through their fourth dam, Song of Syria, and all were bred in Louisiana by J.E. and Bunny Jumonville.