Calzone & Associates, Inc.

09/14/2026

Four Scholarships to be Awarded at Louisiana Cup Day
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Registration On Site at Louisiana Downs September 19, 2026

09/11/2026

Two of our long time clients on the national stage.

09/03/2026

ICYMI: What a great pre sale event of stakes racing, legendary jockeys and our friends who support Louisiana racing.

09/02/2026

2026 Preferred Yearling Sale Nearly Triples 2025 Gross as Breeders Sales of Louisiana Debuts New Format
Record buyer interest fuels $2,580,200 yearling session in Opelousas, topped by a $140,000 filly from the Clear Creek Stud consignment.
Read more: https://www.louisianahorsemagazine.com/latest-news-1/2026-preferred-yearling-sale-nearly-triples-2025-gross-as-breeders-sales-of-louisiana-debuts-new-format

08/31/2026

08/27/2026

We’re bringing the court & the music. ��Louisiana, bring the festival energy.
🎶 Cupid • Lil Nate • Coteau Grove
🏀 26-27 Men’s Basketball
📅 September 25 | 7 PM
📍Blackham Coliseum

08/21/2026

Why It Worked
TOUCHUPONASTAR
B y Eric Mitchell | BloodHorse | September 2026

MAKING A STALLION is hard enough but developing a young filly into a viable broodmare is
many times harder.

Stallions, under ideal circumstances, provide some cash flow through the sale of seasons until their progeny are old enough to prove themselves at the races. Even then, their crops provide multiple opportunities for success.

With a prospective broodmare, the expenses are many and she has one shot per year. This after the effort likely expended to see what she could do as a racehorse and prove she is a worthy
gamble in a breeding program.

Such is the long view taken by breeders, who understand the time commitment required and accept the economic lumps that must be taken along the way, hoping their persistence will eventually be rewarded.

Top Louisiana breeders Keith and Ginger Myers, the owners of Coteau Grove Farms, understood this commitment well when they acquired Touch Magic privately as a late 2-year-old. Their persistence with her would ultimately pay off by producing one of the most successful racehorses in Louisiana history, Touchuponastar, who is still building on his legacy.

Read more here: https://ow.ly/HY9B50ZCkOj

08/20/2026

Back to Blackham is more than a night of basketball — it’s a celebration of Lafayette with legendary musical performances and the return to a place filled with history.
�🎶 Coteau Grove • Cupid • Lil Nathan �📍 Blackham Coliseum�📅 September 25 | 7 PM

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08/20/2026

By my standards, this is the one to watch. 🐎

Dustin Burton of Burando Farms is counting down to the Preferred Yearling Sale — September 1st. Louisiana-bred, raised right, ready to run.

08/18/2026

Earl Hernandez, Keith Hernandez, and John Duvieilh Named State TOBA Winning Breeders for Louisiana of 2025

(New Orleans, La. – (August 17, 2026) - The Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association (TOBA) has named the recipients of the 2025 State and Canadian Breeders of the Year Awards, recognizing outstanding breeders whose achievements distinguished them during the 2025 racing season.

The breeders will be honored during the State and Canadian Breeders Luncheon on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, at Coolmore- Ashford Stud, one day after the 41st Annual TOBA National Awards Dinner, which will be held on Thursday, Sept. 10, at The Kentucky Castle in Versailles, Kentucky. Versailles.

Earl Hernandez, Keith Hernandez, and John Duvieilh were named state winner for Louisiana and was nominated by the Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders Association.

As president of the Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders Association, Keith Hernandez has helped guide the state's thriving breeding program. Now, as a recipient of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association's Louisiana breeder of the year award with his father Earl and business partner John Duvieilh, he's leading by example, showcasing their breeding operation.

Things took off for Earl and Keith Hernandez when they claimed a son of Majestic Light named Rail for $12,500 at Fair Grounds Race Course in December 1994. The next year as a 6-year-old, Rail became a stakes winner, which combined with his pedigree, led to a stud career.

Their breeding operation continues in full swing. Hernandez has 16 broodmares. He and his partners advance their operation by buying mares, claiming racehorses, obtaining foal shares, and getting involved with the ownership of stallions.

Hernandez and his partners are also breeding stakes winners or racing them. Geaux Sugar , bred by the partners, won the 2025 Louisiana Champions Day Sprint and King Creole stakes last year for Single Malt Stable and trainer Keith Bourgeois.

Another, Highly Wicked , notched four wins in a row, three in stakes, from March through July for the partners as breeders and owners. The homebred daughter of Wicked Strong has added multiple stakes in 2026.

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(New Orleans, La. – (August 17, 2026) - The Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association (TOBA) has named the recipients of the 2025 State and Canadian Breeders of the Year Awards, recognizing outstanding breeders whose achievements distinguished them during the 2025 racing season. The breeders wi