AUDIO: Evangeline Downs Track Announcer Previews Kentucky Derby
Two of them will be mounted by jockeys with Acadiana ties.
Kendrick Carmouche, the son of Arnaudville native and former Evangeline Downs and Delta Downs mainstay Sylvester Carmouche, Jr., will ride Bourbonic. Lafayette native Corey Lanerie will mount Sainthood.
But do these Acadiana jockeys have a chance at winning the Kentucky Derby? Who are the experts expecting to perform the best?
Evangeline Downs track announcer Rob Tuel handicaps the race for Ian and Bernie. He also talks about his journey to Opelousas from Nebraska, his experience since moving to the area a week ago, and he shows off his race-calling skills ahead of this weekend s races.
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Courier-Journal last week. Carmouche will be the first Black jockey to participate in the Kentucky Derby since 2013.
“If you don’t dream it, it’s never going to happen,” Carmouche, 37, said. This will be his first appearance at the Kentucky Derby after several victories at other races in his 21-year career.
“I dreamed it. To be here at this point and how long it took and the hard work that I put in to get to this point… going to the Kentucky Derby, this is icing and everything on the cake.”
Carmouche follows
Kevin Krigger in making a Kentucky Derby appearance as a Black jockey, though there’s a strong legacy of Black jockeys winning at the Derby.