02/21/09 Southwest Regional: Star of Louisiana

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Though she has been a major Thoroughbred breeder and owner in Louisiana for nearly three decades, Evelyn Benoit says until recently some people in the industry saw her as a bit of a laughing stock.

“People used to laugh at me when I’d go to these sales at Keeneland or in Florida and I’d tell them I breed horses in Louisiana,” Benoit said. “I’d walk into the sale and they’d say, ‘Oh God, there is that woman with those little Louisiana horses.’ Then I’d tell them one of my major goals is to save racing in Louisiana and they would laugh even harder.”

It is Benoit who is getting the last laugh now, however, thanks to her multiple state-bred stakes winners. Included among those is 4-year-old Star Guitar, who has now won six of seven lifetime starts after romping to a seven-length victory
Feb. 7 in the $200,000 Louisiana Premier Night Championship Stakes at Delta Downs Racetrack Casino & Hotel. The Quiet American colt has now earned more than $330,000 for Benoit and her husband, Maurice, who race their horses under the name Brittlyn Stables.

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