During his career, Bourque has ridden six winners on a single card at Evangeline Downs.

At age eleven, he began working around horses and in 1983 rode his first winner at Evangeline Downs.

He then won the Diamond Joe Stakes at Evangeline Downs on December 31, 2005, by eight lengths.

Donnie Meche won his first race at Evangeline Downs in May 1993.

He upgraded his mounts to thoroughbreds at Evangeline Downs in 1975, and promptly became the track's leading rider.

He earned his first win as a professional at Evangeline Downs in 1989.

On April 19, 2007 he won the 3,000th race of his career at Evangeline Downs in Lafayette, Louisiana.

Most people know about gumbo and zydeco, but to pick up on the horseracing fever, you have to go to Evangeline Downs, just north of Lafayette.

Then it's on to Opelousas in 2005, and a new, much richer Evangeline Downs.

St. Julien began his professional riding career in 1989 at Evangeline Downs where he won his first race.