Hurricane Laura Displaced Hundreds of Racehorses; New Orleans' Track Doesn't Want Them
By John Simerman
NOLA.com
More than 500 racehorses have been displaced after weathering Hurricane Laura at Delta Downs racetrack in Calcasieu Parish, thanks largely to the refusal of Churchill Downs Inc., the owner of Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, to take them in, according to the leader of the group representing the state's racehorse owners and trainers.
None of those horses or their caretakers died as the massive hurricane tore through southwestern Louisiana, though Laura knocked out power and caused enough damage to the barn area at Delta Downs to require it to be evacuated of horses and their caretakers for repairs.