Allen Landry

Del Cid, Landry Earn Delta Downs Titles

Jockey Vicente Del Cid won his third overall riding title and his first since the 2023-24 season at the 76-day Delta Downs meeting which concluded Saturday. Allen Landry captured his second consecutive leading trainer title at the Louisiana oval and Endzone Athletics (Karl Broberg and Matt Johanson) won its 14th leading owner crown. Del Cid won 129 races from 449 mounts, which was 76 wins ahead of second-place rider Joel Dominguez. The Guatemalan native also set a new single-season record with total mount earnings of $3,109,245. He is the first...

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Thornton, Landry, Elite Thoroughbred Racing Earn Evangeline Titles

Tim Thornton led the standings from start to finish to win his fourth riding title at Evangeline Downs when the Louisiana track concluded its 73-night season Monday. He finished the season with 96 victories from 385 mounts. Thornton also led the jockey colony in purse earnings with his mounts collecting $2,035,840. Allen Landry fended off a late stretch bid by Sam Breaux to win the trainer race by one victory--38 to 37, while Michele Rodriguez's Elite Thoroughbred Racing made it a three-peat in the owner standings. The operation had 21...

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Thornton, Landry Top Delta Downs Standings

Tim Thornton was the leading jockey and veteran conditioner Allen Landry was the top trainer at the Delta Downs meet which concluded Saturday. Thornton has now won five leading rider titles at Delta Downs dating back to the 2018-19 season, when he started a string of four consecutive titles before being unseated by Vicente Del Cid during the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons. Del Cid missed the first month of the 2024-25 meet, but quickly rose through the ranks to finish in the standings. Thornton won 85 races from 352 mounts...

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