Four-Year-Old and up Males 2023 LOUISIANA HORSE OF THE YEAR Touchuponastar

Sire: Star Guitar
Dam: Touch Magic
Breeder: Coteau Grove Farms
Owner: Set-Hut LLC (Jake Delhomme)
Trainer: Jeff Delhomme

Near perfection is how you can describe the year for Touchuponastar.

He began in February with a win in the Louisiana Premier Championship at Delta Downs won by two plus lengths. The Star Guitar Stakes presented by Brittlyn Stable at Fair Grounds was his next accomplishment which he won by three and one half lengths. Those at Evangeline Downs in early May witnessed him completely dominate the field in the Evangeline Downs Classic. His first venture into Graded stakes company saw him lead throughout the early running in the Steve Sexton Mile (GIII) only to be caught in the final sixteenth to finish second. The Gold Cup Stakes and Delta Mile at Delta Downs were added to his resume in October and November. Naturally the Louisiana Champions Day Classic was next on his agenda. He met the challenge and repeated his performance from the year before when he won the Louisiana Champions Day Classic as a Three-Year-Old.

The year ended with Touchuponastar winning six out of seven starts and running second once, all in stakes company with earnings of $455,000.