Opelousas, Louisiana –Tensas Gray Girl ($52.40) upset the applecart in the $62,230 Hallowed Dreams Stakes at Evangeline Downs Racetrack and Casino on Saturday evening. Biding her time in the early stages under jockey Edwin Maldonado, the three-year-old Louisiana bred filly closed determinedly while racing wide in the final quarter-mile en route to a one length victory over Diamondaire and Queen Rolex. The running time for the 5 1/2 furlongs was 1:05 2/5 on a track labeled fast.

Winning jockey Maldonado stated "Even though she was facing winners for the first time, I had plenty of confidence. She is still learning but in all of her starts she has given me a strong late kick so I wasn't worried when she broke a step slow. When I saw the riders of the leaders including the big favorite asking their mounts midway on the turn I angled her to the outside so she would have clear sailing and she responded like I expected she would."

Roseaguska, who was also reserved off the field in the early going rallied in the stretch to finish fourth. Elocution, the prohibitive favorite at odds of fifty cents on the dollar, faded badly after facing heavy pace pressure thru the early fractions of 22 1/5 and 46 2/5 eventually checking in fifth, beaten more than six lengths. Purely Class and Steamy Ridge rounded out the complete order of finish.

Tensas Gray Girl, a daughter of Ide out of the Cozzene mare Cool Kiss, earned $38,100 for the win, her second win in four starts. She is owned by the Riceland Racing Stables LLC and is trained by the veteran conditioner Enis Mouton. The winner's prize of $38,100 more than doubled her previous lifetime earnings of $26,970.

Racing continues on a Wednesday thru Saturday schedule with a post time of 6:20 p.m. each evening.

For more information contact Evangeline Downs at 337 594-3000.