Touchuponastar bypasses Pegasus for likely start in Premier Night Championship

The connections of Touchuponastar, the standout Louisiana-bred, passed on the Pegasus World Cup and will focus instead on the $150,000 Premier Night Championship on Feb. 7 at Delta Downs.

Touchuponastar has won that race three years in a row, and the last two years moved on to contest the New Orleans Classic at Fair Grounds, which he won last March. But hands-on owner Jake Delhomme this week did not commit to a schedule beyond the Delta start next month.

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