Clear Creek Stud Offers LA. Student Scholarship

Clear Creek Stud will again be making a $5,000 Scholarship Donation in the name of their clients to a college student with Louisiana-based connections to the Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse Breeding and Racing Industry.

“We want to help the children who come from these families who put in the long hours and hard work that are essential to keep our industry in operation,” says Val Murrell, general

manager of Clear Creek Stud.

The scholarship recipient will be chosen by the Louisiana Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association (LaHBPA) and based on their opinion and evaluation of need and merit.

Interested students should send a letter and resume to Eddie Fenasci at the La.H.B.P.A. office by Friday, Mar. 4, 2022. Letters can be mailed to La.H.B.P.A. attention to Eddie Fenasci 1535 Gentilly Blvd. New Orleans, La. 70119 or email to efenasci@lahbpa.org.

The recipient will be named on the final day of the Fair Grounds meet, Sunday, Mar. 27, 2022.

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Clear Creek Stud to Award Scholarship

Clear Creek Stud will award a $5,000 scholarship to Rhett Sonnier on Fair Grounds closing day Mar. 28. This is an award that Clear Creek Stud sponsors in the name of their clients for a student with Louisiana-based connections to the Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse breeding and racing industry. Applications were submitted to and accepted by the Louisiana Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association.

Sonier is in his third year at the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine. His family has been involved in the horse industry in Louisiana for generations, breeding, training and racing Quarter Horses, and includes notable jockey Randy Romero who passed away in 2019. His goal is to practice veterinary medicine in Louisiana.

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