birth_place race birth_date horses honours article_title name occupation
new orleans , louisiana old -rrb- -rrb- thanksgiving handicap -lrb- 1988 -rrb- colonel power stakes -lrb- louisiana 1989 , 1990,1991 -rrb- lafayette stakes -lrb- 1989 -rrb- dixie handicap poker ace stakes -lrb- 1991 -rrb- letellier memorial stakes -lrb- -lrb- 1991 , 1994 , 1999 -rrb- pontalba stakes -lrb- 1996 1975 , 1997 , 1998 -rrb- chou croute handicap -lrb- 1996 , -rrb- sugar bowl stakes -lrb- 1996 -rrb- louisiana champions day 1988 juvenile stakes -lrb- 1997 -rrb- black gold stakes -lrb- 1998 , -rrb- marie g. krantz memorial handicap -lrb- 1998 -rrb- pago 2011 hop stakes -lrb- 1999 -rrb- sea o'erin stakes -lrb- 2001 -rrb- -rrb- illinois derby -lrb- 2008 -rrb- hickory mineshaft handicap -lrb- 1975 -lrb- 2 -rrb- , 1994 -rrb- stakes fair grounds oaks -lrb- 1978 -rrb- bienville stakes -lrb- 1982 -lrb- , 1991 -rrb- woodchopper stakes -lrb- 1985 -rrb- tenacious handicap 1973 -lrb- 1987 -rrb- davona dale stakes -lrb- 1988 , 1998 , -rrb- f.w. gaudin memorial handicap -lrb- 1988 -rrb- lecomte stakes 1993 -lrb- 1988 -rrb- lexington stakes -lrb- 1988 -rrb- louisiana derby , -lrb- 1988 , 1994 -rrb- louisiana derby trial stakes -lrb- 1996 1988 -rrb- silverbulletday stakes -lrb- 1988 , 1995 , 1998 january 13 , 1946 risen star , recapturetheglory fair grounds racing hall of fame louie j. roussel iii
 louis j. `` louie '' roussel , iii trainer
louie j. roussel iii

louis j. roussel , iii , known as louie roussel -lrb- born january 13 , 1946 in new orleans , louisiana -rrb- , is an american businessman and a thoroughbred racehorse owner and trainer who owned fair grounds race course and who won the final two legs of the 1988 u.s. triple crown series with risen star , a colt later voted the eclipse award as the american champion three-year-old male horse .
widely known as `` louie , '' he was the son of louis j. roussel , jr. , and the former lucy cocchiarra .
he graduated in 1967 from louisiana state university in baton rouge and then in 1970 from the law school at loyola university new orleans .
while still in college , he took out his thoroughbred trainer 's license .
except at the beginning , he has trained only his own horses or those he owns in a partnership .
roussel is married to the former sally amiss faucheux -lrb- born october 1957 -rrb- , former wife of ron faucheux , a member of the louisiana house of representatives for orleans parish from 1976 to 1984 , by whom she has two sons .
