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                <p>Jockeys Gerard Melancon and Alexis Batista worked together to organize a relief effort for people displaced by Hurricane Harvey last week, according to the <em>Daily Racing Form</em>. The riders gathered more than 50 cases of water and a stash of diapers to a shelter in Lake Charles, La. which has taken in Texas residents fleeing the flooding from the storm.</p>
<p>Melancon said the project was a combined effort of riders at Louisiana Downs, along with their valets and chaplain Dwight Brown.</p>
<p>Also on Wednesday, NTRA Charities announced it would donate more than $5,000 to the Penn National Gaming Foundation, which is helping Sam Houston Race Park employees affected by the storm.</p>
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