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Racing Gamblers Can Now Get Past Performances on Their Pads

May 15, 2012
Racing Gamblers Can Now Get Past Performances on Their Pads

Equibase Past Performance App Introduced for iPad NEW YORK, (Equibase) – Equibase Company LLC today unveiled the Equibase iPPs™ Past Performance app for the iPad, the company’s first product specifically customized for Apple’s popular tablet. The Equibase iPPs app, which can be downloaded free from the App Store on an iPad, enables customers to download past...
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Clean Racing Sends Letter to Owners and Breeders

May 11, 2012

Clean Horse Racing is a national movement of veterinarians, breeders, trainers, owners, bettors, and fans who oppose drugs in racing and favor fair and safer competition. Dear Owner and/or Breeder, The Jockey Club and the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association (TOBA) have launched an advocacy website, cleanhorseracing.org, to...
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Quarter Horse Racing Has Big Weekend Upcoming

April 26, 2012
Quarter Horse Racing Has Big Weekend Upcoming

DELTA, REMINGTON, SAM HOUSTON SERVING GRADED STAKES AMARILLO, (AQHA) – Gerald Libersat’s Taylors Toastin Papa shoots for his fourth-straight win and his sixth win in his latest seven starts in the $50,000 John Alleman Memorial Stakes (RG3) at Delta Downs on Friday night, opening the Vinton, Louisiana, track’s meet...
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CONGRESSIONAL SUBCOMMITTEE SETS HEARING ON HEALTH, SAFETY ISSUES

April 26, 2012
CONGRESSIONAL SUBCOMMITTEE SETS HEARING ON HEALTH, SAFETY ISSUES

By David Hooper, Texas Thoroughbred Association AUSTIN, (TTA) – A Congressional subcommittee of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce has set a hearing on health and safety issues in horse racing for 9:30am on Monday, April 30, five days before the 138th Kentucky Derby. The hearing was called by U.S. Representative Joe Pitts, chairman of...
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PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT ACQUIRES MAJORITY INTEREST IN RETAMA PARK

April 26, 2012
PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT ACQUIRES MAJORITY INTEREST IN RETAMA PARK

By David Hooper, CEO, Texas Thoroughbred Association AUSTIN, (TTA) – Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. issued a press release this morning to announce that a wholly owned subsidiary has entered into agreements to acquire a 75.5% majority interest in Retama Partners Ltd. (RPL), the owner of the racing license for Retama Park. The announcement ended months of...
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Texas Racing’s Premier Meet Set

April 12, 2012
Texas Racing’s Premier Meet Set

By David Hooper, CEO, Texas Thoroughbred Association AUSTIN, (TTA) – A competitive field of seven older Texas-bred sprinters are primed to get the 2012 Lone Star Park Thoroughbred meet off to a fast start at 6:35pm on Thursday night as the $50,000 Premiere Stakes kicks off the 53-day season in its traditional spot as the...
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New Game in Town at North Texas Track

April 6, 2012

By David Hooper, Executive Director, Texas Thoroughbred Association AUSTIN, (TTA) – Lone Star Park opens Thursday, April 12, for its first of 53 dates running through July 8, and the first full Thoroughbred meet under the management of Global Gaming Solutions LLC, a subsidiary of the Chickasaw Nation. Continuing a...
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Equibase Launches New Owner Profiles

April 3, 2012

New Owner Profile Pages Introduced on equibase.com LEXINGTON, (Equibase) – Equibase Company LLC has introduced Owner Profile pages in the Stats Central section on equibase.com. These pages consolidate and present in one convenient location the most current racing statistics for individual owners, owners who race in partnerships and stables, syndicates and other racing entities. “During...
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Network to provide 10 hours of coverage with Dubai World Cup

March 29, 2012
Network to provide 10 hours of coverage with Dubai World Cup

NEW YORK, (NTRA) – Horse Racing Radio Network (HRRN), the Eclipse Award-winning broadcast organization based in Lexington, KY, announced Thursday it will provide ten hours of live racing coverage this weekend, including exclusive broadcasts of the $10 million Dubai World Cup, along with a pair of million dollar Kentucky Derby prep races, the...
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Vet Group Issues Statement in Wake of NYT Racing Story Fallout

March 26, 2012
Vet Group Issues Statement in Wake of NYT Racing Story Fallout

Statement from Dr. John Mitchell, 2012 AAEP president, regarding the New York Times March 25 horse racing article, “Mangled Horses, Maimed Jockeys” LEXINGTON, (AAEP) – “There should be no higher priority for the racing community than the health and safety of its equine and human athletes. Reducing equine injuries must be the...
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