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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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RETAMA NEAR DEAL WITH GAMING COMPANY TO KEEP TRACK OPEN FOR 6 YEARS

March 16, 2012
RETAMA NEAR DEAL WITH GAMING COMPANY TO KEEP TRACK OPEN FOR 6 YEARS

AUSTIN, (Texas Thoroughbred Association) – Today’s San Antonio Express News, in an article written by Patrick Danner, reported that Retama Park officials are close to completing a deal with an as yet unnamed publicly traded gaming company to fund the Selma track’s losses for the next six years and repay millions in track...
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Texas Track Operators Encouraged About 2012 Racing Prospects

January 28, 2012
Texas Track Operators Encouraged About 2012 Racing Prospects

By David Hooper, Executive Director, Texas Thoroughbred Association AUSTIN, (TTA) – The Texas Thoroughbred Association Board of Directors met at Sam Houston Race Park last Saturday morning and listened as operators of the state’s three Class 1 tracks waxed enthusiastically about prospects for their 2012 race meets and expressed optimism that track owners and...
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NINE TEXAS-BREDS DEFEND HOME RETAMA TURF IN $75K LA SENORITA, $75K EL JOVEN

October 14, 2011
NINE TEXAS-BREDS DEFEND HOME RETAMA TURF IN $75K LA SENORITA, $75K EL JOVEN

By David Hooper, Director, Texas Thoroughbred Association) AUSTIN, (TTA) – Retama Park’s twin 2-year-old featured stakes, the $75,000 M2Technology La Senorita for fillies and the $75,000 El Joven for colts and geldings, headline the October 15 Saturday night racing card with nine Texas-breds, six state-bred fillies and three state-bred colts and geldings, set to try...
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Rick Perry Names Houston CFA to Racing Commission Board

October 7, 2011
Rick Perry Names Houston CFA to Racing Commission Board

By David Hooper, CE offer flagyl er O, Texas Thoroughbred Association Photo by Lucy Reyna, Horseback Magazine AUSTIN, (TRC) – GOVERNOR PERRY APPOINTS HOUSTON CFA TO TRC TO FILL PABLOS’ VACANCY Governor Rick Perry has appointed John T. 2007 08 09 diflucan for oral thrush Steen III, a Chartered Financial Analyst and director of commercial development...
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20 2-YEAR-OLDS IN 2nd LEGS OF TEXAS STALLION STAKES SERIES AT RETAMA PARK

September 24, 2011
20 2-YEAR-OLDS IN 2nd LEGS OF TEXAS STALLION STAKES SERIES AT RETAMA PARK

AUSTIN, (TTA) – Nine colts and geldings and 11 fillies were entered in the two $100,000 divisions of the second legs of this year’s newest Texas Stallion Stakes Series to be run over 6 furlongs as the twin features of the 10-race card on Saturday night, September 24, at Retama Park. Clarence Scharbauer’s homebred Sword...
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Texas Thoroughbred Race Report

September 9, 2011
Texas Thoroughbred Race Report

RETAMA AMENDS 2012 DATES REQUEST TO RUN 26 TB DATES IN 13 WEEKS TIL 12/29 – By David Hooper, Texas Thoroughbred Association AUSTIN, (TTA) – Bryan Brown, Retama Park’s COO, has submitted an amended dates request for 2012 that would add three Thoroughbred 2007 08 09 diflucan for oral thrush dates to run 26...
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TWO ISSUES RAISED AT 2012 RACE DATES MEETING; GAPS, RETAMA-GILLESPIE OVERLAP

August 5, 2011
TWO ISSUES RAISED AT 2012 RACE DATES MEETING; GAPS, RETAMA-GILLESPIE OVERLAP

By David Hooper, Executive Director, Texas Thoroughbed Association,    AUSTIN, (TTA) – What a difference a year makes. Discussion of 2011 racing dates proposals took five meetings at the Class 1 tracks and one meeting in Austin in 2010 before requests were considered and formally finalized at a regularly scheduled meeting of the Texas Racing Commission....
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TRC to Set Dates for Texas Tracks

July 29, 2011
TRC to Set Dates for Texas Tracks

RACE DATES COMMITTEE MEETING SET FOR AUG. 3,   By David Ho0per, Director, Texas Thoroughbred Association,      AUSTIN, (TTA) – The Texas Racing Commission’s Committee on Horse Race Dates will meet at Retama Park on Wednesday, August 3, 2011, at 11am in the Racing Office Recreation Room to discuss potential live race dates for calendar year...
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Deadline Looms for Texas Stallion Stakes

July 7, 2011
Deadline Looms for Texas Stallion Stakes

  AUSTIN, (TTA) – The deadline to nominate stallions to the Texas Stallion Stakes for the 2011 breeding season is October 1, 2011. 5 apcalis cialis levitra regalis viagra zenegra Only Texas-accredited stallions may be nominated. The fee to nominate is the greater of $1,500 or the advertised stud fee for stallions stand ing...
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