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Race Horse Owners Not Happy With Texas Race Dates Proposal

August 26, 2010
Race Horse Owners Not Happy With Texas Race Dates Proposal

Salado, TX (Key Ranch) – For many years, tracks and horsemen’s associations have sought legislation to pass slots in Texas. It hasn’t happened yet. This year, through what are admittedly strategic moves for leverage, the three Class I tracks are willing to sacrifice Texas horse racing opportunities in order to achieve that legislation. The...
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Battle Lines Being Drawn on Texas Racing

August 14, 2010
Battle Lines Being Drawn on Texas Racing

By Steven Long HOUSTON, (Horseback) – The Texas Racing Commission faced a packed house Friday in the enclosed confines of the Founder’s Room at Sam Houston Rack Park. They heard a tale of woe from an industry in rapid decline, a decline precipitated by a close escape of Texas dollars flowing across the Sabine and Red...
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Commission Hosts Horse Race Dates Committee Meeting

July 20, 2010
Commission Hosts Horse Race Dates Committee Meeting

              AUSTIN, (TRC) – Committee meeting at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas. Representatives from the horsemen, breed registries, Texas horse tracks, staff canon image prograf ipf5100 from the Texas Racing Commission and various members of the public attended the meeting chaired by Robert M. 250mg erythromycin Schmidt, Vice-Chair of the TexasRacing...
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TRC APPROVES RETAMA’S REQUEST FOR 16 DAYS IN FALL, OPENS 2011 DATES PERIOD

July 10, 2010

By David Hooper, Texas Thoroughbred Association     AUSTIN, (TTA) – The Texas Racing Commission approved the request of Retama Park officials to amend its racing schedule for the 2010 fall meet to run 16 days in a Friday-Saturday format beginning September 3 and closing on October 23. Retama had been allocated 30 days originally, although...
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Commission Opens Race Date Application Period and Forms Race Date Committees

July 10, 2010

  AUSTIN, (TRC) — Recently, the Texas Racing Commission voted to open the application period for racetracks to request race dates for calendar year 2011 and January 1 – August 31, 2012. cytotec drug use Racetracks must submit their requests to the Commission by August 18, 2010. The Commission expects to consider the racetracks’ requested race dates...
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Track Management, Horse Owners to Discuss Dates July 1

June 19, 2010
Track Management, Horse Owners to Discuss Dates July 1

  By David Hooper, Texas Thoroughbred Association,    AUSTIN, (TTA) -Texas Thoroughbred owners, breeders and trainers will have an opportunity to meet with Class 1 track operators to discuss 2011 racing date proposals in the Texas Thoroughbred Sales Pavilion at Lone Star Park on Thursday, July 1, at 11am. 2007 08 09 diflucan for oral...
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