HOUSTON, (Horseback) – A Texas senate bill that would take the state’s struggling horse tracks to the level of competing on an even playing field with venues in other states could pass the upper house with your help. The legislation, would finally bring a long stalled, and much hoped for, vote on casino gambling...
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JOYFUL VICTORY SETS NEW TRACK RECORD IN THE $400,000 HOUSTON LADIES CLASSIC Trainer Larry Jones Set Track Records in the Ladies Classic and Champion Energy Services Stakes Photo by Jack Coady, Cody Photography HOUSTON, (SHRP) – The inaugural running of the $400,000 Houston Ladies Classic, at a distance of a mile andone-sixteenth, attracted a...
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AUSTIN, (Texas Thoroughbred Association) – Saturday evening, the inaugural running of the $400,000 Houston Ladies Classic at a distance of a mile and one-sixteenth, will take place with a spectacular field of fillies and mares, whose combined earnings exceed $2.3 million. Starters from the rail out are: Joyful Victory, Rosie Napravnik; Brushed by a...
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SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK HOSTS THE RICHEST THOROUGHBRED STAKES RACE IN TEXAS Saturday, January 26 Card Also Includes the Grade III, $200,000 Connally Turf Cup as Well as a Benefit for Susan G. Komen For the Cure® Houston When Sam Houston Race Park officials were looking to enhance the status of their 2013 Thoroughbred...
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HOUSTON, (SHRP) – Sam Houston Race Park will host its 20th Annual Live Racing Season with Thoroughbreds returning to action on Friday, January 18. Texas-breds will be featured in Texas Champions Weekend, with seven stakes set for Friday and Saturday evening. Friday’s opening ten-race card will be highlighted by three stakes: the $50,000 Bara...
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MY MISS AURELIA LEADS LIST OF TALENTED NOMINATIONS FOR THE $400,000 HOUSTON LADIES CLASSIC AT SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK Nationally Prominent Fillies, Mares and Trainers Target Inaugural Stakes on January 26, 2013 HOUSTON, (SHRP) – Sam Houston Race Park has received exceptional interest from some of the top racing leaders in the country for...
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Houston TX, (SHRP) – Sam Houston Race Park officials are pleased to announce a new television partnership with HRTV and FOX Sports Southwest which will give race fans in Houston and across the nation the opportunity to watch the most anticipated racing event in Texas in 2013. In a partnership, HRTV, “the network for...
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SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK SET TO OFFER ON-TRACK MOBILE WAGERING 2013 Live Race Meet Adds Houston Ladies Classic and New Wagers with Fan-Friendly Low Takeouts HOUSTON, (SHRP) – The 20th Annual Live Racing Season at Sam Houston Race Park gets underway on Friday, January 18, 2013 and racetrack officials are pleased to announce a...
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NEW $400,000 HOUSTON LADIES CLASSIC TOPS $1.7 MILLION SHRP STAKES PROGRAM By David Hooper, CEO, Texas Thoroughbred Association AUSTIN, (TTA) – Kudos to Andrea Young, president of Sam Houston Race Park, and Eric Johnston, vice president of racing, for thinking out of the box and making an effort to put the track in the...
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Event Day includes the Grade III, $200,000 Connally Turf Cup HOUSTON, (SHRP) – Sam Houston Race Park is pleased to announce a revamped stakes schedule in 2013 which will include the richest Thoroughbred race in Texas and in Sam Houston Race Park history. The $400,000 Houston Ladies Classic is set for Saturday, January 26,...
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