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Rosie Makes Houston Debut With a Big Win in the Connally

January 29, 2012

PAPAW BODIE WITH ROSIE NAPRAVNIK IN THE IRONS CAPTURE THE GRADE 3, $200,000 CONNALLY TURF CUP AT SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK HOUSTON, (SHRP) – There were probably as many fans thrilled to get their first look at top female jockey Rosie Napravnik as the horses running in the Grade 3, $200,000 Connally Turf Cup...
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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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Houston Track Opens TB Meet Friday

January 18, 2012
Houston Track Opens TB Meet Friday

The Ladies Take Center Stage Friday at Texas Champions Weekend HOUSTON, (SHRP) – Live Thoroughbred racing returns to Sam Houston Race Park on Friday, January 20. Opening weekend is highlighted by Texas Champions Weekend, which is making its debut as a two-day event on Friday, January 20 and Saturday, January 21. The annual...
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Sam Houston Race Park to Kick Off Meet With Major Stakes Weekend

January 14, 2012
Sam Houston Race Park to Kick Off Meet With Major Stakes Weekend

by David Hooper, Director, Texas Thoroughbred Association HOUSTON, (TTA) – The 2012 Texas Thoroughbred season debuts on Friday, January 20, in a new format with the single program Texas Champions Day remodeled into a 2-day format as Texas Champions Weekend with $400,000 in stakes purses on the line. Friday’s opening night card will feature the three...
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Major Change for Gamblers at Houston Track

January 7, 2012
Major Change for Gamblers at Houston Track

SAM HOUSTON INTRODUCING 2 HOUSTON HI-FIVES AND 1 PICK 5 TO 2012 BET MENU By David Hooper, Executive Director, Texas Thoroughbred Association Photo by Steven Long HOUSTON, (TTA) – Sam Houston Race Park players will have two new wagers to challenge them during the 2012 Thoroughbred season that starts with the 2-day Texas Champions stakes programs...
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Houston Track to Open With Highest Purses in Park History

January 5, 2012
Houston Track to Open With Highest Purses in Park History

The Return of Live Thoroughbred & American Quarter Horse Racing Featuring High-Dollar Stakes Races Every Weekend Beginning on Friday, January 20th Horseback Photo by Lucy Reyna HOUSTON, TX (SHRP)—Sam Houston Race Park will open its 19th Annual Live Racing Season with the opening of its Thoroughbred Meet on Friday, January 20, 2012 with average...
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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, CEO, 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. Steen III, a Chartered Financial Analyst and director of commercial development for Lone Star NGL LLC, to the Texas Racing Commission to fill...
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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 dates to run 26 programs in 13 weeks from October 5 through...
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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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