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Texas Racing Commission Approves Race Dates

December 21, 2012
Texas Racing Commission Approves Race Dates

AUSTIN, (TRC) – The Texas Racing Commission on Tuesday approved a total of 109 live Thoroughbred dates for 2013 among the state’s three major Thoroughbred tracks, roughly on par with the number of 2012 dates. Sam Houston Race Park will start off the year with a 33-day Thoroughbred meet running four days a week,...
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PINNACLE’S ACQUISITION OF RETAMA UNLIKELY TO CLOSE BEFORE DECEMBER

September 14, 2012
PINNACLE’S ACQUISITION OF RETAMA UNLIKELY TO CLOSE BEFORE DECEMBER

By David Hoioper, Texas Thoroughbred Association AUSTIN, (TTA) – The San Antonio Express News published a report in its September 13 edition stating that Pinnacle Entertainment’s purchase of a majority share in Retama Park is unlikely to close before December rather than the earlier expectations of October due to the voluminous number of background...
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Racing Commision Bumps 3 Tracks From Roster

August 17, 2012
Racing Commision Bumps 3 Tracks From Roster

TRC DESIGNATES 5 CLASS 2 TRACKS ‘INACTIVE;’ OKAYS SADDLE BROOK REQUESTS By David Hooper, Director, Texas Thoroughbred Association AUSTIN, (TTA) – The Texas Racing Commission designated five Class 2 horse racetracks as “inactive” during its regularly scheduled meeting last Tuesday in Austin. The TRC also voted to designate the six tracks that have held...
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Texas Commission to Address Active Track License Issue at Next Meeting

March 23, 2012
Texas Commission to Address Active Track License Issue at Next Meeting

TRC RULES COMMITTEE TO ADDRESS ‘ACTIVE/INACTIVE’ LICENSE DEFINITION By David Hooper, Texas Thoroughbred Association AUSTIN, (TTA) – The Texas Racing Commission Rules Committee will meet Tuesday afternoon in Austin at 1:30pm with the most important item being the continuing effort to develop rule changes to implement the requirements of HB 2271, the TRC Sunset...
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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...
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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...
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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. search for phone number 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...
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Why Can’t Texans Bet Texas Tracks Online?

November 24, 2010
Why Can’t Texans Bet Texas Tracks Online?

By Joe Savarese, Horseback Magazine Racing Editor HOUSTON, (Horseback Magazine) – The recent report from the Sunset Advisory Commission, a Texas Legislature created advisory board to identify and eliminate waste, duplication, and inefficiency in government agencies, recommended that Texas legislators should prohibit online and phone betting on out-of-state greyhound and horse races, stating “the...
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More Questions Than Answers on Lone Star Park Ownership Flip

November 20, 2010
More Questions Than Answers on Lone Star Park Ownership Flip

By David Hooper, Executive Director, Texas Thoroughbred Association,        AUSTIN, (TTA) – The calls have been coming by the dozens. Why can’t Global Gaming get approval of its request to acquire 100 percent ownership of Lone Star Park? Why can Global Gaming pass in-depth background investigation checks and be granted gaming licenses in...
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