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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 legislation passed...
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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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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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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 unregulated...
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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 Oklahoma and...
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Lone Star Troubles Could Have Ripple Effect for Houston Track

November 17, 2010
Lone Star Troubles Could Have Ripple Effect for Houston Track

 By Steven Long HOUSTON, (Horseback) – The sudden departure of the prospective new owners of Lone Star Park, the DFW area’s class one race track has stunned Texas owners and foretells an uncertain future for the sport. 250mg erythromycin Global Gaming, a subsidiary of Oklahoma’s wealthy Chickasaw Nation suddenly withdrew their intent to take...
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Indians Stun Metroplex Race Fans With Renig on Lone Star Park Deal

November 17, 2010
Indians Stun Metroplex Race Fans With Renig on Lone Star Park Deal

    AUSTIN, (TTA) – TRC Chairman Rolando Pablos announced at the outset of today’s Commission meeting in Austin that Global Gaming had asked that the request “be pulled down” from today’s lengthy agenda. No reasons were given for the request withdrawal. generic amoxil The change in ownership has now been pending for 379 days since Global...
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Racing Commission Holds State of Racing Meeting

October 9, 2010
Racing Commission Holds State of Racing Meeting

By David Hooper, Executive Director, Texas Thoroughbred Association AUSTIN, (TTA) – The Texas Racing Commission’s Study Committee on the Current State of Horse and Greyhound Racing in Texas held its first of two meetings in Austin on Wednesday, October 6, and addressed three topics: County Fair and Festival Racing, Advanced Deposit Wagering and Racetrack Working...
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