By David Hooper, Texas Thoroughbred Association
AUSTIN, (TTA) – A Congressional subcommittee of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce has set a hearing on health and safety issues in horse racing for 9:30am on Monday, April 30, five days before the 138th Kentucky Derby.
The hearing was called by U.S. Representative Joe Pitts, chairman of...
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By David Hooper, CEO, Texas Thoroughbred Association
AUSTIN, (TTA) – Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. issued a press release this morning to announce that a wholly owned subsidiary has entered into agreements to acquire a 75.5% majority interest in Retama Partners Ltd. (RPL), the owner of the racing license for Retama Park. The announcement ended months of...
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By David Hooper, CEO, Texas Thoroughbred Association
AUSTIN, (TTA) – A competitive field of seven older Texas-bred sprinters are primed to get the 2012 Lone Star Park Thoroughbred meet off to a fast start at 6:35pm on Thursday night as the $50,000 Premiere Stakes kicks off the 53-day season in its traditional spot as the...
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By David Hooper, Executive Director, Texas Thoroughbred Association
AUSTIN, (TTA) – Lone Star Park opens Thursday, April 12, for its first of 53 dates running through July 8, and the first full Thoroughbred meet under the management of Global Gaming Solutions LLC, a subsidiary of the Chickasaw Nation.
Continuing a...
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$50,000 SPRING CHRYSLER-JEEP-DODGE HAS 5 TEXAS-BREDS IN 8-HORSE FIELD
By David Hooper, CEO, Texas Thoroughbred Association
HOUSTON, (TTA) – The curtain falls on Sam Houston Race Park’s boutique 31-day 2012 Thoroughbred meet this coming Monday afternoon to ring down a fan-friendly, closing 4-day weekend, headlined by the $50,000 Spring Chrysler-Jeep-Dodge Stakes at one mile as the...
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By David Hooper, Executive Director, Texas Thoroughbred Association
AUSTIN, (TTA) – Sword Trick won the first two legs of the Texas Stallion Stakes Series for 2-year-old colts and geldings, and Miss Lederhosen and Cowgirl N Up accounted for the filly division stakes last year. All three will try to add the third legs of the...
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By David Hooper, Executive Director, Texas Thoroughbred Association
AUSTIN, (TTA) – Double-digit handle increases have been recorded for both the live on-track product and the simulcast export signal for the first three weekends of Sam Houston’s 2012 meet compared with the first three weekends of the 2011 season.
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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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By David Hooper, Director, Texas Thoroughbred Association
AUSTIN, (TTA) – Sam Houston Race Park launches the 2012 Thoroughbred season this Friday night with the first of 31 scheduled racing programs starting Texas Champions Weekend in a 2-day format rather than having all the Texas Champions races run on one card. There were 96 entries drawn...
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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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