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A Horseback Review: Houston Track Sparkles and Shines

January 23, 2011
A Horseback Review: Houston Track Sparkles and Shines

By Steven Long, Photo by Lucy Reyna,
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The Jockey Club to Continue Retirement Checkoff Program in 2011

January 20, 2011
The Jockey Club to Continue Retirement Checkoff Program in 2011

  LEXINGTON, (Jockey Club) – The Jockey Club has renewed the retirement checkoff program that enables owners and breeders to support Thoroughbred aftercare programs at the time they register their foals in 2011, and will once again donate $100,000 to each of the program’s two beneficiaries, it was announced today by James L. Gagliano, the...
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Texas Legislature Opens With Hopes High for Slots at Tracks

January 18, 2011
Texas Legislature Opens With Hopes High for Slots at Tracks

 By David Hooper, CEO, Texas Thoroughbred Association Photo by Steven Long,  Austin, (TTA) – The 82nd Texas Legislature convened on January 11 in the respective chambers of the Senate and House of Representatives at the Capitol in Austin for a ceremonial first day of the 140-day session, just one day after State Comptroller Susan Combs projected...
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Houston Track to Host Texas Champions Day Saturday in Opening Weekend

January 18, 2011
Houston Track to Host Texas Champions Day Saturday in Opening Weekend

ACES N KINGS, CHIEF OF AFFAIRS, TAPTAM AMONG TX CHAMPIONS DAY NOMINEES By David Hooper, CEO, Texas Thoroughbred Association HOUSTON, (TTA) – Sam Houston Race Park kicks off the 2011 Texas Thoroughbred season next Friday, January 21, with Texas Champions Day highlighting the first weekend of racing on Saturday evening. septilin sirop 250mg erythromycin There...
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Cup Winning Breeders to Be Honored at Miami Beach Bash

January 12, 2011
Cup Winning Breeders to Be Honored at Miami Beach Bash

NEW YORK, (NTRA) – The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) announced today that the breeders of horses that won Breeders’ Cup World Championships races at last November’s event will be recognized at the the 2010 Eclipse Awards, which will take place Monday, January 17 at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach in Miami Beach, Fla.  GREY GOOSE®...
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Adena Springs Leading Breeder For Eighth Consecutive Year

January 7, 2011
Adena Springs Leading Breeder For Eighth Consecutive Year

  LEXINGTON, (Jockey Club) – Adena Springs finished 2010 as the leading individual breeder in North America with earnings of $13,369,852, according to statistics released today by The Jockey Club Information Systems Inc. 40 mg protonix offer flagyl er 250mg erythromycin (TJCIS). In topping the list for the eighth consecutive year, Adena...
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Team Zenyatta to Receive Special Eclipse Award

January 6, 2011
Team Zenyatta to Receive Special Eclipse Award

  MIAMI, (NTRA) – The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), Daily Racing Form and the National Turf Writers And Broadcasters today announced that Team Zenyatta—the individuals who helped the 6-year-old mare become one of the most recognizable sports stars of 2010—will be honored with the Special Eclipse Award at the 40th annual Eclipse Awards ceremony...
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TB Racing Names Earnings Leaders for 2010

January 1, 2011
TB Racing Names Earnings Leaders for 2010

  LEXINGTON, (Equibase) – Todd Pletcher, Ramon Dominguez and WinStar Farm LLC finished 2010 as the leading trainer, jockey and owner, respectively, by North American earnings, according to final statistics released today by Equibase Company LLC, the Thoroughbred industry’s official database for racing information. Blame led all Thoroughbreds in 2010 250mg erythromycin with North American...
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Texas Thoroughbred Sale to Start Monday

December 11, 2010
Texas Thoroughbred Sale to Start Monday

 By David Hooper, Director Texas Thoroughbred Association AUSTIN, (TTA) - The annual Fasig-Tipton Texas December Mixed Sale will be gaveled to order at noon this coming Monday, December 13, in the Texas Thoroughbred Sales Pavilion at Lone Star Park with more than 100 broodmares, yearlings and weanlings, plus one horse of racing age catalogued. Agency consignments...
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Iowa Politico Joins Racing Lobby Board

December 9, 2010

  NEW YORK, (NTRA) – The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) today announced the appointment of Jerry Crawford to the Board of Directors for the NTRA’s federal Political Action Committee, Horse PAC. Crawford, 61, is a partner of the Crawford, Quilty & Mauro law firm based in Des Moines, Iowa. The firm practices primarily in the...
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