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Texas Racing Industry Readies for Slots Fight in Legislature

October 3, 2010
Texas Racing Industry Readies for Slots Fight in Legislature

By David Hooper, Executive Director, Texas Thoroughbed Association Photoshop byMadison Joann Brown,  AUSTIN, (TTA) – The first full week of October will find meetings being held by Texas Horse Organizations for Racing, Showing and Eventing (Texas HORSE), the Texas Racing Commission’s Committee on the Current State of Horse and Greyhound Racing in Texas, and the TTA...
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Equibase Introduces Racing Yearbook,

September 29, 2010
Equibase Introduces Racing Yearbook,

  NEW YORK, (NTRA) - Following the recent launch of the free Equibase Racing YearbookTM application (app) within the iTunes store, Equibase has packaged the same race results and videos and made them available on equibase.com along with expanded North American racing statistics, it was announced today by Equibase Company chairman Alan Marzelli. generic...
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Tattoo Lookup Now Available on Registry Mobile

September 22, 2010

NEW YORK, (Jockey Club) – Tattooed but unknown Thoroughbreds can now be identified from the convenience of a smart phone following the integration of Tattoo Lookup into Registry mobile, the platform that enables owners and breeders to access The Jockey Club’s Registry from their mobile device, it was announced today by Matt Iuliano, The...
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Jockey Club Announces Scholarships

September 4, 2010

  NEW YORK, (Jockey Club) – David Allen and Heather Shatz, animal science majors in the University of Arizona’s Race Track Industry Program (RTIP), have been awarded The Jockey Club Jack Goodman Scholarships for the 2010-2011 academic year, it was jointly announced today by Matt Iuliano, executive vice president and executive director of The Jockey...
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Jockey Club Names New Members Including Jockey McCarron

August 28, 2010
Jockey Club Names New Members Including Jockey McCarron

      NEW YORK, (Jockey Club) – The Jockey Club today announced the election of eight new members: Antony Beck, Adele Dilschneider, John Ferguson, Joe Ford, Craig Fravel, William M. Lear Jr., Chris McCarron and Arnold Zetcher. Beck is president of Gainesway Farm and serves on the board of directors of Breeders’ Cup and on the board...
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Texas Thoroughbreds Go On Sale Monday

August 27, 2010
Texas Thoroughbreds Go On Sale Monday

FASIG-TIPTON TEXAS ANNUAL SUMMER YEARLING SALE ON TAP FOR MONDAY,  by David Hooper, Executive Director, Texas Thoroughbred Association AUSTIN, (TTA) – The annual Fasig-Tipton Texas Summer Yearling Sale will be offered in its traditional calendar spot on the last Monday in August with more than 340 lots being readied to go through the ring in...
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Race Horse Owners Not Happy With Texas Race Dates Proposal

August 26, 2010
Race Horse Owners Not Happy With Texas Race Dates Proposal

Salado, TX (Key Ranch) – For many years, tracks and horsemen’s associations have sought legislation to pass slots in Texas. It hasn’t happened yet. This year, through what are admittedly strategic moves for leverage, the three Class I tracks are willing to sacrifice Texas horse racing opportunities in order to achieve that legislation. The...
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Battle Lines Being Drawn on Texas Racing

August 14, 2010
Battle Lines Being Drawn on Texas Racing

By Steven Long HOUSTON, (Horseback) – The Texas Racing Commission faced a packed house Friday in the enclosed confines of the Founder’s Room at Sam Houston Rack Park. They heard a tale of woe from an industry in rapid decline, a decline precipitated by a close escape of Texas dollars flowing across the Sabine and Red...
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BILL TO LEGALIZE INTERNET GAMBLING SUBJECT OF AHC REVIEW

August 13, 2010
BILL TO LEGALIZE INTERNET GAMBLING SUBJECT OF AHC REVIEW

By David Hooper, Director, Texas Thoroughbred Association   AUSTIN, (TTA) – The American Horse Council, based in Washington, D.C., since the late 1960s, has released a comprehensive review of Massachusetts Representative Barney Frank’s bill to make wagering over the Internet legal. HR 2267, the Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection and Enforcement Act, was reported out of...
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Horse Transport Company Saving Lives

July 22, 2010

LOXAHATCHEE, FL, (Phelps)  — “I wanted to make a deposit in our karma bank,” were t he words that Charlie from Holly Hill Transport used w 2007 08 09 diflucan for oral thrush hen he called Pure Thoughts, offering free transport for two Thoroughbred mares saved from going to slaughter. purchase sumycin 250mg...
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