Valid Expectations Passes Away
All-time Leading Texas Stallion Valid Expectations Passes Away Valid Expectations, Texas’ all-time leading stallion, has died at the age of 22. The son of Valid Appeal was retired from stud […]
News and Notes for October 16, 2015
LAST WEEKEND OF THOROUGHBRED MEET AT RETAMA PARK Saturday marks the close of the Thoroughbred meet at Retama Park with 11 races carded for the evening, and a 6:45 p.m. […]
CORRECTION TO TTA MEMBER ALERT EMAIL
CORRECTION TO TTA MEMBER ALERT EMAIL Under Texas Racing Grassroots Initiative,we reported in error that the THP has also created a mass voting system via texting SAVETXRACING to 77948. This […]
News and Notes for October 9, 2015
THIS SATURDAY AT RETAMA PARK The Paddock Foundation’s Roses to Ribbons Event will be held at Retama Park in San Antonio from 11-1pm. Racehorses who are ready for new careers […]
TTA MEMBER ALERT Re TRC FUNDING
TTA MEMBER ALERT The Texas Racing Commission has stated that without funding, they will begin shutdown procedures on November 1st! Texas racing NEEDS YOUR HELP NOW! Call the following Legislators […]
News and Notes for October 2, 2015
THE 21ST RENEWAL OF THE EL JOVEN AND LA SENORITA STAKES The $75,000 M2 Technology La Senorita Stakes for 2-year-old fillies going a mile on the turf is carded as […]
Texas Stallion Stakes Deadline
The deadline to nominate stallions to the Texas Stallion Stakes Series for the 2015 breeding season is October 1, 2015. Only Accredited Texas stallions may be nominated. The nomination fee […]
News and Notes for September 25, 2015
TEXAS CONFIRMS 19 WEST NILE VIRUS EQUINE CASES A recent slew of sample submissions indicative of West Nile virus (WNV) have upped the total number of positive cases in Texas to […]
Gary West writes in espn.go.com about Texas racing
In Texas, even the mess is big Gary West, http://espn.go.com/horse-racing/story/_/id/13728305/in-texas-even-mess-big If you watched the political debates or looked at the recent polls, you couldn’t have avoided concluding that Americans don’t like […]
September 21 Deadline to Submit BOD Candidates
Today (September 21) is the deadline to submit candidates to run for 3-year terms on the TTA Board of Directors. Five at-large directors will be elected statewide as well as […]