Fasig-Tipton Company Inc., which for nearly 20 years conducted Thoroughbred auctions in Texas, recently announced that it would no longer run auctions in the state. However, the Texas Thoroughbred Association, […]
The Texas Racing Commission has announced that the necropsy program is now in effect and will begin at SHRP’s Quarter Horse meet. The notices are being posted at the racetracks […]
NEWS AND NOTES FOR MARCH 27, 2015 SEMINARS AND SALES ON TAP AT LONE STAR PARK TOBA’s Thoroughbred Ownership Seminar gets underway at 8:00 a.m. on Sunday, March 29 at […]
TTA Member Alert Your immediate action is needed! HB 1, the General Appropriations Bill is scheduled to be heard on the House floor next Tuesday, March 31st. Unlike the Senate […]
NEWS AND NOTES FOR MARCH 20, 2015 TRAINERS’ EXAM PREP CLASS SET FOR APRIL 1-3 AT LONE STAR PARK Dr. C. Reid McLellan, an experienced teacher and former trainer who […]
Dr. C. Reid McLellan, an experienced teacher and former trainer who served on the committee that wrote the current National Trainers’ Exam, has scheduled a Trainers’ Exam Prep Class for […]
In an effort to gather information on the reasons that horses nominated to the Texas Stallion Stake Series fail to run in one or more of the races, the following […]
After more than 300 online votes were cast, Sultan of Slam was named the 2014 Texas Claimer of the Year. The award is designed to honor the hard-working claiming horses […]
NEWS AND NOTES FOR MARCH 13, 2015 LEGISLATION FILED TO HELP INCREASE PURSES Some potentially positive news from Austin is the filing of Senate Bill 1027 by Senator Kel Seliger, […]
James “Jimmy” Smith (1942 – 2015) March 9, 2015 James “Jimmy” Smith DVM, 72, of Winters died March 9, 2015. He was born June 20, 1942 in Winters and graduated […]