News and Notes for March 14, 2014
NEWS AND NOTES FOR MARCH 14, 2014 SAM HOUSTON MEET WRAP UP Total handle for the 32-day meet increased despite one fewer race day in 2014. Overall, total handle grew […]
NEWS AND NOTES FOR MARCH 14, 2014 SAM HOUSTON MEET WRAP UP Total handle for the 32-day meet increased despite one fewer race day in 2014. Overall, total handle grew […]
Hugh B. Robeson BLANCONIA – Hugh B. Robeson, 83, of Blanconia, passed away on Sunday, March 9, 2014. He was born in Gainesville, Texas, on July 25, 1930. He is […]
TEXAS STALLION DYNAMEAUX RELOCATED TO SEGUIN HORSE CENTER Texas stallion Dynameaux has been relocated to stand the 2014 breeding season at Seguin Horse Center. He will stand for a $1,500 […]
Voting for the 2013 Texas Champion Claimer Award is now open. Claiming horses fill the vast majority of race cards every day, but these hard-workers rarely receive recognition so the […]
PLETCHER TRAINED RED RIFLE SETS SAM HOUSTON TRACK RECORD IN MAXXAM The $100,000 Maxxam Gold Cup has attracted nationally prominent horses since its first running in 1994. Saturday night marked […]
Clarence Scharbauer, Jr. July 6, 1925 – February 21, 2014 CLARENCE SCHARBAUER, JR. MIDLAND, Texas — Clarence Scharbauer, Jr. longtime rancher, noted Midland philanthropist and championship horseman, died Friday, February […]
Catching up with Clarence Scharbauer By Mary Rampellini, Daily Racing Form, July 2013 Reed Palmer Photography Clarence Scharbauer Jr. won a Lone Star Park stakes on his 88th birthday July 6. […]
Clarence Scharbauer Jr., family owned Kentucky Derby winner Alysheba, dies at 88 By Mary Rampellini, Daily Racing Form Clarence Scharbauer Jr., whose family raced 1987 Kentucky Derby winner and 1988 Horse […]
CATALOGUE NOW ONLINE FOR FASIG-TIPTON TEXAS 2YO AND HORSES OF RACING AGE SALE Fasig-Tipton Texas has catalogued 135 entries for its 2014 Texas 2-Year-Olds in Training & Horses of Racing […]
Sparkman: The invisible hand in the commercial market By John P. Sparkman DAILY RACING FORM The father of modern economics, Adam Smith, introduced the metaphor of the invisible hand of the […]