Maxxam Racing Festival Winners
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 […]
Scharbauer Obituary
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 […]
A Look at the Life of Clarence Scharbauer Jr.
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. Passes Away
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 SALE
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
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 […]
FIFTYSHADESOFGOLD, F J UNCLE VIC HEADLINE TEXAS STALLION STAKES
Texas Stallion Stakes This Weekend Sam Houston Race Park will host three stakes on Saturday, February 15. The $75,000 Jim’s Orbit division and the $75,000 Two Altazano division of the […]
NEWS AND NOTES FOR FEBRUARY 7, 2014
NEWS AND NOTES FOR FEBRUARY 7, 2014 $50,000 BUCHAREST STAKES SET FOR SATURDAY NIGHT AT SHRP Saturday’s feature at Sam Houston Race Park is the $50,000 Bucharest Stakes for accredited Texas-breds at […]
Saturday Stakes Winners at SHRP
ROSE TO GOLD WINS HOUSTON LADIES CLASSIC ON BIG NIGHT AT SAM HOUSTON Rose to Gold * Photo by Coady Photography The second running of the $400,000 Houston Ladies Classicwent down to the wire with […]
NEWS AND NOTES FOR JANUARY 24, 2014
NEWS AND NOTES FOR JANUARY 24, 2014 ANOTHER GREAT RACING WEEKEND ON TAP AT HOUSTON Zia Park Oaks champion Unusual Way leads a field of eight fillies in the second […]