TTA News and Notes – January 25, 2013
NEWS AND NOTES, January 25, 2013 BIG RACING WEEKEND AT SHRP Tomorrow evening, the inaugural running of the $400,000 Houston Ladies Classic at a distance of a mile and one-sixteenth, […]
Valor Farm, Bret Calhoun and Cliff Berry Dominate Saturday’s Texas Champions Races
The stars of trainer Bret Calhoun’s barn won three of the four Texas Champions races on Saturday night at Sam Houston Race Park, and all three were sired by stallions […]
Sam Houston Opens with Three Texas-bred Stakes
It was “Ladies Night” on the first night of Texas Champions Weekend and opening day of the Thoroughbred meet at Sam Houston Race Park on Friday. The 10-race card featured […]
TTA News and Notes – January 17, 2013
NEWS AND NOTES, January 17, 2013 TEXAS CHAMPIONS WEEKEND This weekend, Sam Houston Race Park will open for its 20th annual live racing season with seven stakes set for Friday and Saturday […]
Coyote Legend to Defend Title in $100K Star of Texas on Saturday at Sam Houston
The draw for the Saturday Texas Champions Weekend stakes took place on Wednesday, January 16. The Saturday night card is the second stakes-filled evening set for opening weekend of the […]
Texas Champions Weekend Kicks Off Friday at Sam Houston
Sam Houston Race Park will host its 20th Annual Live Racing Season with Thoroughbreds returning to action on Friday, January 18. Texas-breds will be featured in Texas Champions Weekend, with […]
Texas A&M Seeks Horses for Study on Resveratrol’s Effects on Hock Lameness
Researchers at the Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences are launching a new clinical trial to investigate the use of a compound called resveratrol as a […]
Retama Meet Posts Impressive Gains
Retama Park posted impressive increases in handle and attendance for the 2012 live Thoroughbred Meet. Total on track handle for the 26-day meet was up a healthy 22% while export […]
Sam Houston Set to Open Jan. 18
Sam Houston Race Park will open its 20th Annual Live Racing Season when it kicks off its 2013 Thoroughbred Meet on Friday, January 18 with average daily purse amounts in […]