Action Alert – Calls Needed Today!!
With the deadline for funding of the Texas Racing Commission looming, we need to make a concerted effort for FULL funding. Short-term funding does nothing positive for the Texas Thoroughbred […]
TTA Letter to Governor Regarding Full Funding of the TRC; Response Letter from Governor’s Office
On October 7, 2015, TTA Executive Director sent a letter to the office of Governor Greg Abbott, providing information on the organization and the horse industry and asking for his […]
News and Notes for October 23, 2015
ACCREDITED TEXAS-BREDS IN WEEKEND STAKES ACTION A pair of undefeated Accredited Texas-bred 2-year-old fillies will compete as part of a 9-horse field in tonight’s $50,000 E. L. Gaylord Memorial Stakes […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
News and Notes for September 11, 2015
HALL OF FAME GALA, FOUR STAKES ON TAP FOR RETAMA PARK The Texas Horse Racing Hall of Fame Gala and induction ceremony will be held in the Showplace Pavilion at […]