Horsemen Urged to Keep Calling Legislative Budget Board Members
For the immediate future, please contact the members of the Legislative Budget Board to continue to ask that the TxRc be fully funded. We all need to thank the House […]
September 1 Update on Texas Racing Commission Closure
Dear TTA Members: There were a lot of stories, rumors and misinformation yesterday, concerning the situation with the funding of the Texas Racing Commission. The only facts which can be […]
Lawmakers Discuss Temporary Racing Commission Funding Fix
TEXAS POLITICS Lawmakers discuss temporary racing commission funding fix AUSTIN — Unable to agree on whether to defund the Texas Racing Commission for its approval of a controversial new form […]
News and Notes for August 28, 2015
HISTORICAL RACE WAGERING RULES STILL IN PLACE , FUNDING QUESTIONABLE Despite the threat of losing funding from the state, the Texas Racing Commission kept in place regulations it adopted earlier […]
TTA Announces 2-Year-Old Sale and Changes to Sales Futurity
The Texas Thoroughbred Association has announced the establishment of a 2-year-olds in training sale to be held next April at Lone Star Park. The auction will be similar to the […]
Update on the Texas Racing Commission Budget Situation
This week’s Texas Racing Commission meeting has garnered a lot of attention, with a lot of misinformation floating about. About 200 horsemen from around the state converged on the TRC […]
Racing Commission Votes to Keep Historical Racing
Austin American-Statesman: Racing commission votes to keep historical racing, risks own funding The Texas Racing Commission snubbed a powerful state senator and risked closure with a vote Tuesday that will […]
News and Notes for August 21, 2015
TRC MEETING SET FOR TUESDAY, AUGUST 25 The Texas Racing Commission will meet at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, August 25 in the John H. Reagan Building located at 105 W. […]
TTA Issues Statement on Historical Racing
The Texas Thoroughbred Association (TTA), which represents more than 1,100 racehorse owners and breeders in the state, strongly opposes the measure published in the Texas Register seeking to repeal previously […]
News and Notes for August 14, 2015
TEXAS-BREDS IN WEEKEND STAKES ACTION Henry Witt’s homebred multiple stakes winner Witt Six (Drums of Thunder – Taitt Hill) is entered in the $200,000 Canadian Derby (gr. 3) for 3-year-olds […]