• Stallion Seasons Too Much Bling, Wimbledon, Mr. Nightlinger Available to Benefit Fire Recovery Fund for TTA Employee Jennifer Gibbs

    Too Much Bling * William Miller photo Thanks to the generosity of Lane’s End Texas in Hempstead, a stallion season to leading Texas ...

  • HAPPY NEW YEAR!

    The TTA office will be closed on January 1 and 2nd, and we will be back in the office at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, January ...

  • News and Notes for December 19, 2014

    NEWS AND NOTES FOR DECEMBER 19, 2014 TOP TRAINERS TARGETING SAM HOUSTON THOROUGHBRED MEET Some of the industry’s top trainers will ship horses to Sam ...

  • Results of TTA Board of Directors Election to Serve 2015 – 2017

    Results of TTA Board of Directors Election to Serve 2015 – 2017 Ballots in the TTA Board of Directors Election were tabulated in the TTA ...

  • Hillary Farish Stratton, Daughter of W. S. Farish, Passes Away

    Hillary Farish Stratton 1968 - 2014  Our beloved, Hillary, died peacefully at home surrounded by her children, siblings and parents on Friday, the 12th of ...

  • News and Notes for December 12, 2014

    NEWS AND NOTES FOR DECEMBER 12, 2014 TEXAS A&M PROFESSOR TO LEAD THE AAEP IN 2015 Longtime Texas A&M University professor G. Kent Carter, DVM, ...

  • News and Notes for December 5, 2014

    NEWS AND NOTES FOR DECEMBER 5, 2014 KENTUCKY REPORTS INCREASE IN HISTORICAL RACING BETS Historical race wagering at two Kentucky racetracks registered healthy increases in ...

  • Full Obituary for Sammy Jackson

      UPDATED WITH OBITUARY: Texas Racing Industry Loses Champion, Friend Sammy Jackson (Austin, Texas - Saturday, November 29, 2014) - On Monday evening, November 17, ...

  • TTA Thanksgiving Holiday Office Closure

    The TTA office will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday beginning at 5pm today (Tuesday, November 25) through the rest of this week.  Staff will ...

  • News and Notes for November 21, 2014

    NEWS AND NOTES FOR NOVEMBER 21, 2014 PROMISE ME SILVER, W V JETSETTER WIN TEXAS STALLION STAKES AT RETAMA Last Saturday was a big night ...

  • Industry Loses a Friend – Sammy Jackson Passes Away

    All of us in the Texas racing industry lost a dear friend and valued coworker Monday evening with the passing of Samuel “Sammy” Jackson. With ...

  • News and Notes for November 14, 2014

    NEWS AND NOTES FOR NOVEMBER 14, 2014 TTA NIGHT AT THE RACES FEATURES TEXAS STALLION STAKES On Saturday, Retama Park will host the double feature ...

  • News and Notes for November 7, 2014

    NEWS AND NOTES FOR NOVEMBER 7, 2014 RETAMA PARK TO HONOR MILITARY Tonight, Retama Park will honor veterans and active duty military personnel by offering ...

  • TTA NIGHT AT THE RACES

    Sponsored by the TTA & Retama Park All TTA members are invited to join us at Retama Park on Saturday, November 15th for an evening ...

  • News and Notes for October 31, 2014

      NEWS AND NOTES FOR OCTOBER 31, 2014 IT’S ALL ABOUT BREEDERS’ CUP If you have been on the internet or picked up any trade ...

  • TVMDL Drug Testing Lab Receives Certification

    via Press Release:  The Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (TVMDL) Drug Testing Laboratory in College Station recently earned ISO 17025 accreditation from the American ...

  • NEWS AND NOTES FOR OCTOBER 24, 2014

      NEWS AND NOTES FOR OCTOBER 24, 2014  EXPECT ROYALTY, MAGNA BREEZE WIN TEXAS-BRED STAKES AT RETAMA PARK Last Saturday, Retama Park presented a pair ...

  • Mr. Besilu to Stand at Eureka Thoroughbred Farm

    A.P. INDY STALLION MR. BESILU RETIRED TO EUREKA THOROUGHBRED FARM IN TEXAS Mr. Besilu, the son of A.P. Indy who sold for $4.2 million as ...

  • Texas Stallion Scrimshaw Relocated to Keen Farms

    Graded stakes winner and graded stakes sire Scrimshaw has been relocated to Dallas and Donna Keen’s Keen Farms in Burleson, Texas, for the 2015 breeding ...

  • News and Notes for October 17, 2014

    THIS WEEKEND AT RETAMA PARK The 2014 Texas Horse Racing Hall of Fame Gala will be held Saturday in the Showplace Pavilion at Retama Park.  ...