• IMPORTANT: NOTICE OF ERROR ON FORM 1099 FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2013 ATB AWARD RECIPIENTS

    IMPORTANT:  NOTICE OF ERROR ON FORM 1099 FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2013 ATB AWARD RECIPIENTS Dear ATB Award Recipients, For those of you who received ATB ...

  • WAMPAS KITTY TAKES TOMBALL STAKES

    WAMPAS KITTY WINS TOMBALL STAKES TO NOTCH FIRST STAKES WIN FOR JOCKEY AND TRAINER Wampas Kitty became a stakes winner for the first time in ...

  • NEWS AND NOTES FOR JANUARY 31, 2014

    NEWS AND NOTES FOR JANUARY 31, 2014 SHRP  WEEKEND RECAP More than 8,461 people turned out for the race card featuring the second running of ...

  • 2014 LSP Stakes Schedule

    LONE STAR PARK ANNOUNCES 2014 STAKES SCHEDULE Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie announced the track’s 2014 Spring Thoroughbred Season stakes schedule featuring 11 stakes, ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • Upcoming Stakes at SHRP

    GRADE 1 WINNER ADMIRAL KITTEN HEADLINES $200K CONNALLY AT SAM HOUSTON Admiral Kitten * Photo by Coady Photography A top quality group of turf specialists ...

  • Texas Owner and Trainer Dr. Kamal Sheena Passes Away

    Texas Thoroughbred Association member Dr. Kamal Sheena passed away peacefully on January 10 surrounded by his family. Kamal was born in Baghdad, Iraq, on May ...

  • Stakes Results for Saturday at SHRP

    TEXAS CHAMPIONS WEEKEND CONCLUDES WITH FOUR STAKES Texas Champions Weekend concluded on Saturday at Sam Houston Race Park with four $50,000 stakes for Texas-breds after a trio of stakes ...

  • Friday Stakes Results at SHRP

    LASTING BUBBLES, SCOOTER’S CHOICE, SMILES GOLDEN SONG WIN ON TEXAS CHAMPIONS WEEKEND Live racing returned to Sam Houston Race Park on Friday night and three ...

  • SHRP RELEASES MOBILE APP

    SAM HOUSTON RELEASES NEW MOBILE APP Sam Houston Race Park (SHRP) is excited to announce the launch of the new SHRP MobileApp. Sam Houston Race Park ...

  • NEWS AND NOTES FOR JANUARY 17, 2014

    NEWS AND NOTES FOR JANUARY 17, 2014 ATB AWARDS CHECKS ATB awards checks for the recently concluded Retama Park Thoroughbred meet should be in the ...

  • A Look Back at Past TX Champions Races

    A LOOK BACK AT THE FOND MEMORIES OF PAST TEXAS CHAMPIONS RACES By Martha Claussen Texas Champions Weekend will take place on Friday and Saturday, ...

  • Four Stakes at SHRP for Saturday on Champions Weekend

    TEXAS CHAMPIONS WEEKEND CONTINUES SATURDAY AT SAM HOUSTON WITH FOUR STAKES The fields are set for Texas Champions Weekend on Saturday, January 18, the second stakes-filled evening set ...

  • SAM HOUSTON OPENS WITH THREE TEXAS-BRED STAKES

    SAM HOUSTON OPENS WITH THREE TEXAS-BRED STAKES Cowgirl N Up * Photo by Coady Photography Two defending champions will be in action at Sam Houston ...

  • ATB Awards Checks Mailing Soon

    ATB awards checks for the recently concluded Retama Park Thoroughbred meet should be in the mail by Monday, January 20th. The awards percentages are as ...

  • RECORD NUMBER OF NOMINATIONS FOR HOUSTON LADIES CLASSIC

    RECORD NUMBER OF NOMINATIONS FOR HOUSTON LADIES CLASSIC Nominations have closed for the $400,000 Houston Ladies Classic, which will be contested on Saturday, January 25. ...

  • NEWS AND NOTES FOR JANUARY 10 2014

    NEWS AND NOTES FOR JANUARY 10, 2014 MATTHEWSBURG TO STAND AT SWIFTRUN THOROUGHBREDS Matthewsburg, a Grade 3-winning son of 2004 Horse of the Year Ghostzapper, ...

  • SAM HOUSTON MEET SET TO OPEN JANUARY 17

    SAM HOUSTON MEET SET TO OPEN JANUARY 17 The 2014 Thoroughbred racing season at Sam Houston Race Park gets underway on Friday, January 17. Post times are ...

  • GHOSTZAPPER SON MATTHEWSBURG TO STAND IN TEXAS

    GHOSTZAPPER SON MATTHEWSBURG TO STAND IN TEXAS Matthewsburg Matthewsburg, a Grade 3-winning son of 2004 Horse of the Year Ghostzapper, will stand his first season ...