• 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • Sponsorship Opportunities Available for TTA Annual Meeting and Awards Banquet

    The Texas Thoroughbred Association has several sponsorship opportunities available for the TTA Annual Meeting and Awards Banquet. Following is a list of available packages: TTA ...

  • TTA Congratulates the Top 50 ATB Earners for 2013

    The Texas Thoroughbred Association would like to congratulate leading Accredited Texas-Bred award recipient Clarence Scharbauer Jr. for once again topping all participants with a total ...

  • Auction Items Needed to Benefit Paddock Foundation and TTEF Scholarships

    Dear TTA Members, Since 2005, the Texas Thoroughbred Educational Fund has awarded over $213,000 in scholarships to TTA members and their children to assist 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 ...

  • Texas Champion Claimer Award Voting Now Open

    Voting for the 2012 Texas Champion Claimer Award is now open through January 25 at 5 p.m. Central. Claiming horses fill the vast majority of ...

  • Retama ATB Awards Set to be Mailed

    ATB Awards for the recently concluded Thoroughbred meet at Retama Park have been calculated and checks will be in the mail later this week. The ...

  • Board Run-Off Ballots, Awards Banquet Invitations Mailed to TTA Members

    Ballots for the run-off election to fill the final at-large position on the TTA Board of Directors have been mailed.  TTA members may vote for ...

  • 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 ...

  • Former TTA Board Member Robert Gentry Dies

    Robert Gentry Robert Allen Gentry, 81, passed away Monday, January 7, 2013 in Lubbock, Texas.  He was born July 2, 1931 in Sinton, ...

  • 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 ...

  • Dan Fick Named Executive Director of Texas HORSE

    The Board of Directors of Texas H.O.R.S.E has hired horse racing industry executive Dan Fick of Granbury, Texas to the position of executive director effective ...

  • Southern Racehorse Stallion Register Now Online

    The first edition of the Southern Racehorse Stallion Register is now online with more than 60 featured stallions in Texas, Oklahoma and the surrounding region. ...