Sam Houston Race Park kicked off its 2015 Thoroughbred racing season on Friday, January 16, with the spotlight on accredited Texas-bred fillies and mares. The Saturday Texas Champions Weekend stakes….
Thegirlinthatsong, a Texas-bred daughter of Texas stallion My Golden Song, scored an impressive victory on Saturday as she defeated millionaire Lexie Lou in the Grade 2, $200,500 La Canada Stakes….
Live racing returned to Sam Houston Race Park on Friday and three Texas Champions stakes highlighted the ten-race card. Texas-bred fillies and mares took center stage in the $50,000 Bara….
It may not have been the trip they had been hoping for, but trainer Bret Calhoun and jockey Cliff Berry got the result they wanted when Texas-bred Promise Me Silver….
The fields are set for Texas Champions Weekend on Saturday, January 17, the second stakes-filled evening of the 2015 Sam Houston Race Park Thoroughbred opening weekend. Saturday’s action features accredited….
Sam Houston Race Park will kick off its 22nd racing season on Friday, January 16. Opening night will honor the men and women who serve our country with Free Admission….
Immaculate, a son of leading stallion Distorted Humor out of Eclipse Award winner Folklore, will stand the 2015 breeding season at Don and Leah Ford’s Seguin Horse Center in Texas…..
Some of the industry’s top trainers will ship horses to Sam Houston Race Park for its 2015 live Thoroughbred meet, which gets underway on Friday, January 16. The impressive roster….
The November/December issue of American Racehorse (formerly Southern Racehorse) magazine is now available online by clicking here. The printed magazine is being mailed to all members of the Texas Thoroughbred….
Saturday was a big night for progeny of the stallions at Valor Farm, as three different sires standing at the facility near Pilot Point, Texas, combined to take five of….
Mr. Besilu, the son of A.P. Indy who sold for $4.2 million as a Keeneland yearling, has been retired from racing and will stand the 2015 breeding season at Mike….
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 season. He will stand for….
Retama Park on Saturday night presented a pair of Texas-bred turf stakes with the $50,000 Fiesta Mile and $50,000 Texas Horse Racing Hall of Fame Stakes. In the Fiesta Mile,….
Leading Texas stallion Wimbledon has been sold to Texan Jack Cook and will stand the 2015 breeding season at Joe Kerby’s Key Ranch near Salado, just north of Austin. Formerly….
By Tom Harris, Retama Park An evening at Retama Park brings out all the atmosphere of the sport of horse racing with teams of horses and jockeys, trainers with their….
Although all-time leading Texas sire Valid Expectations has been retired from stud duty, the stallion is still having an impact on the breed and over the weekend was the broodmare….
A coalition of Texas horse owners, breeders and trainers has retained the services of Austin attorney Robert Hargrove to represent horsemen in legal matters pertaining to historical racing machines in….
Sam Houston Race Park will kick off its 22nd live racing season Friday, January 16. The 2015 schedule has been approved by the Texas Racing Commission and begins with the….
Fiftyshadesofgold, last year’s Texas Champion 2-Year-Old Filly and one of the nation’s top 3-year-old fillies this year, has been retired from racing. The Texas-bred ran in the Grade 3 Dogwood….
A new face will be part of the Sam Houston Race Park team as the Houston track prepares for its 21st season of Thoroughbred racing on January 16th. Fred Hutton,….
