November 2024
  • Sam Houston Race Park Announces 2025 Thoroughbred Stakes Schedule

  • Several Records During 2024 Fall Meeting of Champions at Lone Star Park

    • October 2024

  • Texas Racing Commission directs safety protocols to address Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA) concerns at Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie

    • July 2024

  • Texas Racing Commission Issues Letter Regarding Safety Practices

    • April 2024

  • Share Your Thoughts with the Texas Racing Commission

  • Steve Asmussen, Stewart Elliott and L and G Racing Sables Clinch Titles in the 2024 Sam Houston Race Park Thoroughbred Live Racing Season

  • Sam Houston Race Park 2024 Quarter Horse Live Racing Season to Feature 16 Stakes

    • March 2024

  • Consignments for the 2024 TQHA Yearling Sale Due May 1st

  • Texas Horse Racing Hall of Fame Honors 2024 Inductees at Sam Houston Race Park Event

    • February 2024

  • Catalogue Released for the 2024 Texas Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale

  • Lone Star Park Announces 2024 Thoroughbred Meet Stakes Schedule

    • November 2023

  • Important Public Service Announcement Regarding Texas Racing Commission License Processing Times for Sam Houston Meet

    • October 2023

  • Texas Racing Commission Grants 2024 Race Dates

    • September 2023

  • THP News: Texas Can't Endorse or Be Part of the News Racing Health and Safety Act

    • August 2023

  • THP Update: Texas Racing Is Holding Steady

    • April 2023

  • Statement on EHV-1 Outbreak in Grayson County: Texas Racing Commission Takes Steps to Address EVH-1 Outbreak

  • Steve Sexton Mile Headlines 2023 Thoroughbred Stakes Schedule At Lone Star Park

  • When Ernesto Valdez-Jiminez Came from Mexico to the U.S., His Riding Potential Surpassed his English Skills

    • March 2023

  • Jockey Stewart Elliott Wins His 5,000th Career Race Aboard Meant For Me at Sam Houston Race Park

    • May 2022

  • Alert: All Racing Participants Must Register with HISA By July 1st

    • January 2022

  • Stall Applications for Lone Star Park's 2022 Thoroughbred Racing Season Due by March 1st

    • December 2021

  • Lone Star Park Announces 2022 Thoroughbred Racing Season

    • October 2021

  • The October Issue of The Texas Horsemen's News is Out

    • August 2021

  • Texas Racing Commission Releases Updates to Medication Guidelines

    • July 2021

  • Texas Racing Commission Grants 2022 Race Dates for Texas Racetracks

    • May 2021

  • Retama Park 2021 Quarter Horse Dates Transferred to Sam Houston Race Park

    • April 2021

  • THP News Alert: An Update on the Horse Industry Escrow Account

  • The April Issue of The Texas Horsemen's News is Out

    • March 2021

  • Lone Star Park 2021 Thoroughbred Racing Season's Promotional Schedule Finalized

    • January 2021

  • Lone Star Park Thoroughbred Meet Stall Applications Available, Due by March 8

    • December 2020

  • Lone Star Park Announces 2021 Thoroughbred Racing Season

    • November 2020

  • Lone Star Park Smashes All-Time Record for Average Daily Export Handle

    • September 2020

  • Texas Horsemen's Partnership Statement to Members Regarding the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act of 2020

  • Lone Star Park's Lucrative Quarter Horse Season Stakes Schedule Features 23 Stakes Worth an Estimated $3,000,000

    • August 2020

  • Lone Star Park Wraps Up Thoroughbred Meet with Record-Setting Handle

    • July 2020

  • Lone Star Park Hires Patterson as Racing Secretary

    • June 2020

  • Gillespie County Fair's Annual Mixed Meet Opens July 4, Condition Book and Stakes Schedule Released

  • Lone Star Park Opens for Spectators Sunday - Just in Time for Texas Champions Day Card

  • Lone Star Park Finalizes a Revised Stakes Schedule for 2020 Thoroughbred Meet

    • April 2020

  • Lone Star Park Stable Area to Start Accepting Horses on Monday, May 4; Racing Office Opens Friday, May 1

    • February 2020

  • Reserved Seats for Lone Star Park's 2020 Thoroughbred Racing Season Go on Sale Tuesday, February 18

  • Purse Increase Announced at Lone Star Park, Richest Purses in a Decade

  • Lone Star Park to Race 70 Days in 2020

    • January 2020

  • Lone Star Park Unveils Richest Stakes Schedule in a Decade

    • December 2019

  • The December Issue of The Texas Horsemen's News is Out

    • August 2019

  • 17 Stakes Worth a Combined $2.4 Million Highlight Lone Star Park's 2019 Quarter Horse Racing Season

    • July 2019

  • THP Action Alert: Please Write to Thank Your Texas Legislators Who Voted for HB2463

  • THP Partner Organizations, TTA and TQHA Reach Agreement on Split of Anticipated Revenue Resulting from Passage of House Bill 2463

    • June 2019

  • Governor Abbott Signs Two Bills That Benefit the Texas Horse Racing Industry

    • April 2019

  • The April Issue of The Texas Horsemen's News is Out

  • Urgent Action Alert: Horsemen Contact Your State Representatives Urging Them to Support HB2463, HB1995, and HB3366

  • Governor Abbott Appoints Three To Texas Racing Commission

    • March 2019

  • Registration Now Open for 2019 Lone Star Park Handicapping Championship Series: Steve Sexton Mile Day Challenge on April 28

  • Three Racing-Related Bills To Be Heard by House Licensing and Administrative Procedures Committee on Tuesday, March 26

  • Reserved Seats for Lone Star Park's 2019 Thoroughbred Season Go on Sale Monday, March 18

    • February 2019

  • Lone Star Park Announces 2019 Thoroughbred Stakes Schedule

    • January 2019

  • Groom Elite Trainer's Prep Classes Set for February 23-26 at Sam Houston Race Park

  • Lone Star Park Increases Purse for Steve Sexton Mile to $300,000

  • Live Thoroughbred Racing Returns to Sam Houston Race Park on Friday, January 25

    • November 2018

  • Lone Star Park Wraps 2018 Quarter Horse Season with Remarkable Increase to Live Wagering Handle

    • October 2018

  • The November Issue of The Texas Horsemen's News is Out

    • September 2018

  • Lone Star Park 2018 Quarter Horse Season Gets Underway

    • August 2018

  • Lone Star Park Releases 2018 Quarter Horse Season Stakes Schedule

    • July 2018

  • Lone Star Park Season Ends with Record-Setting Gains in Average Daily Handle for Second Consecutive Year

    • April 2018

  • The April/May Issue of The Texas Horsemen's News is Out

    • March 2018

  • The Texas Horsemen's Partnership Main Office Has Moved

  • Texas Quarter Horse, Paint & Appaloosa Horsemen's Organization 2018 Board of Directors Election Results

    • February 2018

  • Groom Elite Announces Trainers' Exam Classes at Lone Star Park on April 11-13

  • Lone Star Park Announces 2018 Thoroughbred Season Stakes Schedule

    • December 2017

  • The December Issue of The Texas Horsemen's News is Out

    • November 2017

  • Lone Star Park See Positive Gains in Attendance and On-Track Live Handle Figures from Recently Concluded Fall Season

    • October 2017

  • Urgent Action Alert: Horsemen Please Write Texas Racing Commission in Opposition to New Racetrack License Fee Schedule

  • Texas Racing Commission Changes Penalty Guidelines for Clenbuterol Effective October 25, 2017

    • September 2017

  • The October Issue of The Texas Horsemen's News is Out

  • Urgent Action Request: Horsemen Please Write Texas Racing Commission in Opposition to New Racetrack License Fee Schedule

  • Texas Racing Commission Approves Unfavorable New Funding Proposal, To Be Published in Texas Register for 30 Days for Public Comment

  • Texas Horse Owners Encouraged to Vaccinated Against Mosquito-Borne Illnesses

    • August 2017

  • Lone Star Park's $2,460,000 Quarter Horse Season Stakes Schedule Topped by $1 Million Texas Classic Futurity

  • Highly Successful 20th Anniversary Thoroughbred Season Concludes with Highest Year-Over-Year Increase in Live Handle in Track's History

    • July 2017

  • Race in Honor of Former TTHBPA Director of Racing Terry Blanton to Be Run Sunday at Lone Star Park

    • June 2017

  • The June Issue of The Texas Horsemen's News is Out

    • May 2017

  • Attention Horsemen: Texas Racing Commission Issues Changes to Therapeutics List, Penalty Guidelines, and Classification Schedule Effective Friday, May 12, 2017

  • Urgent Action Alert: Please Write Your Senator and the Lt. Governor Asking for SB 1971 to Be Brought to the Senate Floor for a Vote

  • Urgent Action Alert: Please Write Your Senator and the Lt. Governor Asking for SB 1972 to Be Brought to the Senate Floor for a Vote

    • April 2017

  • Lone Star Park's Grade 3 Texas Mile Renamed for Steve Sexton

  • Action Alert: Please Write Members of the Senate Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs Committee Asking Them to Support Senate Bills 1971, 1972, & 1973!

    • March 2017

  • The March/April Issue of The Texas Horsemen's News is Out

  • Action Alert: Please Write These Legislators in Support of Bills Beneficial to the Texas Racing Industry!

  • TTHBPA 2017 Board of Directors Election Results

  • Reserved Seats on Sale Now for Lone Star Park's 2017 Thoroughbred Season

  • Groom Elite to Hold Trainers' Exam Prep Class at Lone Star Park on April 5-7

  • Call to Action: Five Bills to Benefit Texas Racing Industry Filed This Week with Texas Legislature - We Need Your Help!

    • February 2017

  • Grand Prairie Resident Finishes in Top 10, Earns $52,000 at 18th National Handicapping Championship in Las Vegas Saturday

    • January 2017

  • THBPA 2017 Board of Directors Election Results

  • Sam Houston Race Park Thoroughbred Revises Entry Policy Effective Monday, January 23rd

  • 2017 Sam Houston Race Park Thoroughbred Meet Kicks Off Friday, January 20th

  • Sam Houston Race Park Postpones Seven Texas Champions Weekend Stakes

  • Attention Horsemen: NTRA Establishes Process For Individuals to Urge Treasury to Enact Proposed Pari-Mutuel Regs; Submits Response On Behalf of Industry

  • Lone Star Park Sets Stakes Schedule for 2017 Thoroughbred Meet

  • Sam Houston Race Park Implements New Entry Policy Due to EHV-1 Outbreak at Fair Grounds

    • December 2016

  • The December Issue of The Texas Horsemen's News is Out

  • Nominating Period for TTHBPA 2017 Board of Directors Election Underway

  • Attention Horsemen: Urgent Efforts Continue To Reinstate H-2B VISA Returning Worker Exemption - Your Help Needed!

  • Gov. Abbott Appoints Texas Racing Commission Chair Pablos as Texas Secretary of State

    • November 2016

  • Dale Coleman Passes Away

    • November 2016

  • Dale Coleman Passes Away

    • October 2016

  • Nominating Period for THBPA 2017 Board of Directors Election Underway

  • Memorial Service for Trainer and Jockey Clifton De Tiege Scheduled for October 12 at Retama Park Chapel

    • September 2016

  • Nevill Document Solutions Stakes Highlights Opening Night of Lone Star Park's Fall Meeting of Champions Friday

  • Sam Houston Race Park Announces 2017 Thoroughbred Stakes Schedule

  • American Horse Council Action Alert: Take Action to Support H-2B Program Now

    • August 2016

  • $1 Million Texas Classic Futurity Tops $2.49 Million Fall Meeting of Champions Stakes Schedule

  • The August Issue of The Texas Horsemen's News is Out

  • Texas Racing Commission Grants 2017/2018 Race Dates for Texas Tracks

  • Dr. Susan Rollo Selected as State Epidemiologist

  • Updated EHV-1 Policy in Effect at Lone Star Park, Ban Eliminated on Horses Shipping from Ruidoso Downs

    • July 2016

  • Lone Star Park's 20th Spring Thoroughbred Season Concludes with Positive Gain from Live Handle

    • June 2016

  • Lone Star Park Updates Equine Herpesvirus (EVH-1) Policy Due to Recent Positive at Ruidoso Downs

  • TAHC Releases Equine Herpes Virus (EHV-1) Quarantine

    • May 2016

  • Dr. Andy Schwartz Steps up as Texas State Veterinarian

  • Texas-Bred Hez Primed an Ready Honored as 2016 Horse of the Meet at Sam Houston Race Park American Quarter Horse Meet

  • Attention Horsemen: New TRC Policy Regarding Equine Health Inspection Requirements Goes Into Effect Tuesday, May 3, 2016

    • April 2016

  • The April Issue of The Texas Horsemen's News is Out

  • Lone Star Park Hires Jim Byers as Track Announcer

    • March 2016

  • Attention Horsemen: Please Participate in the Texas Horse Racing Industry Economic Impact Study

  • Attention Horsemen: Horsemen's Accounts Moving to "Positive Pay"

  • Trials for the Bank of America Challenge Championship Kick Off the 2016 Quarter Horse Meet at Sam Houston Race Park

  • Lone Star Park Updates Policy Regarding (EHV-1) Equine Herpesvirus

  • Bravura Named 2016 Horse of the Meet at Sam Houston Race Park

  • Lone Star Park Adopts New Claiming Policy for Texas-Breds

    • February 2016

  • Sam Houston Race Park Implements Entry Policy Regarding EHV-1

  • Texas Racing Commission Funding Restored Through August 31, 2017

  • Lone Star Park Adopts Policy Regarding Equine Herpesvirus

  • The February Issue of The Texas Horsemen's News is Out

  • Temporary Restraining Order Halts Any Action Today by Texas Racing Commission on Rules Regarding Historical Racing

  • Retama Park Issues EHV-1 Equine Herpesvirus Policy Effective February 1

    • January 2016

  • Texas Racing Loses Former THP Chairman and National HBPA President John O. Roark

  • Texas Horsemen's Partnership Comments Regarding Texas Racing Commission Executive Director Chuck Trout's Letter Regarding Plan to Shut Down the Agency

  • Sam Houston Race Park Thoroughbred Meet Gets Underway This Friday

  • Press Release: Texas Horsemen’s Partnership Files Legal Action Against Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Regarding Texas Racing Commission Funding

    • December 2015

  • Call to Action: Make a Donation Today to Support the Texas Horsemen's Partnership's Legal Action to Protect the Texas Racing Industry

    • November 2015

  • Texas Racing Commission Issues New Identification Requirements for All Persons Applying for a License Which Requires Fingerprints

  • The November/December Issue of The Texas Horsemen's News is Out

  • Live Thoroughbred Racing Returns to Sam Houston Race Park January 15th

    • October 2015

  • The October/November Issue of The Texas Horsemen's News is Out

  • Texas Racing Commission Approves 2016 Race Dates for Texas Racetracks

  • Live Racing Returns to Thursday Nights at Lone Star Park

    • September 2015

  • Longtime Trainer P. J. Oliver Passes Away, Funeral Scheduled for September 26 in San Antonio

  • Texas Horsemen's Partnership Launches FundMe Online Fundraising Initiative to Fund Fight to Save Texas Horse Racing

  • The August/September Issue of The Texas Horsemen's News is Out

  • Press Release: Texas Horsemen's Partnership Statement Regarding Deal Reached to Fund Texas Racing Commission for Three Months

    • August 2015

  • Attention Horsemen: Your Presence is Needed at the Texas Racing Commission Meeting in Austin on August 25th

  • Register Now for the Trainers' Exam Prep Classes Scheduled for August 14-16 at Retama Park

    • July 2015

  • Positive Gains in Attendance and Simulcast Handle at Lone Star Park Thoroughbred Meet Despite Record Rainfall and Cancelled Races

  • Attention Horsemen: You Must Have Original Coggins Test Results with Every Horse You Transport

  • The Paddock Foundation to Host Roses to Ribbons Horse Fair Supporting Thoroughbred Aftercare Saturday, July 11 at Lone Star Park

    • June 2015

  • The June Issue of The Texas Horsemen's News is Out

  • Lone Star Park Summer and Fall Training Center Information

    • May 2015

  • Sam Houston Futurity Champion Ivan James Honored as 2015 Horse of the Meet at Sam Houston Race Park American Quarter Horse Meet

    • April 2015

  • The April Issue of The Texas Horsemen's News is Out

  • TTHBPA 2015 Board of Directors Election Result

  • Gates Open on Lone Star Park's 19th Spring Thoroughbred Season Thursday, April 9

    • March 2015

  • Sam Houston Race Park Quarter Horse Meet Kicks Off March 27th

  • Register Now for April 1-3 Trainers' Exam Prep Class at Lone Star Park

  • Handle and Attendance Gains Highlight 2015 Sam Houston Race Park Thoroughbred Meet

  • 2015 Lone Star Park Music Series to Feature Eight Concerts During the Spring Thoroughbred Season

  • Lone Star Park 2015 Spring Thoroughbred Season Reserved Seats on Sale Monday, March 9

    • February 2015

  • THP Urgent Action Alert: Please Contact Your State Senator and Representative Expressing Your Support for the Texas Racing Commission

  • THBPA 2015 Board of Directors Election Results

  • Lone Star Park Releases Spring Thoroughbred Season Stakes Schedule

    • January 2015

  • Full Fields Set for Opening Night of the Sam Houston Race Park Thoroughbred Meet

    • December 2014

  • The December Issue of The Texas Horsemen's News is Out

    • November 2014

  • UPDATED WITH OBITUARY: Texas Racing Industry Loses Champion, Friend Sammy Jackson

  • Lone Star Park Concludes 17th Fall Meeting of Champions Season with Positives

  • Nominating Period for TTHBPA 2015 Board of Directors Election Underway

  • Judge Rules Texas Racing Commission Exceeded Its Authority Allowing Historical Racing Machines in Texas

  • Nominating Period for THBPA 2015 Board of Directors Election Kicks Off at Nominating Meeting at Lone Star Park on November 15

  • Sam Houston Race Park Live Thoroughbred Racing Kicks Off January 16th with Updated Promotion Schedule

    • October 2014

  • Lone Star Park Selected to Host 2015 AQHA Bank of America Challenge Championships

  • Lone Star Park Announces Purse Increase for Second Straight Fall Meeting of Champions Season for American Quarter Horses

  • Texas Horsemen Retain Attorney in Matters Related to Historical Racing

  • Sam Houston Race Park Announces 2015 Thoroughbred Meet Stakes Schedule

    • September 2014

  • Sam Houston Race Park Names Fred Hutton as New Racing Secretary

  • 15 Stakes Races Worth Over $2.4 Million Highlight Lone Star Park's 2014 Fall Meeting of Champions for American Quarter Horses

  • The September Issue of The Texas Horsemen's News is Out

    • August 2014

  • Texas Racing Commission Adopts Rules for Historical Racing in Texas

  • Historical Racing Rules, Future Race Dates on Texas Racing Commission Meeting Agenda for Friday, August 29

  • Texas Racing Commission Delays Action on Historical Racing Rules; Not Part of August Meeting Agenda as Further Study Continues

  • TAHC Update: Six New Cases of Vesicular Stomatitis Confirmed in Central Texas

    • July 2014

  • The July/August Issue of The Texas Horsemen's News is Out

  • TAHC Update: Eight New cases of Vesicular Stomatitis Found in Bastrop and Travis Counties

  • TAHC Update: Two New cases of Vesicular Stomatitis Found in Bastrop and Travis Counties

  • Call to Action: Write a Letter and/or Sign This Petition Urging the Texas Racing Commission to Approve Rules for Historical Racing

  • TAHC Update: Second Case of Vesicular Stomatitis Found in Texas

  • July 4 Opening for Gillespie County Fair’s Annual Mixed Meet

    • June 2014

  • Texas Racing Commission Votes to Publish Rules for Pari-Mutuel Wagering on Historical Horse Races to Texas Register

  • Lone Star Park Summer and Fall Training Center Information

    • May 2014

  • The May/June Issue of The Texas Horsemen's News is Out

  • Texas Horse Racing Hall of Fame Horseman Tommy Oliphant Passes Away

  • Trainer Danny Pish Scores 500th Lone Star Park Win

  • Sam Houston Futurity Champion Kiss My Hocks Honored as Horse of the Meet at Sam Houston Race Park

    • April 2014

  • Opening Weekend of Lone Star Park's Spring Thoroughbred Racing Season Begins Thursday, April 10

  • Kentucky Derby Winner Mine That Bird to Make Public Appearance Saturday at Lone Star Park to Promote "50 to 1" The Movie

    • March 2014

  • The March/April Issue of The Texas Horsemen's News is Out

  • Trials for the Sam Houston Maiden Classic Kick Off the 2014 American Quarter Horse Meet at Sam Houston Race Park

  • Triumph And Song Named 2014 Horse of the Meet at Sam Houston Race Park Thoroughbred Meet

  • Register Now for April 2-4 Trainers' Exam Prep Class at Lone Star Park

  • Saturday Night Racing & Improvements Await 18th Spring Thoroughbred Racing Season

    • February 2014

  • Attention Horsemen: Lone Star Park Issues Policies and Procedures Alert

  • Reserved Seats on Sale Monday, February 17 for Lone Star Park's 2014 Spring Thoroughbred Season

  • Race For Education Accepting College Scholarship Applications Through March 28

  • Texas Horsemen's Partnership 2014 Board of Directors Election Results

  • Lone Star Park to Hold National Anthem Auditions Tuesday, February 18 From 11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.

    • January 2014

  • 11 Stakes Worth $1 Million Highlight Lone Star Park's 2014 Spring Thoroughbred Meet

  • Sam Houston Race Park Releases the New SHRP Mobile App

  • Thoroughbreds Return to Sam Houston Race Park on Friday, January 17th

    • December 2013

  • Kent Slabotsky Named Vice President at Lone Star Park

  • HRTV And Fox Sports Southwest to Broadcast the 2nd Annual $400,000 Houston Ladies Classic at Sam Houston Race Park on January 25th

    • November 2013

  • Calling for Nominees for the TTHBPA Board of Directors Election

  • The November/December Issue of The Texas Horsemen's News is Out

  • Lone Star Park Concludes 2013 Fall Meeting of Champions with Positive Gains Across the Board

  • Free Flu Shots for Currently Licensed Horsemen and Their Families on Wednesday, November 13 at Retama Park

  • Sam Houston Race Park's 2014 Live Thoroughbred Racing Season Kicks Off January 17

    • September 2013

  • Free Flu Shots for Currently Licensed Horsemen and Their Families on Friday, September 27 at Lone Star Park

  • $1 Million Texas Classic Futurity on Saturday, November 9 Tops Lone Star Park's $2.4 Million Est. Fall Meeting of Champions Stakes Schedule

  • Sam Houston Race Park Announces 2014 Race Dates and Thoroughbred Stakes Schedule

  • The September Issue of The Texas Horsemen's News is Out

  • Update on the Retama Park Turf Course

    • August 2013

  • Texas Racing Commission Sets 2014 Race Dates for Texas Racetracks

    • July 2013

  • The July/August Issue of The Texas Horsemen's News is Out

  • Average Daily Attendance Up Two Percent as Lone Star Park's Spring Thoroughbred Season Concludes

    • June 2013

  • The June Issue of The Texas Horsemen's News is Out

    • May 2013

  • Bret Calhoun Reaches 600th All-Time Lone Star Park Win

  • Jockeys & Java Returns to Lone Star Park May 25

  • THP News Alert: Contact House Licensing and Administrative Procedures Committee Members Now!

    • April 2013

  • Turf Racing at Lone Star Park Suspended Until at Least May 4

  • Lone Star Park's 2013 Live Racing Season Kicks Off Thursday Night with the 17th Running of the Premiere Stakes

    • March 2013

  • THP News Alert: Legislative Call to Action for All Texas Horsemen - March 26, 2013

  • Joyful Victory Named 2013 Horse of the Meet at Sam Houston Race Park

  • Stakes Program, Attendance and Handle Gains Highlight Recently Concluded 2013 Sam Houston Race Park Thoroughbred Meet

  • THBPA and TTHBPA Board Elections Concluded

  • THP News Alert: Legislative Call to Action for All Texas Horsemen - March 18, 2013

  • Big Changes and a Brand New Look for Lone Star Park's 17th Spring Thoroughbred Racing Season

  • Attention Horsemen: Don't Forget - Clenbuterol Withdrawal Time Changes from 96 Hours to 14 Days on March 28th

  • The March Issue of The Texas Horsemen's News is Out

    • February 2013

  • Texas Racing Commission Releases a List of Additional Changes to Permissible Medication Levels in Texas

  • Lone Star Park "Track Talk" Newsletter for February Released

  • Attention Horsemen: Clenbuterol Withdrawal Time Changes to 14 Days on March 28th

  • Memorial Service for Jerry Todd Set for Saturday, February 16

  • THBPA Election Results

  • Horsemen Discussion Drug Violation Penalty Enforcement with Texas Racing Commission

    • January 2013

  • New Post Times for Saturdays at Sam Houston Race Park

  • Success Noted on All Levels for the Inaugural Houston Ladies Classic at Sam Houston Race Park

  • Sam Houston Race Park Makes $10,335 Donation to Susan G. Komen for the Cure®

  • New Main Track Renovation & Grandstand Improvements Highlight 2013 Spring Thoroughbred Season at Lone Star Park

  • Clenbuterol Withdrawal Time Remains 96 Hours in Texas

  • IMPORTANT REMINDER: Texas Racing Commission Releases a List of Changes to Permissible Medication Levels in Texas

  • Live Racing Returns to Sam Houston Race Park Next Weekend with the Richest Race in SHRP History on January 26th

  • Lone Star Park Undergoing Racetrack Surface Renovation

  • Trainer Ralph "Bubba" Arnold Passes Away, Funeral Saturday, January 5

    • December 2012

  • The December Issue of The Texas Horsemen's News is Out

  • Sam Houston Race Park Set to Offer On-Track Mobile Wagering

  • Calling for Nominees for the TTHBPA Board of Directors Election

    • November 2012

  • Texas Racing Commission Releases a List of Changes to Permissible Medication Levels in Texas

    • October 2012

  • Longtime jockey Raul Ramirez Sr. Passed Away on October 21

  • Sam Houston Race Park Announces the $400,000 Houston Ladies Classic, the Richest Thoroughbred Stakes Race in the State of Texas

  • Free Flu Shots for Currently Licensed Horsemen and Their Families on Wednesday, October 17 at Retama Park

  • Nominating Period Underway for THBPA Board of Directors Election, Nominating Meeting at Lone Star Park on October 20

    • September 2012

  • Free Flu Shots for Currently Licensed Horsemen on Friday, September 28 at Lone Star Park

  • Lone Star Park's Fall Meeting of Champions for American Quarter Horses Set to Kick Off This Friday, September 14

  • The September Issue of The Texas Horsemen's News is Out

    • August 2012

  • Important Information for Texas Horsemen Regarding Depositing Checks into Your Horsemen's Bookkeeper Account

    • July 2012

  • The July/August Issue of The Texas Horsemen's News is Out

  • Challenging Lone Star Park Season Concludes

    • June 2012

  • Successful Quarter Horse Breeder Allen Moehrig Passes, Funeral on June 27

  • TAHC Update: New Mexico Reports More Cases of Vesicular Stomatitis

  • Q & A with Lone Star Park Track Maintenance Director George McDermott

    • May 2012

  • Charmin Chief Corona Named Horse of the Meet for Sam Houston Race Park American Quarter Horse Meet

  • Preakness Stakes Day Attendance of 12,715 Highest in Eight Years at Lone Star Park

  • Smuggled Horses in West Texas Found to be Diseased

  • Sam Houston Race Park to Offer Free Admission Beginning May 20

  • TAHC Update: Vesicular Stomatitis Detected in Two Horses in New Mexico

    • April 2012

  • Pinnacle Entertainment Announces Agreements to Acquire Majority Interest in Retama Park Racetrack in Texas

  • Trainer Bret Calhoun Records Career Win 2,000

  • TAHC Update: "Pigeon Fever" in Horses Update

  • Asmussen First Trainer to Reach 1,000 Wins at Lone Star Park

  • Live Racing Resumes Thursday Night at Lone Star Park

    • March 2012

  • Special 2:30 p.m. Post Time at Sam Houston Race Park on Saturday, March 31

  • The March/April Issue of The Texas Horsemen's News is Out

  • Trials for the Sam Houston Maiden Classic Kick Off the 2012 American Quarter Horse Meet at Sam Houston Race Park

  • Thoroughbred Meet Closes with Big Increases at Sam Houston Race Park

  • Coyote Legend Named Horse of the Meet at Sam Houston Race Park

  • Lone Star Park 2012 Spring Thoroughbred Meeting Reserved Seats and $avings $pecials on Sale This Monday, March 12

  • Horsemen's Reminder: Lone Star Park Training Center Spring Session Opens Monday, March 12

    • February 2012

  • Sam Houston Race Park Announces Purse Increase

  • TABA 2011 Award Winners Named, TM Fred Texas Named Horse of the Year

  • Take A Minute to Complete the Texas Racing Commission's Customer Service Survey

  • Sam Houston Race Park Meet Off to Big Start with 24% Increase in Handle at Meet’s Midpoint

  • Lone Star Park Spring Training Session Begins March 12, Track Now Requires Negative Piroplasmosis Test for Entry

    • January 2012

  • Texas Horsemen’s Partnership Launches Facebook and Twitter Pages

  • The January/February Issue of The Texas Horsemen's News is Out

  • 12 Stakes Worth $1.3 Million Highlight Lone Star Park Thoroughbred Meeting

  • The Ladies Take Center Stage Friday at Texas Champions Weekend at SHRP Opens Its Thoroughbred Meet

  • Texas Comptroller Releases Bulletin Regarding Sales Tax on Use of Horses

  • VIP Preview of New Simulcast Building at Lone Star Park Celebrates American Diabetes Association

  • Global Gaming Solutions Unveils Multi-Million Dollar Investment In Simulcast Building At Lone Star Park At Grand Prairie

  • Live Racing Returns to Sam Houston Race Park with Two New Wagers and the Highest Purses in Park History

    • December 2011

  • Texas Comptroller's Office Schedules Webinars on the New Ag and Timber Exemption Requirements

    • November 2011

  • Online Bidding Open for Texas Arabian Breeders Association 2012 Stallion Breeding Auction

  • The November/December Issue of The Texas Horsemen's News is Out

  • Retama Park Posts Increases in Total Handle and Attendance, Breeders' Cup a Huge Success

  • Texas Horseman Robert "Pepper" Martin Passes Away at 89

    • October 2011

  • Nominating Period Underway for THBPA Board of Directors Election, Nominating Meeting at Lone Star Park on October 21

  • Nominating Period Underway for TTHBPA Board of Directors Election

  • Attention Horsemen: THP Offers Free Flu Shots to Horsemen and Their Families at Retama on October 19 and Lone Star on October 21

  • Governor Perry Appoints Houston CFA to TRC to Fill Pablos' Vacancy

  • El Jovan and M2 Technology Senorita Stakes to Be Run Over Retama Turf Course on October 15, Training Hours Change

  • ASPCA Provides $250,000 for Hay in Equine “Bale-Out” for Texas and Oklahoma in Wake of Devastating Shortage

    • September 2011

  • Disabled Jockey Salvador Perez to Receive Amtryke® Therapeutic Tricycle at Lone Star Park Saturday, October 1

  • The September/October Issue of The Texas Horsemen's News is Out

  • Texas Racing Commission Grants 2012 Live Race Dates for Texas Racetracks, Amends Retama’s 2011 Dates

  • Opening Night of 2011 Fall Meeting of Champions at Lone Star Park Features Classic Chevrolet Heartbeat of America Handicap

    • August 2011

  • THP Board Member Jim Helzer to receive University of Louisville’s 2011 Galbreath Award

  • UDPATED: Former THP Board Member J. Benny Pennington Passes Away, Funeral Arrangements Added

  • No Turf Racing at Retama Park This Week

  • MAGGIE MAE DESIGNS® Joins LOPE Texas for Annual Benefit Horse Show

    • July 2011

  • Retama Park Announces Increase In Purse Money, Increased Handle and Attendance Boost Horsemen’s Account

  • LOPE 2011 Benefit Horse Show Set for September 17 at Hy Court Farm in Cedar Creek

  • 17 Stakes Races Worth $2.5 Million Highlight Lone Star Park's 2011 Fall Meeting Of Champions Stakes Schedule

  • The July/August Issue of The Texas Horsemen's News is Out

  • Texas Racing Commission to Hold Horse Race Dates Committee Meeting: Committee Encourages Stakeholder and Public Participation

  • Average Daily Attendance Increases 10 Percent During Lone Star Park's 2011 Thoroughbred Meeting

  • Global Gaming Begins Multi-Million Dollar Renovations with Lone Star Park’s Post Time Pavilion

    • June 2011

  • Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie Training Center Summer Session to Begin Saturday, July 16

  • State Veterinarian to be Available at Retama Park on Tuesday Morning, June 21

  • Lone Star Park's Third Annual Jockey Charity Softball Game on Tuesday, June 28

  • The May/June Issue of The Texas Horsemen's News is Out

  • TAHC Update: June 3 - Texas Equine Herpesvirus (EHV-1) Update

    • May 2011

  • TAHC Update: May 27 - Texas Equine Herpesvirus (EHV-1) Update

  • TAHC Update: May 25 - Texas Equine Herpesvirus (EHV-1) Update

  • TAHC Update: May 19 - Texas Equine Herpesvirus (EHV-1) Update

  • Track Record Setting Filly, Pandorum, Named Horse of the Meet at Sam Houston Race Park

  • Racing Commission Approves Change of Ownership of Lone Star Park

  • THP News Alert: Slots Legislation Update - May 11, 2011

  • HJR 111 Passes Out of Committee – Will Let Texans Vote on Allowing Slot Machines at Licensed Racetracks and Indian Reservations

  • Kentucky Oaks-Derby Attendance of 30,849 Third Highest All-Time at Lone Star Park

    • April 2011

  • Attention Horsemen: General Horsemen's Meeting Set For Thursday, April 28 at Lone Star Park

  • Lone Star Park Draws 50,471 Fans for Opening Weekend

  • Lone Star Park's 2011 Live Thoroughbred Racing Season Begins Thursday Night, April 14

  • Sam Houston Race Park Announces Purse Increase

  • Texas Racing Commission Approves Ownership Change Affecting Three Texas Tracks

    • March 2011

  • Over 800 Turn Out for Horsemen's Day at the Capitol

  • Do You Care About the Future of Horse Racing in Texas? If So, It Is Time to Take Action!

  • Lone Star Park Featured Fun-Filled Promotions for 2011 Spring Thoroughbred Season

  • Revised Entry Schedule Planned for March 31 at Sam Houston to Accommodate Horsemen's Day at the Capitol

  • Come Join Us for a Horsemen's Day at the Capitol on Thursday, March 31 - RSVP Here by March 25!

  • Horsemen's Alert: Special Training Schedule at SHRP March 19 Through 25

  • Lone Star Park Introduces New Wagering Format for 2011

  • Mark Your Calendars: Horsemen's Day at the Capitol on March 31

  • 2011 Thoroughbred Meet Sees Solid On-Track Handle Increase at Sam Houston Race Park

  • The March/April Issue of The Texas Horsemen's News is Out

  • Connally Winner Schramsberg Named Horse of the Meet at Sam Houston Race Park Thoroughbred Meet

  • 2011 Lone Star Park Spring Thoroughbred Season Reserved Seats and $avings $pecials On Sale Monday, March 14

  • Texas HORSE Endorses Slots Legislation Filed Today in Texas Legislature

  • American Quarter Horse Meet Gets Underway on March 11 at Sam Houston Race Park

  • Sam Houston Race Park Will Conduct Quarter Horse Training Races on Wednesday, March 9

    • February 2011

  • Sam Houston Race Park Announces Purse Increase

  • Important Texas Horse Industry Meetings

  • Poll Finds Huge Margin of Texans Favor Right to Vote on Slots at Tracks, Large Majority Favors Actual Proposal

  • Horsemen's Alert: Check with SHRP Racing Office Before Shipping in to Train this Week

  • Reminder: Stall Applications for SHRP Quarter Horse Meet Due Thursday, February 10th

  • Sam Houston Race Park Cancels Racing on Friday, February 4 Due to Weather

  • TAHC Officials Urge Awareness of Global Foot and Mouth Disease Threat

  • Attention Horsemen Shipping Into Sam Houston Race Park

  • Texas Racing Commission 2010 Annual Report Available

    • January 2011

  • TABA 2010 Award Winners Named, Chriss SWA Named Horse of the Year

  • General Horsemen's Meeting Set for January 28 at SHRP

  • Attention HBPA Horsemen: Scholarship Available Up to $6,000, Application Deadline April 15

  • TTHBPA Election Results

  • Immigration Officials Targeting the Horse Racing Industry

  • Texas Champions Day Highlights Opening Weekend of Sam Houston Race Park's Thoroughbred Meet

  • Texas Racing Commission Releases Report on the Current State of Horse and Greyhound Racing in Texas and Industry Recommendations for Improvement

  • THP News Alert: 82nd Texas Legislative Session Begins Today, Sign Up for News from Texas H.O.R.S.E.

  • Attention Horsemen: The 82nd Texas Legislative Session Begins on January 11th

  • Live Racing Returns to Sam Houston Race Park on January 21 with the Highest Purse Structure in Its History

    • December 2010

  • 2011 Lone Star Park Thoroughbred Meet Features 19 Stakes Worth More Than $2.1 Million, 16% Average Total Purse Increase and New Turf Starter Series

  • Texas Veterinarian Commits to AAEP Mission as 2011 President

  • The December Issue of The Texas Horsemen's News is Out

  • TTHBPA Election Underway, THBPA Election Concluded

  • Chuck Trout Appointed Interim Executive Director of the Texas Racing Commission

    • November 2010

  • Global Gaming Withdraws License Request from Texas Racing Commission Meeting Agenda

  • Retama Park Drops Daily Rate for Horsemen Staying Through December 31, 2010

  • Average Daily Attendance and Live On-Track Handle Increases During Lone Star Park's Fall Meeting of Champions

  • Sam Houston Race Park Announces 2011 Live Thoroughbred Racing Stakes Schedule & Post Times

  • TTHBPA Board Member Bret Calhoun Saddles Two Breeders' Cup Winners

  • Texas Racing Commission Executive Director Charla Ann King Set to Retire

  • Nominations Closed for TTHBPA Election, Ballots to Be Mailed on or About December 1

  • Michael Martin appointed to Texas Racing Commission

    • October 2010

  • Lone Star Park to Remain Open for Training Through December 31

  • Retama Park 2010 Thoroughbred Meet Posts Significant Increase In Handle And Attendance

  • THBPA Election Process Will Begin with Nominating Meeting at Lone Star Park on October 28

  • TTHBPA Board Meets, Appoints Nominating Committee for Election

  • Stall Applications for 2011 SHRP Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse Meets due on December 13

  • Annual THP Elections Process Set to Commence, TTHBPA Board Will Appoint Nominating Committee at October 19 Meeting

  • Retama Park Expands Live Racing For Remainder of 2010

  • Don't Be Fooled by Small Group Trying to Undermine Legislative Efforts

    • September 2010

  • TVMA Committee Resolves to Support VLT Legislation Promulgated by Texas HORSE

  • LOPE Fall 2010 Texas Book Tour Kicks Off October 3

  • Sam Houston Race Park Enters Into Joint Venture With Penn National Gaming, Inc.

  • The September Issue of The Texas Horsemen's News is Out

  • Sam Houston Race Park Announces 2011 Live Thoroughbred Racing Stakes Schedule

  • Texas Racing Commission Sets 2011 Race Dates for Texas Racetracks

  • Horsemen, Breed Associations, Tracks Come to Agreement on 2011 Race Dates, Submit Agreement to Racing Commission

  • Retama Park Meet Opens with Large Fields, Wagering Exceeding Projections

    • August 2010

  • Comin Thru Recognized as 2010 American Quarter Horse "Horse of the Meet" at Sam Houston Race Park

  • Texas Racing Commission Horse Race Date Calendar Committee Meeting: Work Continues on Plan for Race Dates, Stakeholders Voice Frustration About Condition of Industry

  • Sam Houston Race Park Concludes 2010 Quarter Horse Meet: Houston Race Track Continues To Experience Declines Due To Out of State Competition

    • July 2010

  • Texas Racing Commission Hosts Horse Race Dates Committee Meeting: Difficult Choices, Decisions Ahead

  • Average Daily Attendance Increases Slightly During Lone Star Park 2010 Thoroughbred Meet

  • Lone Star Park Training Center Summer Session Begins August 1st

  • Lone Star Park Revises Stable Area Entry Requirements

  • Lone Star Park Cancels Last Three Races Friday Due to Tote Malfunction

  • Texas Racing Commission Approves Reduction in Race Days for Retama's Fall Meet

  • Texas Racing Commission Opens Race Date Application Period and Forms Race Date Committees

  • Texas Horsemen Melvin Karr Passes Away

  • Texas Horsemen's Partnership Meetings at LSP and SHRP Part of Continuing Examination of Possible 2011 Race Dates in Texas

    • June 2010

  • Texas Horsemen's Partnership Statement Regarding 2011 Race Dates in Texas

  • All Licensed Texas Horsemen Strongly Urged to Attend Meetings Regarding Texas' 2011 Race Dates at Lone Star or Sam Houston

  • TAHC and TAMU College of Veterinary Medicine Team Up

  • Texas Racing Commission to Consider Opening Race Date Application Period

  • Quarantine Lifted at Lone Star Park; It Was the Result of an Administrative Mistake at Testing Lab

  • Two Horses at Lone Star Park Test Postitive for Equine Piroplasmosis - Trainers Bret Calhoun, Kevin Favre and Brian House Horses To Be Quarantined

    • May 2010

  • Kentucky Derby Winning Owner Bill Casner of Flower Mound to Sign Autographed Pictures on Memorial Day at LSP

  • "Jockey & Java" Free Breakfast and Horse Workout Program Premieres on May 29 at LSP

  • LOPE's Annual Benefit Show is June 5 at the Hays County Civic Center in San Marcos

  • TAHC Update: Equine Piroplasmosis Testing Now Available at TVMDL

  • Kentucky Oaks-Derby Attendance of 28,379 Fifth Highest All-Time at Lone Star Park

  • Another Kentucky Derby Superfecta Winner at Retama Park

    • April 2010

  • Sam Houston's 17th Annual American Quarter Horse Meet Kicks Off This Weekend with Live Racing, Live Music, and Kentucky Oaks and Derby Simulcasts

  • Acting Zippy Named 2009/2010 Thoroughbred Horse of the Meet at Sam Houston Race Park

  • Live Racing Resumes Thursday Night, April 8, at Lone Star Park

    • March 2010

  • 2010 Country Throwdown Tour Presented by Rockstar Energy Drink Coming to The Showgrounds at SHRP

  • Studs and Suds Microbrew Festival at Lone Star Park on May 31st

  • Lone Star Park Introduces Starter Package to Benefit New and Casual Fans

  • Ali Dee Named Entertainment Host at Lone Star Park

  • Two Nights of Lone Stars & Stripes Fireworks on July 3-4 at Lone Star Park

  • Sam Houston Race Park and Constellation Wines Host a Special Wine & Food Tasting Event on Friday, March 19

  • Lone Star Park to Offer 47 Days/Nights of Free Music Every Friday, Saturday, Sunday During Spring Thoroughbred Meet

  • Effective Immediately: New Entry Policy for Lone Star Park

  • Food Lovers Invited to Participate in a Chef's Table at Sam Houston Race Park

  • Full Field of 450 Registered to Compete in Saturday's Lone Star Park Handicapping Series First of Three Qualifiers

  • Lone Star Park 2010 Spring Thoroughbred Meet Reserved Seats and $avings $pecials on Sale Monday, March 8

    • February 2010

  • Change to This Week's SHRP Entry Schedule

  • Lone Star Park Institutes Special Shipping Requirements Effective Immediately

  • Texas Arabian Racing Awards for 2009

  • Trainer Eddie Milligan Sr. Passes Away

  • Texas Racing Commission Announces Revised Fingerprint Waiver Policy

  • The February Issue of The Texas Horsemen's News is Out

  • Tattooer to Be Available at Retama Park on Schooling Race Day, February 19

  • Lone Star Park's Training Schedule for March

  • TTHBPA Election Results

    • January 2010

  • Sam Houston Race Park Requests Monday Race Dates for March 2010

  • THBPA Election Results

  • Attention Horsemen: New 2010 Meet Entrance Requirements for Manor Downs Stable Area

  • Sam Houston Race Park & Gallery Furniture Continue Efforts for 2010 Stakes Race Featuring Zenyatta & Rachel Alexandra

  • 2010 Lone Star Park Thoroughbred Meet Features 21 Stakes Worth More Than $2.2 Million

  • Sam Houston Cancels Live Racing & Idol Contest on January 8 & 9 Due to Inclement Weather Conditions

  • Sam Houston Training Hours as of January 5th

    • December 2009

  • Former Texas HBPA, TTA President Stanley Beard Passes Away

  • Governor Perry Appoints Haywood to Texas Racing Commission

  • Dr. Dee Ellis Selected to Take Reins of Texas Animal Health Commission

  • The December Issue of The Texas Horsemen's News is Out

    • November 2009

  • The November Issue of The Texas Horsemen's News is Out

  • Retama Park Wraps 2009 Live Thoroughbred Season

  • Prominent Texas Horseman Leland Cook Passes Away

  • TAHC Update: Equine Piroplasmosis Disease Investigation Continues

  • Tom Harris Hired as the New Voice of Sam Houston Race Park

  • Attention Horsemen: Updated Shipping Requirements for Lone Star Park

  • Sam Houston Race Park Shipping Requirements for 2009/2010 Thoroughbred Meet

  • LOPE Book Now Available

  • Texas Racing Commission Alert: Critical Tick Disease Control Effort - Equine Piroplasmosis

    • October 2009

  • Retama Park Decreases Races Per Day to Eight

  • Translation Support for the Trainer's Test Temporarily Unavailable from the Texas Racing Commission

  • Tick-Transmitted Horse Disease Detected on South Texas Ranch

  • Sam Houston Race Park & Gallery Furniture Partner for Texas Champions Day and Additional Live Racing Events in 2010

  • Sam Houston Race Park Streamlines Admission Process for Live Racing Events

    • September 2009

  • Texas Racing Commission Approves 2010 Race Dates

  • Notice Regarding Texas Racing Commission Licensees with Past Due Child Support

  • Global Gaming LSP, LLC Named Stalking Horse Bidder in Lone Star Park Sale

  • Sam Houston Race Park Announces Live Racing Schedule for 2010

  • The September Issue of The Texas Horsemen's News is Out

  • Turbulenz Named 2009 American Quarter Horse "Horse of the Meet" at Sam Houston Race Park

    • August 2009

  • Retama Park's Fall Thoroughbred Meet Set to Begin Tonight, August 28th

    • July 2009

  • The August Issue of The Texas Horsemen's News is Out

  • One Lucky Fan Will Win a FREE Trip to L'Auberge du Lac Casino Resort as Part of The Park's 15 Year Anniversary Celebration on August 20

  • Business at Lone Star Park 2009 Thoroughbred Meet Reflects Local and National Economic Recession

  • Sam Houston Race Park Returns to Saturday Evening Post Time in August

  • Texas Racing Commission Announces Increase in Occupational Licensing Fees

  • Online System for Submitting Racing Commmission Applications Will Be Down for Maintenance and Upgrades Beginning August 1

  • Texas Racing Commission Issues Revised Returned Check Policy

  • TAHC Update: Two Horses in East Texas Die from Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE); Vaccinate Your Horses and Protect Against Mosquito Exposure!

  • 11th Annual Texas Quarter Horse Association Yearling Sale and Summer Showdown Returns to SHRP on July 24-25

  • SHRP Reinstates Two Graded Stakes Races for the 2009 Quarter Horse Meet

    • June 2009

  • SHRP Cuts Purse Money and Three Stakes Races at Current Quarter Horse Meet

  • Lone Star Park Jockeys Announce Inaugural Charity Softball Game at Quiktrip Park on June 29

  • TAHC Update: Nation's First Case of Vesicular Stomatitis (VS) for 2009 Detected in Texas

    • May 2009

  • Lone Star Park Cancels Stakes

  • The Texas Horsemen's News Moving to Electronic-Only Format

  • Sam Houston Race Park & FOX Sports Houston to Launch New Racing Show on May 18

  • Lone Star Park Announces 6% Purse Cuts Starting on May 22

  • Successful Grand Re-Opening Weekend at Sam Houston Race Park

  • Sam Houston Race Park Announces 2009 Platinum Partners

    • April 2009

  • $20,000+ Live Oak Stakes Tops Grand Re-Opening Race Card at Sam Houston Race Park on Saturday, May 2

  • LOPE Silent Auction Open Online

  • Retired Racehorse to Go 2650 Miles for Education and Other Retirees

  • Longtime Texas Horseman James Harris Passes Away

  • Texas Racing Commission No Longer Accepting Official Works from Delta Training Center

  • Sam Houston Race Park Establishes Facility-Wide Green Initiatives as Part of Grand Re-Opening

  • Longtime President/CEO Tommy Azopardi Resigns from THP

  • Groom Elite Founder to Attempt Feat No Female Equestrian Has Accomplished

  • It's Not Too Late - Claiming Crown 2009 Nominations Due Friday, April 17!

  • THP Election Results

  • Sam Houston Race Park Partners with Daktroniics for New State-of-the-Art Tote Board Score Board System

    • March 2009

  • Sam Houston Race Park Grand Re-Opening Celebration Features Live Racing, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts with The Smithereens, Kentucky Derby Events & More May 1-3

  • Texas Arabian Breeders Association Racehorse Sale Set for April 25 at Retama Park

  • Lone Star Park Features Fun-Filled Promotions for 2009 Spring Thoroughbred Meet Starting April 9

  • Longtime Texas Trainer Tommie Morgan Passes Away

  • Lone Star Park Charitable Foundation Contributes $60,000 to 16 Charities

  • Lone Star Park Will Host City of Grand Prairie Centennial Event on Saturday, April 25

  • Dr. Charles W. Graham Inducted Into AQHA Hall of Fame

  • LOPE's Third Annual Benefit Horse Show is Set for May 9 in Seguin

  • Lone Star Park 2009 Spring Thoroughbred Meet Reserved Seats and Concert VIP Packages Go on Sale this Monday, March 9

  • Lone Star Park's Parent Company Files Bankruptcy, Track Officials Assure Operations, Upcoming Meet Will Not be Affected

    • February 2009

  • Texas Racing Commission Grants Delta Training Center Permission to Give Official Works

  • Reminder: All Manor Downs Opening Day Starters Need a Race or Work Since January 14

  • Clarification: Ted Abrams Sr. is Running for the THBPA Board

  • Manor Downs Schooling Races Set for Wednesday, February 18

  • Change to Policy Regarding Children in the Stable Area at Retama Park Effective March 1

  • Texas Racing Commission Will No Longer Mail Licensing Renewal Reminders to Owners and Trainers

  • Manor Licensing Office to Open Tuesday, February 10

  • The Randy Rogers Band, Beach Boys Highlight Opening Weekend at Lone Star Park

    • January 2009

  • 2009 Training Race Schedule for Retama Park

  • Sam Houston Race Park Begins Roof Replacement on January 22

  • Texas Lifts Ban on Racehorses Shipping in from the Fair Grounds

  • TAHC Update: CEM-Infected Stallion Confirmed in Texas

  • Andrea Young Appointed President at Chief Operating Officer for Sam Houston & Valley Race Park

  • Anabolic Steroid Testing, Changes in Allowable Toe Grabs Rule Underway

  • Lone Star Park Announces 2009 Thoroughbred Meet Stakes Schedule

  • Texas Among 27 States Testing Horses for Contagious Equine Metritis (CEM)

    • December 2008

  • Fair Ground Horses Prohibited from Shipping in to Texas Racetracks

  • LOPE Texas' Holiday Online Auction Underway

  • Retama Park's On-Line Handicapping Contest Starts December 26

  • Lone Star Park to Streamline Admissions Process in 2009, Free General Parking to Offset Increase in Admission Fee

  • Texas Racing Commission Grants Change in Manor Downs' 2009 Race Dates

  • Texas Classic Futurity Winner Mr Queens Mystery Crowned 2008 Fall Horse of the Meeting at LSP

    • November 2008

  • Tejera, Pish Win Retama's Jockey, Trainer Titles at Retama Park

  • A Call for Help: Your Input is Needed in a Nationwide Survey on the Problem of Unwanted Horses

  • Adena Springs Donates Four Stallion Seasons to Lone Star Park Charitable Foundation's Mistletoe Ball

  • HBPA Elections Process Once Again Underway

  • Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie Will Remain Open for Training This Winter

  • TRC Commissioner Inducted to International Equine Veterinarians Hall of Fame

  • Thursday, November 6, is Bob Pollock Day at Retama Park, Horsemen Invited to Celebration

  • Turf Racing at Retama Park Temporarily Suspended After Saturday, November 8

    • October 2008

  • Gov. Perry Names Pablos Presiding Officer of Texas Racing Commission

  • Texas Racing Commission Approves Move of Sam Houston Race Park's 2008/2009 Thoroughbred Dates to Retama Park

  • Sam Houston Race Park Cancels 2008/2009 Thoroughbred Meet Due to Hurricane Ike Damages

  • Texas Racing Commission Announces Anabolic Steroid Testing, Toe Grab Rule to Begin January 1, 2009

  • Two Texas Horses Test Positive for EEE; Horses Need Protection Against Mosquito-Borne Diseases

  • Lone Star Park Charitable Foundation for Grand Prairie Announces Friday, December 5 Date for 2008 Mistletoe Ball

    • September 2008

  • Simulcast Events Return to Regular Operating Hourse at Sam Houston Race Park on Friday, September 26

  • Breeders' Cup Legends Tour Coming to Sam Houston Race Park October 15

  • Lone Star Park Fall Meeting of Champions Starts Friday, September 27

  • TAHC's Hurricane IKE Update for September 19

  • Sam Houston Race Park Opens for Simulcasting on Saturday, September 20

  • Simulcast Events Cancelled Indefinitely at Sam Houston Race Park Due to Hurricane Ike

  • TAHC's Hurricane IKE Update for September 15

  • Simulcast Events Cancelled at SHRP Due to Hurricane Ike for Tuesday, September 16

  • Sam Houston Race Park Closed Monday, September 15

  • Sam Houston Race Park Cancels Live Racing and Simulcasting September 12 & 13 Due to Hurricane Ike

  • Alert: Evacuation for Hurricane Ike with Animals

  • THP Horsemen's Liaison Office Hours for Retama Park Thoroughbred Meet

    • August 2008

  • $1 Million Texas Classic Futurity Tops $2.55 Million Fall Meeting of Champions Stakes Schedule at LSP

  • Retama Park's 2008 Thoroughbred Meet Opens Friday, August 29

  • Grazing Workshops Will Offer Classroom and Hands-On Learning Opportunity

  • Texas Horse Racing Hall of Fame Gala to be held on October 4, 2008

  • Texas Comptroller Susan Combs Offers Free Energy Assessments to Farmers and Ranchers

  • Lone Star Park to Race 96 Days in 2009

  • Texas Racing Commission Approves 2009 Live Racing Dates for Retama Park

  • Sam Houston Race Park Announces 2009 Racing Schedule

    • July 2008

  • Record Year for the Texas Quarter Horse Association Yearling Sale at SHRP

  • Lone Star Park Average Daily Attendance Increases by More Than Five Percent in 2008

  • THP Office Hours at Sam Houston Race Park Changed for Added Horsemen's Convenience

  • TVG to Provide Exclusive Live Coverage of 10th Annual Claiming Crown at Canterbury Park

  • Texas Racing Commission Announces Revisions to Horse Trainer Examinations

  • Gillespie County Fairgrounds Hosts Successful Opening Weekend of 2008 Mixed Meet

  • Lone Stars & Stripes Celebration Doubleheader Draws 42,759

    • June 2008

  • American Quarter Horse Racing Returns to Sam Houston Race Park on June 26

  • Lone Star Park Announces 2008 Hall of Fame Inductees

  • SHRP to Host Inaugural "Racing Around Houston" Spirit Week at The Park June 18-25

  • First Payment for Dash for Cash Futurity Due Tuesday, July 15, 2008

    • May 2008

  • Fireworks, Ford Mustang and Nextel Race Cup Ticket Giveaways Slated for July 3, 4 at Lone Star Park

  • LOPE Silent Auction Open Online Through Friday, May 30

    • April 2008

  • Sam Houston Race Park Announces New Park Rewards Loyalty Program

  • Lone Star Park's Opening Weekend Results in 29-Percent Increase in Attendance

  • THP Press Release (April 10, 2008): TTHBPA Board Unanimously Votes to Require any ADWs Seeking to Accept Wagers on Races at Lone Star Park to Enter into a Licensing Agreement with the Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Group

  • It's Not Too Late - Claiming Crown 2008 Nominations Due Friday, April 25!

  • Lone Star Park Adds New Pick 5 Wager with 12% Takeout to 2008 Wagering Menu

  • 2nd Annual LOPE Texas Benefit Horse Show Scheduled for May 31

  • Lone Star Park Names Leary Director of Communications

  • $10 Advance Lawn Tickets for All 2008 Verizon Wireless Friday Concert Series at the Showgrounds at SHRP on Sale April 5

    • March 2008

  • Texas A&M to be Home to Veterinary Cancer Center

  • Sam Houston Race Park & Live National Partner for The Showgrounds at SHRP Live Music Venue

  • THP Austin Office Closed for Good Friday, Reopens Monday

  • Texas Arabian Breeders Association Race Horse Sale Set for April 5 at Retama Park

  • Make Your Voice Heard: H-2B Visas Under Debate by Congress, Call Your Representative Make a Difference

    • February 2008

  • THBPA and TTHBPA Election Results Feature New and Familiar Faces

  • Fan Appreciation Week at Sam Houston Race Park Starts on Saturday, February 16

    • January 2008

  • Gary Allan, Miranda Lambert & Randy Rogers Band Highlight Lone Star Park's 2008 Country Music Concert Series

  • Sam Houston Race Park Appoints Wayne Hodes as Chief Sales and Marketing Officer & Senior Vice President

  • 2008 Training Race Schedule for Lone Star Park

  • 2008 Training Race Schedule for Retama Park

  • Eric Johnston Named Vice President of Racing at Sam Houston Race Park

    • December 2007

  • Grade III Lone Star Derby Jumped to $400,000; 32 Stakes Worth $3.525 Million Highlight Lone Star Park's 2008 Spring Thoroughbred Season

  • LOPE Texas' Holiday Online Auction Underway

  • Board Elections Underway

  • Illegal Memories Voted Lone Star Park's 2007 Fall Meeting of Champions Horse of the Meeting

    • November 2007

  • Sam Houston Race Park to Host Texas Champions Day on Saturday, December 1

  • Free General Admission Friday, November 30 at Lone Star With Unwrapped Toy for WFAA-TV's Santa's Helpers

  • Retama Park's 2007 Thoroughbred Meet Posts Significant Growth Numbers

  • Live Thoroughbred Racing Returns to Sam Houston Race Park on November 23

  • Gov. Perry Appoints Hicks and Schmidt to Texas Racing Commission

  • THP Austin Office Relocating, Computer and Phone Systems Will Be Down November 15 & 16

  • Pat Day Bronze to Raise Money for Lone Star Park Charitable Foundation Through eBay Auction

    • October 2007

  • LOPE Founders Circle Launched

  • Sam Houston Race Park Barn Area Opens on November 2

  • Governor Perry Appoints Pablos to Texas Racing Commission

  • LOPE Texas Benefit Set for Friday, October 19th at Hy Court Farm in Cedear Creek

  • Memorial Service for Parents of Former SHRP Assistant Racing Secretary Tony Patterson to Be Held Monday, October 15

  • Texas Racing Commission Awards 2008 Race Dates for Texas Racetracks

  • Sam Houston Race Park Announces Its 2007/2008 Thoroughbred Stakes Schedule

  • HBPA Elections Process Once Again Underway

  • Lone Star Park's Fall Meeting of Champions Begins 32-Night Run This Friday, October 5

    • September 2007

  • Nafzger, Carter, Historic Texas Racetracks to Be Inducted into the Texas Horse Racing Hall of Fame at Retama Park Gala on October 13

  • Wassup T Doc Named Horse of the Meet at Sam Houston Race Park

  • Retama Park Kicks Off 2007 Thoroughbred Meet on Friday, September 7

  • Final Weekend of Live Quarter Horse Racing at SHRP Features the Sam Houston Futurity and Derby

    • August 2007

  • Change in Pari-Mutuel Ticket/Voucher Expiration Dates Takes Effect on September 1

  • $1 million Texas Classic Futurity Tops Lone Star Park Fall Meeting of Champion Stakes Schedule

  • SHRP Racetrack Chaplaincy to Host Benefit Bowling Tournament on Tuesday, August 28

  • Governor Perry Designates Jesse Adams as Chair of the Texas Racing Commission

    • July 2007

  • Modest On-Track Gains Despite Record Rainfall at Lone Star Park

  • Lone Star Park Summer Training Center Schedule

  • Governor Perry Appoints Ederer to Texas Racing Commission

  • Water, Water Everywhere Raises Risk of Livestock Disease

  • More Than 41,000 Celebrate Fourth of July Holiday at Lone Star Park

  • Sam Houston Race Park Opens Concert Venue in Infield, Hosting Concert Series

  • Attendance Up Significantly for Sam Houston Race Park Opening Weekend

  • LOPE Texas Receives Grant, Announces New Sponsor

    • June 2007

  • Rain or Shine: Post-Race Fireworks Tuesday & Wednesday at Lone Star

  • General Horsemen's Meeting at Sam Houston Race Park Set for Tuesday, July 3 at 11:00 a.m.

  • Sam Houston Race Park's 2007 American Quarter Horse Meeting Kicks off on Friday, June 29

  • General Horsemen's Meeting at Lone Star Park Set for Thursday, June 28 at 11:30 a.m.

  • Obituary: Gary Black

  • Exciting Closing Weekend on Tap at Retama Park

    • May 2007

  • Asmussen to be Saluted Thursday Night, May 24th at Lone Star Park

  • Friday, May 18 is Deadline to RSVP for Retama Park Race Track Chaplaincy Gala

  • AQHA Hall of Fame & Museum Looking for Artifacts for Exhibits

  • Retama Park Granted 2007 Thoroughbred Meet by Texas Racing Commission

  • Sam Houston Race Park Announces 2007 American Quarter Horse Stakes Schedule

  • Retama Park's 2007 Quarter Horse Meet Underway

  • LOPE Silent Auction Open for Bids Through Friday, May 11

    • April 2007

  • Attention Horsemen: New Entry Schedule and Stakes Purse Increases at Retama Park

  • It's Not Too Late - Claiming Crown 2007 Nominations Due Friday, April 27!

  • Swingin Jess, Rusted Steel Shine as Manor Downs Wraps Up Another Successful Mixed Meet

  • $1,000,000 Kentucky Derby Challenge Offered at Sam Houston Race Park

  • Horsemen's Capitol Visit on April 11 Makes an Impression

  • Lone Star Park Kicks Off 10th Anniversary Year Thursday Night

  • Wrenice Voted Horse of the Meeting for the 2006/2007 Thoroughbred Season at Sam Houston Race Park

  • Veteran Trainer Charles Werstler Passes Away

  • Foundation Class of 14 To Be Recognized in New Lone Star Park Hall of Fame

    • March 2007

  • Racing Industry Clean-up Bill Passes in Committee

  • Horsemen's Capitol Visit Set for April 11th - We Need Your Help!

  • Sam Houston Race Park Seeking to Host the Breeders' Cup Championships

  • Executive Management Changes Announced at Sam Houston Race Park

  • Texas Racing Commission Grants Three Racetrack Licenses

  • Attention All Horsemen: Immediate Action Needed - House Bill Could Reclassify Horses as Non-Livestock

  • Video Lottery Terminal Bill Introduced

  • SHRP's Bork Elected TRA President

  • Reserved Seating for Lone Star Park's 10th Anniversary Year Goes On Sale Monday, March 12, at 8:30 a.m.

  • Shubeck Named Lone Star Park President & General Manager; Hail, Newman Promoted to Vice-President & Assistant General Manager

    • February 2007

  • Changes to Phenylbutazone Overage Penalties in Texas Take Effect on March 15

  • Manor Downs Mixed Meet Underway

  • Foreigner, Robert Earl Keen to Perform Concerts on Opening Weekend at Lone Star Park

  • Memorial Service for Owner/Trainer Lloyd Nepple Will Be Held February 13 at Retama Park

  • Corey Johnsen Resigns as President of Magna Entertainment Corp. Southern Operations

    • January 2007

  • Texas Racing Commission to Open Manor Downs Licensing Office on Wednesday, February 7

  • Deadline to Receive THBPA Election Ballots Extended to Friday, January 26th Due to Weather Issues

  • 2007 Training Race Schedule for Lone Star Park

  • 2007 Training Race Schedule for Retama Park

  • Lone Star Park To Hold 11th Annual National Anthem Auditions on February 27

  • Native Texas Rider Terry Stanton Announces His Retirement

  • Governor Perry Appoints David Gregorio Cabrales to the Texas Racing Commission

    • December 2006

  • Lone Star Park Announces 2007 Spring Thoroughbred Season Stakes Schedule

  • February 1 is Deadline to Name Foals of 2005; Released Names to be Published

  • Happy Holidays from the Texas Horsemen's Partnership

  • LOPE Texas Holiday Stallion Season Auction Underway

  • Country Chicks Man Voted Lone Star Park Horse of the Meeting

    • November 2006

  • Sam Houston Race Park to Host Silent Auction to Benefit the Jockey Crisis Fund on Texas Champions Day, December 2

  • TAHC Advisory: Horse Owners Urged to Implement Best Management Practices to Prevent Equine Viral Arteritis (EVA)

  • Sam Houston Race Park's 2006/2007 Thoroughbred Meeting Kicks Off This Friday, November 17

  • Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie Will Remain Open for Training This Winter

    • October 2006

  • Longtime Texas Horseman Jack Dube Passes Away, Funeral to Be Tuesday, October 10

  • Bill Martin Fills Vacancy on TTHBPA Board

    • September 2006

  • Texas Racing Commission Sets 2007 Race Dates

  • Sam Houston Race Park Announces its 2006/2007 Thoroughbred Stakes Schedule

  • Lone Star Granted 99 Live Racing Dates for 2007

  • Hauling Livestock from Wyoming to Texas? Vesicular Stomatitis (VS) Regulations Apply

  • Longtime Texas Horsewoman Frannie Stewart Passes Away, Memorial Service Scheduled for Saturday, September 30

  • THP Director Jerry Windham Among Four 2006 Inductees into the Texas Horse Racing Hall of Fame

  • NOTICE: THBPA Annual/Nominating Meeting Scheduled for October 13 at Lone Star Park Chapel

  • Sam Houston's 2006 American Quarter Horse Meeting Concludes with Honors for Snowy Alibi, Trainer Judd Kearl, Jockey James Brooks and Owner J C Wells

  • HBPA Elections Process Once Again Underway

    • August 2006

  • AHC to Hold Meeting in Austin to Address the National Animal Identification System, EVA and other National Issues

  • Magna Entertainment Corp. Names Johnsen President of MEC Operations in the Southwest

    • July 2006

  • On-Track Business Stable for Lone Star Park's 10th Spring Thoroughbred Season

  • Anthrax Confirmed in Val Verde and Kinney Counties

  • Horsemenship Clinics to Be Held in Fredericksburg and Chappell Hill to Benefit LOPE Texas

  • Magnum Crowned Lone Star's Horse of the Meeting

  • Veteran Southwest Trainer Elmer Carter Passes Away at Age 80

  • "Parade of Champions" on Closing Day, July 23, at Lone Star Park to Benefit Grand Prairie's Charities

    • June 2006

  • Beginning August 1, the TRC Will Only Renew Licenses of People in Default on a Student Loan with TGSLC With Proof of Current Repayment Agreement

  • Sam Houston Race Park Announces Post Time Changes for the 2006 American Quarter Horse Meeting

  • Houston Equine Research Organization's (HERO) Awards Grant to LOPE Texas

    • May 2006

  • Notice to Horsemen: Important Changes at Lone Star Park Beginning Monday, May 22

  • Sam Houston Race Park Announces its 2006 American Quarter Horse Stakes Schedule

  • Record $1.2 Million Wagered by 16,455 on Kentucky Derby at Lone Star Park

    • April 2006

  • SHRP's McGovern Named to Equibase Management Committee

  • Important Information for Horsemen Regarding Retama Park's 2006 Quarter Horse Meet Opening April 28

  • Funeral Services for Alkili Gray at Retama and Lone Star Park on Tuesday, April 25

  • Texas Ag Commissioner Endorses Texas A&M Equine Business Center

  • Attendance, Handle Jump on Opening Week at Lone Star Park

  • TTHBPA Director and Former THP Chairman John Roark Resigns Post as National HBPA President

  • $50,000 Premiere Stakes Kicks Off Lone Star Park's Opening Week Thursday Night at 6:35 p.m.; Concerts, Easter Egg Hunt Slated for Weekend

  • Fort Prado Voted Horse of the Meeting for the 2005/2006 Thoroughbred Season at Sam Houston Race Park

  • Texas Animal Health Commission Says Proposed Premises Registration Regulations "On Hold" Till 2007; Voluntary Registration Continues

    • March 2006

  • Mare Reproductive Loss Syndrome (MRLS) Confirmed in Florida

  • Special Events Aplenty During Lone Star's 10th Spring Thoroughbred Season

  • Catalogs Now Available for April 8 Texas Arabian Breeders Association Race Horse Sale Set at Retama Park

  • 315 Juveniles Catalogued for April 4 Fasig-Tipton Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale at Lone Star Park

  • Post Times, Races Set for Lone Star Park Spring Thoroughbred Season

  • Natural Horsemanship Trainer Travis Gourley to Lead Clinic to Benefit LOPE Texas in Fredericksburg on March 26

  • NTRA Legislative Update: March 15, 2006 - Internet Gaming Bill Passes Out Of Committee

  • Former TQHA Director Jeff True Named President of United Tote

  • 2006 TQHA Stallion Service Auction Underway

  • Lone Star Park 2006 Reserved Seats Go On Sale Monday, March 13

  • Texas Animal Health Commission Cancels March 23 Meeting

    • February 2006

  • Manor Downs 2006 Meet Gets Off To Wet Start

  • Texas Racing Commission Rejoins RCI

  • Texas Arabian Breeders Association Race Horse Sale Set for April 8 at Retama Park

  • Action on Texas' Proposed Premises Registration Regulations Postponed

  • Manor Downs Stable Area Approved to Open February 9, Schooling Races Slated for February 15

  • Magna Entertainment Corp. Names Drew Shubeck Vice-President and General Manager for Lone Star Park

  • 2006 Training Race Schedule for Lone Star Park

    • January 2006

  • 2006 Training Race Schedule for Retama Park

  • Sam Houston Race Park Handicappers Capture Top all Teams in the Daily Racing Form/NTRA National Handicapping Championship

  • Texas Racing Commission to Open Manor Downs Licensing Office on February 8

  • Lone Star Park Unveils New Customer Rewards Program

  • THP Invites Horsemen to Free Lunch & Fire Safety Seminar at Sam Houston Race Park on January 13

  • Lone Star Park to Hold Annual National Anthem Auditions on February 28

  • Jockey Crisis Fund Silent Auction Set for Saturday, January 21 at Sam Houston Race Park

  • LOPE Texas to Present Special Clinic with Legendary Horseman Ray Hunt on March 11-13

  • Live Racing Resumes at Sam Houston Race Park on Friday, January 6

    • 2005 and Prior

  • Asmussen Leads North American Trainers in Races-Won for Third Time

  • Happy New Year from the Texas Horsemen's Partnership

  • TAHC Proposes Regulations for Premises Identification

  • February 1 is Deadline to Name Foals of 2004; Released Names Published

  • Happy Holidays from the Texas Horsemen's Partnership

  • Lone Star Announces 2006 Stakes Schedule; Lone Star Park Handicap Boosted to $400,000

  • Connally Breeders' Cup Turf at Sam Houston Race Park Receives Grade III from the Graded Stakes Committee

  • Buying a Horse for Christmas? Be Sure to Check for EIA First

  • Pyc Paint Your Wagon Voted Lone Star's Horse of the Meeting

  • Lone Star Park and Retama Park Offer Training Options to Texas Horsemen this Winter

  • Texas Supreme Court Rules Current Public School Funding System Unconstitutional

  • February 1 is Deadline to Name Foals of 2004; Released Names to be Published

  • LOPE Silent Auction Now Open Online

  • Texas Champions Day at SHRP to Include Auction of Retired Racehorse, Lightening Ball

  • Devastating Tornado Affects Horsemen Including Former TTHBPA Board Member McBride

  • November 3 Legislative Update from the AHC: Horse Slaughter Ban Included in USDA Appropriations Package with a Proviso

  • Tinners Way and Special Rate Stallion Seasons Donated to LOPE Texas

  • November 3 Legislative Update from the AHC: Horses Made Eligible for Federal Emergency Funds

  • OfficeMax: THP/NTRA Purchasing Vendor of the Month for November

  • Return of Live Racing and Simulcast of Breeders’ Cup Highlight this Weekend at Sam Houston Race Park

  • Memorial Service Planned for Jockey Mark Page at Sam Houston Race Park

  • Important Information for Horsemen Currently Stabled at Retama Park

  • Stable Area Opens for the 2005/2006 Sam Houston Race Park Thoroughbred Meeting

  • Texas Horsemen Do Their Part in Hurricanes Rita and Katrina Relief Efforts

  • FedEx: THP/NTRA Vendor of the Month for October 2005

  • Corey Johnsen, Dr. Damon O'Gan Join LOPE Board

  • Texas Agencies, Associations Address Hurricane Rita's Animal Issues

  • Sam Houston Race Park to Reopen for Simulcasting on Monday, September 26

  • Lone Star Park Can Currently Accept Approximately 200 Hurricane Rita Race Horse Evacuees

  • Texas Animal Health Commission Sets Up Hurricane Rita Animal Shelter Hotline

  • Bexar County Office of Emergency Management Needs Volunteers to Work With Large Animal Evacuees at Freeman Coliseum

  • Sam Houston Race Park to Close on Thursday, September 22 - Saturday, September 24 due to Hurricane Rita

  • THBPA Board Member Jerry Windham to Be Inducted in AQHA Hall of Fame in 2006

  • Stall Applications Due Friday for Sam Houston Race Park Thoroughbred Meeting

  • 2005/2006 Thoroughbred Stakes Schedule Announced at Sam Houston Race Park

  • Lone Star Park Charitable Foundation Organizes Volunteer Day to Assist Hurricane Katrina Evacuees, Community Needs on September 24

  • Si Puede and Janet Van Bebber Reign Supreme in the 2005 Quarter Horse Meeting at Sam Houston Race Park

  • TTHBPA Board Member and His Employees Raise $85,300 for Hurricane Katrina Relief

  • Retama to Host Hurricane Katrina Relief Drive on Friday, September 9

  • Changes Horsemen Need to Be Aware of as Retama Moves to Wednesday Through Saturday Race Week

  • "Racing to the Rescue" Fund Established to Aid Industry Victims of Hurricane Katrina, National HBPA Establishes Toll-Free Horsemen's Hotline

  • Texas Racing Commission Approves 2006 Race Dates for Texas Racetracks

  • Youbet.com to sponsor to White Horse Award Cash Prize

  • Hupp Will Not Seek Re-Election

  • Retama to Begin Offering Quarter Horse Works on Tuesdays and Wednesdays Beginning August 16

  • Turf Paradise Hires Lone Star Park Executive Eugene Joyce as General Manager

  • Gary Acuff Named Animal Science Department Head at Texas A&M University

  • TQHA Yearling Sale Sets Another Record at Sam Houston Race Park

  • Texas Horse Racing Hall of Fame to Induct Four at October 1 Gala

  • NTRA Legislative Update: July 29, 2005 - Senator McConnell Introduces Legislation to Promote Horse Industry

  • TTHBPA Board Member John Roark Re-Elected for Third Term as National HBPA President

  • Texas A&M Animal Science Professor Howard Hesby Dies

  • Next Texas Racing Commission Meeting Moved to Wednesday, August 31

  • NTRA Legislative Update: July 18, 2005 - WTO Ruling

  • Anthrax Confirmed in Sutton County, Texas

  • Trainer Toby Keeton Celebrates his 1,000th Win on July 10 at Sam Houston Race Park

  • Texas Summer Showdown and TQHA Yearling Sale Slated for Friday, July 29 - Saturday, July 30 at SHRP

  • Texas Racing Commission Update; New Executive Secretary Named

  • Sherwin-Williams: THP/NTRA Purchasing Vendor of the Month

  • Texas Vesicular Stomatitis (VS) Quarantine Released

  • Sam Houston Race Park 2005 Quarter Horse Meeting Kicks off on Friday, June 24

  • Retama Park Announces Purse Increase for 2005 Thoroughbred Meet

  • Sam Houston Race Park to Host Alex's Lemonade Stands and Ebay Silent Auction on Belmont Day

  • Alex's Lemonade Stand Will Be at Lone Star for Saturday's Belmont Stakes To Raise Money for Childhood Cancer Research

  • Legislative Session Comes to a Close

  • NTRA Legislative Update: June 1, 2005 - WTO Ruling Raises Issue of Account and Internet Wagering

  • Sam Houston Race Park to Raise Funds for Alex's Lemonade Stand on Belmont Day

  • Vesicular Stomatitis Confirmed in Texas; Two Infected Horses Found in Travis County

  • Study Says 2004 Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships Helped Generate $47.4 Million in New Economic Activity for Texas

  • 2005 American Quarter Horse Stakes Schedule Set at Sam Houston Race Park

  • NTRA Legislative Update: May 11, 2005 - President to Sign Supplemental Appropriations Bill Containing H-2B Visa Relief

  • NTRA Legislative Update: May 5, 2005

  • Lone Star Park Records 10-Millionth Visitor Saturday, April 30

  • Keep Texas Running Gala, Horsemen's Day at the Capitol Rousing Successes

  • Retama Park Quarter Horse Meet Opens on Friday, April 29

  • Join Us For Keep Texas Running Gala on April 26, Horsemen's Day at the Capitol on April 27

  • Capitol Rotunda Features Exhibits on Texas Racing and Breeding April 19-21

  • Generals to Battle in $50,000 Premiere on Opening Night at Lone Star

  • Native Annie Voted Horse of the Meeting for the 2004/2005 Thoroughbred Season at Sam Houston Race Park

  • Manor Downs Increases Purses Effective April 13

  • Texas Jockeys Sport LOPE Logo

  • Lone Star to Offer 50-Cent Pick 4s, 10-Cent Superfectas

  • Live Horse Racing Returns To Lone Star Park Thursday Night, April 14

  • Average Rises 7.8% at Fasig-Tipton Texas Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale

  • THP Offers Help at Tax Time

  • John Deere: THP/NTRA Purchasing Vendor of the Month for April

  • Memorial Service for Kimberly Smith Scheduled for March 31 at SHRP

  • NTRA Legislative Update: 2005 Tax Benefits for Horse Owners

  • USCIS Proposes Significant Changes to the H-2B Program

  • Fan Interest in Thoroughbred Racing Up Fifth Straight Year, Percentage Increase Greater Than That of Any Other Sport

  • New Pedigree Products Available at Equibase.com

  • LOPE Texas Transitions Its 250th Texas Racehorse

  • THBPA President Jim Helzer to AQHA Executive Committee

  • Lone Star Park Charitable Foundation for Grand Prairie Awards $60,000 to Worthy Grand Prairie Charities

  • Horsemen Can Now Apply for New Texas Racing Commission License Online

  • Reserved Seating for Lone Star Park's Thoroughbred Season On Sale Monday, March 14

  • Lone Star's Johnsen Elected President of Thoroughbred Racing Associations; SHRP's Bork Re-Elected Secretary

  • TRC Makes Minor Change to Acceptable Identification for Licensure

  • Keep Texas Running Website Now Posting Links to Media Articles

  • Manor Downs 2005 Mixed Meet Gets Off To A Wet Start

  • Manor Downs Opens This Weekend with Special Early Post Times

  • Lone Star Park Hires John Lies as Track Announcer

  • Manor Downs Revises Stakes Schedule for Delayed Meet

  • Start of Manor Downs Meet Delayed

  • Record Superfecta Payout at Sam Houston Race Park on February 17

  • Horsemen's Rally Slated for Thursday, February 17 at Retama Park

  • Sam Houston Race Park to Offer 10-Cent Superfecta Wagering

  • Sturns Appointed to Texas Racing Commission

  • Claiming Crown Nomination Deadline Friday, April 15

  • Austin Jockey Club Proposal Rejected by Pflugerville Voters

  • Leatherman Named Racing Secretary at Retama Park

  • Lone Star Boasts 37-Race Stakes Schedule Worth $4.075 Million for 2005

  • TRC To Require Social Security Number for Any New or Renewal License Application Beginning January 31

  • Board of Directors Election Winners Announced

  • THP-Hosted National HBPA Convention in San Antonio a Big Success

  • Horsemen's Rally Slated for Saturday, January 22 at Sam Houston Race Park

  • THP to Host National HBPA Convention in San Antonio from January 15-18

  • Aaron England Holding Two-Day Clinic to Benefit LOPE Texas on January 15-16

  • Manor Downs Releases 2005 Stakes Schedule

  • Horsemen's Account Information Available Online

  • OfficeMax: THP/NTRA Purchasing Vendor of the Month for January

  • NTRA Legislative Update: December 11, 2004

  • THBPA and TTHBPA Elections In Full Swing

  • CANTER of Texas is Expanding Mission, Changing Name to LOPE Texas

  • Texas Racing Suffers Great Loss as Jo Ann Weber Succumbs to Cancer

  • Trainer Steve Asmussen Breaks Win Record with 497th Win on November 20; Texas Champions Day at SHRP

  • Thoroughbred Racing Resumes on Wednesday, November 17 at Sam Houston Race Park

  • Once Again, It's Texas Thoroughbred HBPA, Inc. Board of Directors Election Time!

  • Video Race Replays Now Available on equineline.com

  • Record Quarter Horse Handle and MBNA Challenge Championships Highlight the 2004 American Quarter Horse Meeting at SHRP

  • Sam Houston Race Park Sets New Handle Record with November 6 MBNA America Challenge Championships

  • Azoom Voted Horse of the Meeting for the 2004 Sam Houston American Quarter Horse Meeting

  • Early Numbers Strong for Saturday's Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships at Lone Star Park

  • Quarter Horse Silent Overdrive Impresses in $150,000 Refrigerator Handicap at Lone Star Park on Day Before Breeders' Cup

  • Pflugerville City Council Endorses Proposed Austin Jockey Club Track

  • Limited Number of Breeders' Cup Seats Available in Horsemen's Festival Area

  • SHRP To Host It's First Million Dollar Race on Friday

  • International Jockey Championship Lineup Set at Lone Star Park

  • Foreign Sales Corporation Bill Signed Into Law - 30% Withholding Tax on Foreign Wagers Eliminated

  • Budget Rent A Car, Century 21 and Days Inn Become Official Partners of NTRA/Breeders' Cup

  • All Vesicular Stomatitis (VS) Quarantines Released in Texas

  • Details on Early Voting for November 2 Election

  • CANTER of Texas and Trainer Aaron England Team Up to Offer November 6 & 7 Clinic

  • NTRA Legislative Update: Bill for Elimination of 30% Withholding on Foreign Wagers Passes House and Senate – Goes to President for Signature

  • Refrigerator Handicap to Be Run at Lone Star Park on October 29

  • NTRA Legislative Update: Elimination of 30% Withholding on Foreign Wagers One Step Closer to Passage

  • Daily Breeders' Cup News Added to Breeders' Cup Section of THP Website

  • TAHC Update: Eastern Equine Encephalitis & VS

  • NTRA Update: October 7, 2004

  • AQHA Launches Spanish Web Site

  • NTRA Update: October 2004

  • American Airlines Named Official Airline of 2004 Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships

  • Fall Breeders' Cup Meeting for Thoroughbreds Begins 19-Date Run Friday Night at Lone Star Park

  • Breeders' Cup Officially Sold Out at Lone Star Park

  • 2004/2005 Thoroughbred Stakes Schedule Announced at Sam Houston Race Park

  • $50,000 Stakes Race Added to Breeders' Cup Week at Lone Star Park

  • SHRP Chaplaincy to Host Benefit Golf Tournament on Monday, September 13

  • Pat Day to Make First Appearance at Retama Park to Benefit Chaplaincy on September 15

  • Pat Day Guides Turbo Tex to Victory in A Match Made in Heaven at Sam Houston Race Park

  • Texas Horsemen Can Now Renew Their TRC License Online

  • Charitable Tack Sale to Benefit CANTER of Texas Slated for September 15

  • Strong Fasig-Tipton Texas Summer Yearling Sale Concludes

  • HBPA Election Process Underway

  • Sam Houston Race Park to Host "A Match Made in Heaven" with Hall of Fame rider, Pat Day

  • Race Order, Post Times, Wagering Menu Announced for Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships at LSP

  • NTRA/Breeders' Cup Names Lexmark an Official Partner

  • Texas Racing Commission Approves Race Dates for 2005

  • Hall of Fame Jockey Pat Day to Make Charity Appearance at Sam Houston Race Park on Friday, September 10

  • 2004 TQHA Yearling Sale Sets Records Again This Year at Sam Houston Race Park

  • Sam Houston Race Park Hosts the TQHA Yearling Sale and Texas Summer Showdown This Weekend

  • Premises Quarantined in Three States Due to Vesicular Stomatitis

  • High Winds Damage Tents for the TQHA Yearling Sale at Sam Houston Race Park

  • Retama Park Celebrates Tenth Anniversary as it Opens 2004 Thoroughbred Meet on July 23

  • Live Racing Schedule Shifts to Four Nights at Sam Houston Race Park Beginning Thursday, July 29

  • Golf Tournament Benefiting Retama Park Chaplaincy Set for August 2

  • NTRA Legislative Update: Senate Votes to Send FSC Bill to Conference

  • Lone Star Park On-Track Attendance, Handle Jump

  • Asmussen, Martin, Kagele Brothers, Yessirgeneralsir Wrap Up Titles at LSP Meet

  • Sam Houston Race Park Attracts A Record Crowd of 25,142 for the News24Houston July 4 Fireworks Extravaganza

  • 2004 Texas Horse Racing Hall of Fame Inductees Announced

  • Retama Park and Gillespie County Fairgrounds Meets Open This Month

  • Texas Racing Industry Still Hopeful for VLTs

  • Health Fair Set for July 7 at Sam Houston Race Park

  • Lone Star Park Makes Special Preparations for Breeders' Cup Due to VS Outbreak

  • Obituary: Ruth Claflin

  • More Vesicular Stomatitis (VS) Confirmed in Texas & New Mexico

  • Heart of Texas Racing To Turn Bandera Downs into Training Center

  • Sixteen TQHA Sires' Cup Trials Set for this Sunday at SHRP, Special Post Time

  • Smarty Jones Targets Breeders' Cup Classic at Lone Star Park in October

  • American Quarter Horse Tailor Fit to Find New Home at the Kentucky Horse Park

  • Smarty Jones Photos Available Online

  • Governor Expected To Call Second Special Session, VLTs Still Possible

  • Breeders' Cup Ticket Application Deadline is Friday, June 4

  • NTRA Legislative Update - June 2004

  • Kentucky Governor Amends Ban on Texas Horses; Ruling Paves Way for Texas Million Hopefuls

  • No Signs of Vesicular Stomititis at Lone Star Park

  • Vesicular Stomatitis (VS) Confirmed in West Texas; First U.S. Case Since l998

  • Smarty Party Continues: Attendance, Wagering Records Fall at Lone Star Park

  • 83 Percent of Texas Voters Want to Decide for Themselves on VLTs

  • AQHA Begins Registering Horses Once Excluded by White Rule

  • TQHA Extends 2004 Sale to Two Days, July 30-31

  • Grassroots Efforts a Success, VLTs Quest Continues

  • URGENT NOTICE

  • Lone Star Park Sets Record for On-Track, Simulcast Handle on May 1

  • Call to Action!

  • Tenth Anniversary Celebration Highlights Opening Weekend of the 2004 Quarter Horse Meeting at Sam Houston Race Park

  • Lone Star Park Stages One of Its Best Openings in Track History

  • Gov. Rick Perry Calls Special Session of Legislature To Address Educational Excellence and Property Tax Relief

  • Lone Star Park Kicks Off Important Year Thursday

  • Bandera ISD Accepts $1.206 Million Bid from James Dunnagan

  • Claiming Crown Nomination Deadline Thursday, April 15

  • Thoroughbred Interests, Inc. Bids on Bandera Downs Race Track Property

  • Lone Star Park Sets Record on Pre-Race Breeders' Cup Ticket Sales

  • THP Welcomes Classic Chevrolet as Corporate Sponsor

  • THP Launches Breeders' Cup Section on Website

  • H-2B Visa Cap Reached for Fiscal Year 2004 - Visas for New Workers Put on Hold

  • Breeders' Cup Charity Gala to Be a Wild! Night in Texas

  • 2004 American Quarter Horse Stakes Schedule Set at Sam Houston Race Park

  • Lone Star to Stage International Jockey Championship on October 28

  • Horses Will Begin to Arrive at Lone Star Park on March 29

  • Manor Downs Is Off And Running!

  • Nextel: THP/NTRA Purchasing Vendor of the Month

  • Helzer Re-Elected President of Texas HBPA

  • Reserved Seating for LSP Thoroughbred Meet Go On Sale Monday, March 1, at 8:30 a.m.

  • Governor Appoints New Racing Commissioner

  • Give The Texas Racing Commission Your Input

  • Two Stakes Added to Breeders' Cup Meeting

  • THP Launches Texas Horsemen's PAC

  • THP Welcomes AmeriStall Horse Barns as Corporate Sponsor

  • Texas Racing Industry Mourns Norman R. Morrison

  • Larry Christopher Elected President of TTHBPA

  • NTRA Legislative Update - January 2004

  • Breeders' Cup Highlights $17.8 Million Fall Stakes Schedule at LSP

  • 2004 Breeders' Cup Applications Available From Lone Star Park on Wednesday, January 21

  • Texas A&M 2004 Equine Workshops Set for February 24-26

  • THBPA and TTHBPA Election Results Are In!

  • THP Sponsor Sheplers Western Wear Offers 20% Discount To All Members

  • Pin Oak Stud to Sponsor Lone Star Park's USA Stakes

  • Changes in Lone Star Park 2004 Condition Book and Stall Application Notable for Horsemen

  • THBPA and TTHBPA Elections Drawing To a Close

  • TRC Owners' and Trainers' Licenses To Become Available Online in 2004

  • Ramirez Claims LSP Riding Crown, Dewitt Tops Owners for 7th Consecutive Year

  • Donate Tack to Help California Horsemen

  • THBPA And TTHBPA Elections Underway

  • Watch Your Mail for Manor Downs 2004 Stakes Books

  • It's Texas Thoroughbred HBPA, Inc. Board of Directors Election Time Again!

  • Asmussen Sets All-Time Win Record at SHRP With A Three-Win Night That Included Appealing Secret's Triump in $35,000 Katy Stakes

  • O'Hara Presents South African Counsel General with Gift Basket on Behalf of Racing Industry

  • THP Members Eligible for Discount With Blanco Valley Featherlite

  • NTRA Legislative Update

  • Groom Elite Program Goes International, Underway in South Africa

  • THP Offers New Opportunity for Members

  • 2004 Breeders' Cup Logo, Grandstand Addition Unveiled at Lone Star Park

  • New THP Sponsor Sheplers Western Wear Offers 20% To All Members

  • HBPA is working with RTCA to Honor Backstretch Workers During Breeders' Cup Week

  • Texas Attorney General Issues Opinion The VLTs in Texas Will Require Constitutional Amendment

  • Live Quarter Horse Racing Returns To LSP on October 3

  • 2003/2004 Thoroughbred Stakes Schedule Announced at SHRP

  • Former SHRP Leading Jockey Ricky Frazier Moves West To Pursue Movie Projects

  • Sign-Up for AMBER Alert Plan to Protect Children Set for Retama Park on September 27

  • Sam Houston Race Park Awarded 2004 MBNA America® Challenge Championships

  • Retirement Ceremony Honoring AQHA World Champion Tailor Fit at SHRP on Friday

  • Texas Horse Racing Hall of Fame to Honor 2003 Inductees on October 4

  • Dr. Charles Graham Named TCAAA Man of the Year in Texas Agriculture

  • Sowell Appointed to Texas Racing Commission

  • Retama Park Signs Ketel One as Sponsor for 2003 El Joven Stakes

  • Texas Presence Strong in All-American Futurity Trials

  • Racing Medication and Testing Consortium Update

  • NTRA Suspends Great State Challenge for 2003

  • Bandera School Trustees Approve the Sale of Bandera Downs

  • Live Thoroughbred Racing Begins Tonight at Retama Park with a Seabiscuit Poster Giveaway!

  • 2003 TQHA Yearling Sale Sets Records Again This Year at SHRP

  • "Seabiscuit" Fundraiser Conducted by Texas Horse Racing Industry for Carole Keeton Strayhorn

  • THP Announces Affiliation With CANTER of Texas

  • NTRA to Hold Annual Meeting, Marketing Summit September 21-23 in Las Vegas

  • Texas Racing Commission Allots 2004 Race Dates

  • Bob Douglas Wins Two Tickets To Advanced Screening of "Seabiscuit" in San Antonio

  • THP Chairman John Roark Re-Elected National HBPA President

  • Lone Star Park Attendance, Handle Figures Down for 2003 Thoroughbred Meet

  • Register to Win Two Tickets To Advanced Screening of "Seabiscuit"

  • Lone Star Park Sets Two-Day Attendance Record

  • Notice of Error: Gillespie Entry Schedule

  • National HBPA Convention To Be Held in Cleveland July 9 - 13

  • Prado First Two-Time All-Star Jockey Champion By A Nose

  • Reminder About New Depreciation Schedule for Horses

  • ATB Fund Suffers Legislative Reductions

  • House Passes Internet Gambling Ban That Includes Racing Exemption

  • Diamond Cut Jeans Joins NTRA as Newest Purchasing Partner

  • Jockeys Announced for NTRA All-Star Jockey Championship

  • THP E-Newsletter: Another New THP Benefit for You

  • THP Grass Roots Letter Writing Campaign Yields Impressive Results

  • Governor Perry Names R. Dyke Rogers Presiding Officer of Texas Racing Commission

  • NTRA Purchasing Offers Members $1,000 Off Select John Deere Trailers for Limited Time

  • Jockey's Guild Signs New Three-Year Contract

  • Pick 4 Takeout Lowered to 15% for Lone Star Million Day

  • Governor Perry Appoints Adams to Texas Racing Commission

  • NTRA Adds Nextel To List of Suppliers

  • NTRA Promotes "Seabiscuit" to Bring New Fans to Horse Racing

  • THP Urges Members to Contact Their Legislators in Support of VLT Legislation

  • Kentucky Derby Saturday Produces 2nd Highest Day of All-Time Wagering at Retama Park

  • Record Derby Day at Lone Star Park

  • Deadline of May 23 for Quarter Horse Stall Applications at SHRP

  • Health Fair Scheduled for May 20 at Lone Star Park

  • Regular and Open Nominations for Claiming Crown 2003 Close April 15

  • Increase in Host Handle and Purses Noted for the 2002/2003 SHRP Thoroughbred Meeting

  • 10,000 American Flags, Salute to Troops Part of LSP Opening Night Extravaganza

  • TABA Auction Set for April 12 at Retama Park

  • Security Alert from the Texas Animal Health Commission

  • Lone Star Park Traffic Advisory for March 22 & 23

  • State Sen. Ken Armbrister Files Racetrack Video Lottery Legislation

  • TTHPBA Director David Arnold Undergoes Surgical Procedure Following Chest Pains

  • Reserved Seating for The LSP Thoroughbred Meet Go On Sale Monday, March 3

  • Trainer Ramon Flores Killed in Automobile Accident

  • Manor Quarter Horse Meet to Open March 1

  • THP Participates in Rural Texas Summit

  • Manor Downs Changes Entry Schedule

  • John Deere Announces Special Finance Rates on Select Equipment for NTRA Members Through April 30

  • TRC To Implement New Licensing Policies Beginning March 1

  • 2003 Claiming Crown Slated for July 19 at Canterbury Park

  • LSP To Begin Offering Official Timed Works on Monday, January 27

  • Legislative Updates from the AHC

  • Partnership Gets New Exhibit Display

  • FedEx Joins NTRA Group Purchasing Program

  • Ethics Provisions Adopted

  • TTA Annual Meeting Set for Saturday, January 18

  • TQHA Annual Meeting and Banquet on Saturday, January 11

  • NTRA Announces North American Wagering and Purses Up for 2002

  • Fasig-Tipton Texas December Mixed Sale Sees Mixed Results

  • SHRP Wagering Record Falls with Successful Inaugural NTRA Great State Challenge

  • December Mixed Sale Set for December 15 at Lone Star Park

  • Take Charge Lady, Forbidden Apple Headline 49 Horses Entered For Inaugural NTRA Great State Challenge

  • Wagering On Par at Lone Star Park's Fall Meeting

  • TRC Hires Tom Neely as Director of Enforcement

  • Horses Ranked For NTRA Great State Challenge; Eleven States To Be Represented In December 7 Inaugural Event

  • $7.8 Million Improvements Plan for Breeders Cup Begun at Lone Star Park

  • NTRA Hires Guiliani Partners To Lead Review Process

  • AQHA, AHC Join NTRA Wagering Technology Working Group

  • Johnsen Promoted to MEC Group Vice President, Greco Named Lone Star Park General Manager

  • Sam Houston Race Park Honors its Six Millionth Fan on November 9

  • MBNA America Challenge Championships Return to LSP Saturday Night

  • 2002/2003 SHRP Thoroughbred Meeting Kicks Off Friday Evening

  • Texas Racing Commission Approves Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie Sale to Magna Entertainment Corp.

  • HBPA, AQHA To Host Insurance Summit at Arizona Racing Symposium

  • Texas Horse Racing Hall of Fame Honors 2002 Inductees

  • Sherwin-Williams Discounts Available to THP Members Through NTRA Purchasing

  • United States Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Purses Up for First Nine Months of 2002

  • Sam Houston Race Park to Offer Advance Sale for the NTRA Great State Challenge on December 7

  • Live American Quarter Horse Racing Returns to LSP on Friday Night

  • Former HBPA Counsel Don Sturgill Passes Away

  • Fumonisin Found in Texas Corn

  • Kentucky Race-Day Drug Policy Revised

  • Blanco Valley Featherlite Joins THP as Platinum Sponsor

  • THP Health Fair Slated for Retama Park on Tuesday, September 24

  • Toshiba Joins with NTRA as Group Purchasing and Media Partner

  • National HBPA Hires Consultants Stevenson & Associates

  • THP Joins Nation in Observing the Anniversary of 9-11, Retama Plans Special Tribute Sept. 13

  • National HBPA Liability Insurance Program Premiums Increase Slightly

  • NTRA Update for September: TV And Taxes

  • Texas Connections Finish A Brave Second in the Claiming Crown Iron Horse Stakes

  • Numbers Down at Fasig-Tipton Summer Texas Yearling Sale

  • Slow Start for Fasig-Tipton Summer Texas Yearling Sale

  • Grand Prairie Resident Wins NTRA/Daily Racing Form Contest Qualifier at Retama Park

  • Track News Added To Breed Sections of Site

  • TRC Awards Texas Racing Dates for 2003

  • Texas Summer Yearling Sale Set for August 26-27

  • THP To Conduct Horsemen's Health Fair at SHRP

  • Make Sure Your Horse Looks Like Its Picture!

  • Final Chance To Nominate for Claiming Crown Looms Near

  • Retama Park Kicks Off 2002 Thoroughbred Meeting on Friday, August 2

  • Longhsots Light Up the SHRP Toteboard in the Texas Summer Showdown

  • TQHA Yearling Sale Saturday at Sam Houston Race Park

  • West Nile confirmed in Texas patient; 4 more Houston cases suspected

  • Lone Star Park Finishes Season Up in Attendance & Handle

  • Texas' Sees Its First Case of West Nile Virus in a Horse

  • NTRA Update on Programs and Annual Meeting

  • SHRP to Raise Funds for the Don MacBeth Memorial Jockey Fund on July 6

  • Nancy Nichols Joins Texas Horsemen's Partnership Staff

  • Grand Prairie Sports Facilities Corp. Grants $2.9 Million for Breeders Cup Improvements

  • TRC Passes Two Rule Proposals Designed To Protect Horsemen's Money

  • Texas Horse Racing Hall of Fame Announces 2002 Inductees

  • McCarron Wins Jockey Championship Before Retirement

  • West Nile Virus (WNV) Confirmed in Dead Blue Jays in Houston

  • Amarillo Racetrack Breaks Ground

  • AQHA Releases Statement of Position on "Embryo Transfer Lawsuit Settlement"

  • Flores, Smith Join Cast for June 21 NTRA All-Star Jockey Championship

  • Lanerie Clinches NTRA All-Star Jockey Championship Berth

  • Kent Stirling Named to NTRA Drug Testing Task Force

  • FDA Recalls Leg Paint Containing Poisonous Substance

  • Helzer Elected Chairman of AQHA Racing Committee

  • Q & A on the NTRA Great State Challenge

  • Jockey Eddie Cox Wins Both Stakes Races at Retama Park

  • Lone Star Park Sets Single-Race Wagering Record

  • First National Equine Identification Symposium to be Held

  • Manor Downs Set for Inaugural Thoroughbred Meet

  • Alert: Claiming Crown Nomination Deadline Approaching

  • New Regulation Intended to Protect Horses

  • THP Members Can Take Advantage of Savings Through NTRA Purchasing

  • Manor Downs Announces Thoroughbred Purse Increases

  • Retama Park Kicks Off Live Horse Racing Friday, April 19

  • Lone Star Opener Goes To Bailey and Cascio; Attendance & Handle Up

  • 2nd Running of American Quarter Horse-Thoroughbred Challenge Set for July 13 at Calder

  • American Quarter Horse Racing Figures Continue To Increase Through March

  • Christian Music Festival at SHRP on Easter Sunday

  • Lone Star and Hollywood Park Starters to Speak at AQHA Workshop

  • Stimulus Package Includes Benefits for Racehorse Owners

  • Governor Appoints Comer Cottrell To Texas Racing Commission

  • Terry Blanton Elected President of TTHBPA

  • Magna Entertainment Corp. Signs Agreement to Acquire Lone Star Park

  • Groom Elite Program Website Launched

  • Friday the 22nd Is the Registration Deadline for the Texas Racehorse Conference

  • Thoroughbred HBPA Election Results Announced

  • Logo Unveiled for December 7 NTRA Great State Challenge at SHRP

  • Manor Downs And Texas Horsemen's Partnership Announce Purse Increase

  • National HBPA Convention Focuses On Progress And Future Challenges

  • Retama Park Founder Carr Passes Away

  • Jim Helzer Elected President of THBPA for 2002

  • THP Signs Favorable New Contracts With SHRP and Retama Park

  • THP and Texas Racing Industry Achieves Many Milestones in 2001

  • Nobles, Carden and Windham Elected to HBPA Board

  • Texas Racehorse Conference on March 9 To Feature Impressive List of Speakers

  • TRAC: A United Texas Racing Industry Initiative

  • Total Texas Classic Futurity Purse Totals $1 Million

  • Roark Speaks on Backstretch Issues at Symposium on Racing

  • Sam Houston To Host Inaugural NTRA Great State Challenge in 2002

  • Additional Race Days at Manor Downs Denied

  • Parent Company for Retama Park Announces Management Changes

  • TTHBPA President John Roark Diagnosed With Cancer

  • THP Board Members Address Questions at Meeting

  • Texas Racing Industry Comes Together On Groundbreaking Cross-Species Agreement

  • THP Comes To Aid of Tampa Bay Downs Horsemen

  • NTRA Announces "Great State Challenge"

  • Vazquez Wins AQHA Jockey Championship at Lone Star Park

  • Texas Classic Futurity & Derby Trials Set For November 16-17 at Lone Star Park

  • Retama's Meet Shows Increased Total Handle; SHRP Opens On Thursday

  • THP Horsemen's Appreciation Party and Children's Trick Or Treat Set For Tuesday at LSP

  • Fate Or Luck: Horses Finish In Exact Post Position Order At Retama Park

  • National HBPA Unveils Proposed National Drug Testing And Therapeutic Medication Policy

  • $25,000 Raised At Texas Horse Racing Hall of Fame Gala

  • Texas Racing Commission Sets Breed Splits for 2002

  • Connie Nobles Unanimously Elected New THP Chairperson

  • Texas Horse Racing Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony/Gala Saturday at Retama

  • NTRA Answers Questions About Sponsorship Efforts

  • Janet Van Bebber Ties Record for Wins by a Quarter Horse Trainer at SHRP

  • Special Message from the National HBPA President, John Roark - Disaster Relief

  • Texas Adds Breeders' Cup To List of Recent Achievements

  • THP's Groom Elite Program Graduates First SHRP Class

  • THP Board Member Jim Helzer Set For Big All American Weekend

  • National HBPA Endorses THP's Groom Elite Program

  • Q & A Regarding The THP's Stance On a Mixed Meet at Retama in 2002

  • Lone Star Park Horsemen's Bookkeeper Gail Evans Succumbs To Cancer

  • THP Chairman John Roark Elected President of National HBPA

  • NTRA Summer Promotions Put Fans in the Stands & Lead To Increases

  • Texas Racing Commission Approves Racing Schedule For 2002

  • Retama Meet Posts Encouraging Early Numbers

  • Stormscope And Nina K Represent Texas in Claiming Crown

  • Remi Bellocq Selected As National HBPA Executive Director

  • Jo Ann Weber Named First Executive Director of Texas Horse Racing Hall of Fame

  • Retama Park 2001 Thoroughbred Meet Will Have Cajun Flair

  • Lone Star Park Meet Ends With Mixed Results

  • Texans Invade Calder For American Quarter Horse-Thoroughbred Challenge

  • THP's John Roark Up for Election At National HBPA Convention

  • Groom Elite Program Begins at Sam Houston

  • Sam Houston Race Park Quarter Horse Meeting To Begin June 29

  • Texas Horse Racing Hall of Fame Announces 2001 Inductees And Gala

  • Governor Vetoes Racing Industry Bill; United Industry Effort A Promising Sign

  • Texas Horsemen's Partnership Graduates First Class of Groom Elites at Lone Star Park

  • Joyce Hired As Lone Star Park Director of Product Development

  • Three Lone Star Park Preview Winners Headed for August 4 Claiming Crown

  • The THP Asks The NTRA About Current Projects That Affect Horsemen

  • NTRA All-Star Jockey Championship Invitees Announced

  • Horsemen's Appreciation Parties Set for Early June at Lone Star Park and Retama Park

  • THP & The Jockey Club Information Systems Offer Members Free 3-Month Subscription

  • John Roark - "Welcome To Our New Site"

  • Frequently Asked Questions of the Horsemen's Bookkeeper

  • Executive Director's Update for May 11

  • Lone Star Park To Host Claiming Crown Preview Day On June 2

  • THP Equine Conference Set For October 13 at Texas A&M

  • Racetrack And Amphitheater To Be Built in Amarillo

  • Texas Racing Commission Meeting Brief And Productive

  • Manor Gets Reprieve; Agreements Allow Purse Money To Be Distributed Elsewhere

  • Horsemen's Partnership Launches Groom Elite Program at Lone Star Park

  • Texas DPS Breaks From Random Compliance Inspections And Raids Retama Park

  • Sexton Leaving Lone Star Park for Arlington Park Post

  • Upcoming Retama Park Meet To Offers Horsemen Expanded Racing Opportunities

  • National HBPA Winter 2001 Convention Maybe Things Are Bigger And Better In Texas
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