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 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 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 Frday, 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 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 THBPA and TTHBPA Election Results Feature New and Familiar Faces Fan Appreciation Week at Sam Houston Race Park Starts on Saturday, February 16 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Longtime Texas Horseman Jack Dube Passes Away, Funeral to Be Tuesday, October 10 Bill Martin Fills Vacancy on TTHBPA Board 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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