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Sam Houston Race Park

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Houston, TX USA

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http://www.shrp.com/

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Hou 2/13/2012 R9 - Isabella The Lady turns back at Sam Houston

Monday's 9th race from San Houston is a $17,500 claiming sprint for fillies and mares which have never won three races. #1 Isabella The Lady (6-1) is an interesting route/sprint candidate at a hint of a price. She can fire a fresh shot and was l...

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Sam Houston to Open Doors Jan. 20

Sam Houston Race Park will open its 19th annual live racing season Friday, Jan. 20, 2012. The Texas Racing Commission granted the track 31 days of live Thoroughbred racing in a meeting held earlier today. The meet will host approximately 10 live races each Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday throug...Read More

Source: bloodhorse.com · Posted 252 days ago ·

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Newly established Texas Derby needs funding

Texas horse race fans know of the Louisiana Derby, the Florida Derby and, certainly, the Kentucky Derby.Now there will be a Texas Derby for thoroughbreds and quarter horses under a newly enacted state law designed to boost racing attendance and showcase Texas-bred horses. Even though legislators did...Read More

Source: reporternews.com · Posted 327 days ago ·

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Will Sam Houston Get Slot Machines?

Andrea Young, the president and chief operating officer of the Sam Houston Race Park, is trying to talk Texas legislators into calling a popular vote on whether to allow video lottery terminals — known as VLTS or, more commonly, as slot machines — at racetracks and on Indian reservati...Read More

Source: texastribune.org · Posted 412 days ago ·

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Lawmaker wants to create Texas Derby

Texas could be home to a new premier horse race with one of the richest purses in the country in the next few years, if a state lawmaker has his way.A proposal by Rep. Harvey Hilderbran, R-Kerrville, would create a national race -- to be known as the Texas Derby or the Texas Derby Open -- that would...Read More

Source: star-telegram.com · Posted 424 days ago ·

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Sam Houston handles $1.2M daily

Sam Houston Race Park in Houston, which ran a consolidated Thoroughbred meet for the first time this winter, handled an average of $1,240,156 a day on its races from all sources. The 26-date meet concluded Monday.Sam Houston raced 62 days last meet, and handled an average $1,264,263 a day on its rac...Read More

Source: drf.com · Posted 448 days ago ·

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hal.lenox · Big Deal .... Can't figure out why a huge city like Houston has such a small handle and little support for the sport of kings. · 447 days ago ·

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Slots bill on table in Texas

A pair of Texas lawmakers on Thursday filed legislation proposing a statewide referendum on the installation of slot machines at horse and dog tracks in Texas, as well as at three Indian reservations. The legislation was filed in both the House and the Senate, with the next action expected to come i...Read More

Source: drf.com · Posted 453 days ago ·

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Chamberlain Bridge wins Dubai prep

Chamberlain Bridge moved closer to a trip to Dubai on Saturday night, when he won his first start since taking the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint in the $75,000 Rail Splitter at Sam Houston Race Park.The five-furlong turf race served as his prep for the Group 2, $1 million Al Quoz Sprint at Meydan Race C...Read More

Source: drf.com · Posted 472 days ago ·

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medlocke · Chamberlain Bridge looked brilliant winning the B.C. Turf Sprint and the Rail Splitter Stakes at Sam Houston. I think he's got a huge shot at bringing the Al Quoz Sprint Trophy home to America from Dubai this year. I think one of his biggest threats could be Happy Dubai. Who's already won two 5f sprints on the turf at Meydan during the Carnival. But I'd have say Chamberlain Bridge is much more the class horse of the two. JMO. · 471 days ago ·

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America’s Chamberlain Bridge Keeps Sprinting Along

It’s not often that a Breeders’ Cup winner makes an appearance at Sam Houston Race Park. Nor is it customary to see a horse prep for an engagement on World Cup Night in Dubai by way of Houston, but that is exactly the plan for one of America’s best turf horses. Chamberlain Bridge has always been a r...Read More

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arazi · Yes, Chamberlain Bridge is a game runner and ranked way too low at #97. I will vote him up, maybe some others can help! · 474 days ago ·

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Waya · Turf sprints are so much fun to watch, and this guy is our best of the best. His BC was breathtaking! · 473 days ago ·

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zatt · Another win for Chamberlain Bridge, he takes the Rail Splitter Stakes by a length. Should be on to Dubai now. · 472 days ago ·

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ruby · Chamberlain Bridge is so awesome. Don't we all feel stupid for not loading up on him BC day? · 472 days ago ·

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luvzenyatta · ruby...yes:) · 472 days ago ·

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Chamberlain Bridge Begins Year in Houston

Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (gr. IIT) winner Chamberlain Bridge will make his season debut in the $75,000 Rail Splitter Stakes Feb. 12 at Sam Houston Race Park.A winner of 16 races in 31 starts and earnings of more than $1.5 million, 7-year-old Chamberlain Bridge will ship in from Fair Grounds for tra...Read More

Source: bloodhorse.com · Posted 476 days ago ·

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Buy cheap racing properties, then declare little pari-mutuel future

Penn National, Beulah Park, Sam Houston. None come to mind when you think of great american racing. None have a proud history. They have had tough-ass horsemen scratching out a living at best and due to slots at Penn actually surviving. I respect the hell out of those horsemen. But, the Chairm...Read More

Source: equineproject.com · Posted 479 days ago ·

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Stately Victor Back on Turf in Connally

Florida invader Stately Victor returns to the lawn for the first time since last summer when he takes on eight rivals in the $200,000 John B. Connally Turf Cup Handicap (gr. IIIT) at Sam Houston Race Park the night of Jan. 29.Winner of the the Blue Grass Stakes (gr. I) over Keeneland's Polytrack at ...Read More

Source: bloodhorse.com · Posted 490 days ago ·

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Taptam wins Star of Texas Stakes

Taptam roared to the rescue, sparing trainer Bret Calhoun a forgettable Saturday night at Sam Houston Race Park.The 6-year-old mare broke quickly from the gate and led the entire 11/16-mile distance to win the $100,000 Star of Texas Stakes. Until that moment, seven Calhoun-trained horses had run. Ea...Read More

Source: chron.com · Posted 493 days ago ·

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Taptam Returns to Texas

Sam Houston Race Park begins its 27-day season tonight, and Saturday the track will present its Texas Champions program. The seven stakes worth $400,000 have attracted some state champions, running reminders of just how good racehorses from Texas can be.But, more than anything, the stakes convincin...Read More

Source: star-telegram.com · Posted 495 days ago ·

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Higher Purses at Sam Houston Park

The 2011 Texas racing season begins Jan. 21 with the opening of Sam Houston Race Park, which will offer a 27-day meet through March 7. Purses will average $160,000 a day, a figure officials at the Houston racetrack said is the highest in its 17-year history. The meet was trimmed in order to increase...Read More

Source: bloodhorse.com · Posted 509 days ago ·

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Santa Anita Boycott Will be a Failure

These price conscious players are like Bigfoot or the Loch Ness monster; often spoken about but never seen. The group that is advocating a boycott of Santa Anita is unfortunately not going to make a dent in Santa Anita's business. The small uptick in action generated by a takeout reduction can never...Read More

Source: gregcalabrese.blogspot.com · Posted 521 days ago ·

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Trainers like Sam Houston's plan

Danny Pish eyes Sam Houston Race Park's daily purse increase to $160,000, then calculates that those dollars and fewer dates are, in baseball terms, a home run. "Bigger money usually means you have full fields," said Pish, consistently a top trainer at SHRP. "You see that at Delta Downs, which is th...Read More

Source: chron.com · Posted 531 days ago ·

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Sam Houston ups ante for 2011

Although Sam Houston Race Park's 2011 thoroughbred season opens Jan. 21 with its second-highest purse level, the track will upstage itself 24 hours later on Texas Champions Day. The second-night Saturday program will feature seven stakes races, topped by the $100,000 Star of Texas. The same card wil...Read More

Source: chron.com · Posted 564 days ago ·

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Sam Houston lobbies for slot machines

Penn National Gaming Inc. recently acquired 50 percent joint ownership at Sam Houston Race Park.Shawn Hurwitz, CEO of Sam Houston Race Park, said the partnership will help make Texas racing competitive again.“Over the past decade, the ability of Texas racing to remain competitive has been severely i...Read More

Source: hcnonline.com · Posted 602 days ago ·

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Slot Machines Coming to Texas?

Will the Lone Star state be the next in line to expand its gambling opportunities? If it were up to the gambling group, Penn National Gaming, we would definitely be seeing changes in Texas’ legislation, and many analysts agree that this may not be such a bad idea for the cash-strapped state.Penn Nat...Read More

Source: compatiblepoker.com · Posted 610 days ago ·

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Penn National Gaming Buys Sam Houston

Sam Houston Race Park announced Wednesday that Penn National Gaming Inc. will acquire the race park through a joint venture of which Penn will own 50 percent.Read More

Source: houston.bizjournals.com · Posted 616 days ago ·

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