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SPECIAL APOLLITICAL VICTORIOUS IN THE $255,400 SAM HOUSTON DERBY (G3) ON FRIDAY, MAY 20

Multiple Stakes Winner Stone Cold Leader Closes Out Exceptional Career With a Win in the $50,000 Harris County Stakes

HOUSTON, TX –The Sam Houston Race Park 2022 Quarter Horse live racing season is in full throttle with quality performances noted throughout the first month of the meet. Older horses took center stage on Friday, May 20, with a stellar victory by Special Apollitical  in the final of the $255,400 Sam Houston Derby (G3) as well as each of the three undercard stakes on the program. 

SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK TO HOST FOUR STAKES INCLUDING THE $255,400 SAM HOUSTON DERBY (G3) ON FRIDAY, MAY 20

Simulcast of the 147th Preakness Stakes on Saturday, May 21

HOUSTON, TX – Last weekend Sam Houston Race Park conducted twenty exciting trials for the $700,000-estimated Sam Houston Futurity (G2). On Friday, May 20, the spotlight will be on older horses with four stakes, highlighted by the final of the $255,400 Sam Houston Derby (G3).  Post time is 6:45 pm (CT).

JMG APOLLITICAL CAPO SETS THE FASTEST QUALIFYING TIME IN TRIALS FOR THE $700,0000-ESTIMATED SAM HOUSTON FUTURITY (G2)

Trainer Juan Diaz Will Saddle Three in the June 4 Final

OUSTON, TX –Sam Houston Race Park ran 20 trials for the richest race of the 2022 Quarter Horse meet with impressive efforts on both Friday and Saturday evening. Five qualifiers from each night will return on Saturday, June 4 in the $700,000-estimated Sam Houston Futurity (G2).

TWENTY SAM HOUSTON FUTURITY (G2) TRIALS SET FOR FRIDAY, MAY 13 AND SATURDAY, MAY 14

The Top Five Qualifiers From Each Night Will Advance to the Final on Saturday, June 4

HOUSTON, TX – It will be a very busy weekend for the connections of juvenile Quarter Horses at Sam Houston Race Park. The northwest Houston racetrack will run ten trials on Friday, May 13 as well as Saturday, May 14 for the $150,000-added Sam Houston Futurity (G2). Post time is  6:45 pm (CT) with the fastest ten qualifiers in the 330-yard trials earning a berth to the final on Saturday, June 4.

SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK TO RUN SEVEN TRIALS FOR THE SAM HOUSTON DERBY (G3) ON SATURDAY, APRIL 30

Ten Top Qualifiers Will Advance to the May 20 Final

HOUSTON, TX – The first test for 3-year-olds will take place Saturday, April 30 with seven trials for the $100,000-added Sam Houston Futurity (G3). Post time is  6:45 pm (CT) with the fastest ten qualifiers in the 350-yard trials earning a berth to the final on Friday, May 20.

SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK KICKS OFF ITS 2022 QUARTER HORSE RACING SEASON ON FRIDAY, APRIL 22

Solid Quarter Horse Stakes Schedule and Tributes for Horsemen Leon Bard, John Buchanan and Jessie Yoakum Set for the 25-day Meet

HOUSTON, TX - The 2022 Quarter Horse racing season at Sam Houston Race Park gets underway on Friday, April 22 with a ten-race card, beginning at 6:45 pm (CT). Opening weekend continues with ten races set on Saturday, April 23, also at 6:45 pm.  The 25-day meet will run through Saturday, June 18.

BART LANG JOINS SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK AS DIRECTOR OF RACING

Solid Handle Numbers Recorded in the 2022 Thoroughbred Live Racing Season

(Houston, TX) –Sam Houston Race Park closed the curtain on its 50-day Thoroughbred live racing season on Saturday, April 9.

STEWART ELLIOTT, STEVE ASMUSSEN AND END ZONE ATHLETICS, INC. WIN TITLES IN THE 2022 SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK THOROUGHBRED LIVE RACING SEASON

Successful 50-Day Meet Wrapped on Saturday, April 9

HOUSTON, TX- The annual Sam Houston Race Park Thoroughbred concluded on Saturday, April 9 with 11 races and the presentation of the end of the meet honors for the meet’s leading jockey, trainer and owner.

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