News & Updates
Bret Calhoun's second chance to train Hidden Connection has worked out splendidly.
Article By: Hal Lundgren
The 4-year-old will line up for Saturday's $300,000 Houston Ladies
Classic with a chance to win Sam Houston Race Park's 1 1/16th-mile
feature.
CHAMPIONS SPOOKY CHANNEL AND ANOTHER MYSTERY HEADLINE SATURDAY’S GRADE 3, $200,000 JOHN B. CONNALLY TURF CUP AT SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK
HOUSTON, TX- The Houston Racing Festival will take place on Saturday, January 28 with five stakes, highlighted by the Grade 3, $300,000 Houston Ladies Classic. The second graded stakes, the Grade 3, $200,000 John B. Connally Turf Cup, attracted 12 turf specialists, including 2021 champion Spooky Channel and last year’s winner Another Mystery. Post time for the ten-race program is 1:00 pm (CT).
Saturday's Connally Turf Cup Ends The Coziness.
Article By: Hal Lundgren
Trainer Michael Maker's three entrants in the $200,000 grass race are stabled at Florida's Gulfstream Park. They'll ship to Sam Houston Race Park in the same van. Before Saturday afternoon's Connally, they will stroll in line for the post parade.
DEFENDING CHAMPION PAULINE’S PEARL TO FACE SIX RIVALS IN THE GRADE 3, $300,000 HOUSTON LADIES CLASSIC AT SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 28
Trainer Steve Asmussen In Pursuit of His Fourth Victory in the Championship for Fillies and Mares
HOUSTON, TX- The fields are set for the premier day of Thoroughbred racing at Sam Houston Race Park. The Houston Racing Festival will take place onSaturday, January 28 with an afternoon post time of 1:00 pm (CT).
George Bryant kept ignoring that sore on his tongue.
Article By: Hal Lundgren
He blamed it on "too many soft drinks." At 39 and a non-smoker, he didn't consider it serious.
DEFENDING CHAMPION PAULINE’S PEARL LEADS THE NOMINATIONS FOR THE GRADE 3, $300,000 HOUSTON LADIES CLASSIC AT SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK
The Houston Racing Festival, With Five Stakes including the Grade 3, $200,000 John B. Connally Turf Will Take Place on Saturday, January 28
HOUSTON, TX—Nominations have closed for the Houston Racing Festival at Sam Houston Race Park. The annual event, featuring the Grade 3, $300,000 Houston Ladies Classic and the Grade 3, $200,000 John B. Connally Turf will be contested on Saturday, January 28 with an afternoon post time of 1:00 pm (CT).
WILFRIDO MONTANO
Article By: Hal Lundgren
It was freezing at West Virginia's Mountaineer Park, and Wilfrido Montano didn't like that one bit.
Stelliot's Legacy and Bling Bling Bling Victorious
HOUSTON, TX- The first two stakes of the 2023 Sam Houston Race Park Thoroughbred season were contested on Saturday afternoon with Stelliot’s Legacy breaking her maiden in the $75,000 Darby’s Daughter and Bling Bling Blingwinning the second stakes of his career in the $75,000 My Dandy. The Texas Thoroughbred Association sponsors the Clarence Scharbauer Jr. Texas Stallion Stakes Series (TSSS), a set of races for progeny of nominated Texas-based stallions. The series features three sets of races, each split into two divisions (colts/geldings and fillies) for a purse of $75,000 per division.
