News & Updates
Texas Champions Day arrives Saturday at Sam Houston Race Park.
Article By: Hal Lundgren
With a lineup of seven $100,000 races, it's SHRP's deepest program of
the year.
Owning a Thoroughbred or two seemed like a good idea to Shawn Farmer.
Article By: Hal Lundgren
Owning a Thoroughbred or two seemed like a good idea to Shawn Farmer.
The idea didn't fly with his wife, Tiffany.
Winning 10,000 races required early lessons in work ethic.
Article By: Hal Lundgren
Winning 10,000 races required early lessons in work ethic.
Steve Asmussen got them free.
His parents, Keith and Marilyn, have operated Laredo's Asmussen Horse Center for six decades. They taught their son that hard work does more than start a day. It must stick around for a career.
The high-school principal's stinging words were meant to put down a teen-age student, J.R. Caldwell.
Article By: Hal Lundgren
"You'll never be anything but a horse trainer," he told Caldwell.
Fear gripped Floyd Wethey, Jr., and he didn't know how to manage it.
Article By: Hal Lundgren
That emotion never hit when he was fearlessly charging around a horse track at 40 mph. It struck more than a decade ago when the then-teen jockey was asked for an interview on Oaklawn Park's regular TV show.
EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCES ON TAP IN EACH OF THE FIVE TEXAS PREVIEW DAY FEATURES AT SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK
Breeders Ronald and Margaret Ellerbee Win Two of the Five Stakes
HOUSTON, TX- Sam Houston Race Park hosted Texas Preview Day with five stakes saluting Texas Thoroughbreds. The annual event serves as a preview for Texas Champions Day, which will take place on Saturday, March 25 and the majority of today’s winners are expected to return for the seven Champions Day stakes, which will each be run for a purse of $100,000 again this year.
Saturday’s Texas Preview Day at Sam Houston Race Park Shows Resolve and Dedication of Texas Horsemen
By Gary West, National Turf Writer
February 13, 2022 – Houston, TX - Despite a precipitous decline in handle caused by the HISA imbroglio, despite bureaucratic indifference, despite all the confusion and uncertainty and anxiety, the show will go on, with five stakes races Saturday at Sam Houston Race Park during Texas Preview Day. The show goes on entirely because of the state’s horsemen, because of their resolve and dedication. As trainer Bret Calhoun explained, most of the owners with horses in his stable are Texans. And they prefer to see their horses race in Texas. This is home, after all. But, of course, beneath the resolve is an awareness that economic imperatives can wash away preferences just as easily as the tide can sweep away sand castles.
FIVE TEXAS PREVIEW DAY STAKES ARE SET FOR SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18 AT SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK
First Post is 1:00 pm (Central) for the Nine-Race Program
HOUSTON, TX- Sam Houston Race Park will present Texas Preview Day on Saturday, February 18 featuring stakes on both the main track and Connally Turf Course. The nine-race card begins at 1:00 pm (CT) with several Texas Thoroughbred Association (TTA) champions and rising stars competing in the $75,000 Jim’s Orbit, $75,000 Houston Turf, $75,000 Two Altazano, $75,000 H-Town Stakes and the $75,000 Miss Bluebonnet Turf. Admission for Texas Preview Day is $5.00.
