News & Updates
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.
Will I'm A Cowboy be up to the task?
Article By: Hal Lundgren
Trainer Danny Pish thinks that question deserves a "yes."
Jaylan Clary's job description, "trainer," falls way short of complete.
Article By: Hal Lundgren
Yes, Clary trains horses. She stabled a dozen here for Sam Houston Race
Park's Thoroughbred meet. Keeping them race-tuned is an everyday
task.
Statement from Sam Houston Race Park
span style="caret-color:#000000">span style="font-variant-caps:normal">span style="letter-spacing:normal">span style="text-transform:none">span style="widows:auto">span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto">Sam Houston Race Park previously announced that interstate simulcast wagering would resume at all locations today, February 3, 2023. Since that announcement, we have determined that more time is needed to fully evaluate the many legal complexities surrounding recent court decisions and the HISA amendment enacted by Congress at the end of last year.
There Was Too Little Time For Celebration.
Article By: Hal Lundgren
Stewart Elliott had just won the $300,000 Houston Ladies Classic aboard Pauline's Pearl. The win shot his January earnings beyond $500,000, more than double any other Sam Houston Race Park jockey.
OUTSTANDING SCORES BY IZATIZ IN THE $100,000 BARA LASS AND VIETNAM VICTORY IN THE $100,000 GEXA ENERGY GROOVY AT SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK
Full Fields for Both Accredited Texas-bred Features on the Houston Racing Festival Card
HOUSTON, TX- Sam Houston Race Park hosted its annual Houston Racing Festival program on Saturday, January 28. As previously reported Pauline’s Pearl defended her title in the Grade 3, $300,000 Houston Ladies Classic with Scarlet Fusion taking the Grade 3, $200,000 John B. Connally Turf Cup. There was also plenty of talent earlier on the card in both of the stakes for accredited Texas-breds.
SCARLET FUSION DEFEATS TWO PREVIOUS CHAMPIONS IN THE GRADE 3, $200,000 JOHN B. CONNALLY TURF CUP AT SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK
Andthewinneris Captures the $100,000 Bob Bork Texas Turf Mile
HOUSTON, TX- There were some anxious moments Saturday morning at Sam Houston Race Park when the rain fell heavily . The Houston Racing Festival had two quality turf stakes to be run on the Connally Turf Course. Officials took the fourth race off the turf and fortunately, both the Grade 3, $200,000 John B. Connally Turf Cup and $100,000 Bob Bork Texas Turf Mile remained on the turf.
DEFENDING CHAMPION PAULINE’S PEARL RETURNED WITH A BRILLIANT PERFORMANCE IN THE GRADE 3, $300,000 HOUSTON LADIES CLASSIC AT SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 28
Trainer Steve Asmussen Captured His Fourth Victory in the Championship for Fillies and Mares
(Houston, TX) – An early morning storm in Houston rendered the main track muddy, but did not dampen the classy return of defending champion Pauline’s Pearl in the Grade 3, $300,000 Houston Ladies at Sam Houston Race Park.
