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*** The 2012 TABA Stallion Breeding Auction! Bids close on January 28, 2012. See the great lineup of stallions available and purchase your breedings at extreme discounts. Support the industry and your own breeding goals at the same time. Proceeds benefit the Texas Arabian Breeders Association and our ongoing promotion of Arabian horse breeding and racing. See full details on our auction site: www.racearabians.com.
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Arabian Racing begins at Sam Houston Race Park on January 22, 2012. More info...
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SAMMY V sets a blazing new track record in the Texas Lone Star Futurity colts division Nov 11th at Lone Star Park. See RESULTS!
The HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Flat Racing Festival unveiled plans for the HH Shaikha Fatma Bint Mubarak Ladies Fegentri Cup in Houston in 2012. (update, renamed to H.H. Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies IFAHR Cup). "This stake will be run on the same day when the Shaikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup is held at the Sam Houston Race Park in March next year,” said Ms Lara Sawaya, director of the program.
Sawaya also announced HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Flat Racing Festival sponsorship of the Darley Awards, the ‘Oscars’ of Arabian racing in the United States of America, to be held in Texas in 2012 (update, now set for March 4, 2012). See their early announcement on the website of the International Federation of Arabian Horse Racing.
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The Texas Racing Commission met September 21 and set the 2012 racing dates. Click here.
TABA President Ed Wilson and Texas breeder/owner Michelle Morgan joined other US racing representatives to man booths at ADIHEX in Abu Dhabi in September. The HH Sheik Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Festival for Arabian Flat Racing paid for booth space so various US Arabian Racing interests can have visibility at the event. (See the Texas Arabian Racing brochure that TABA distributed at the ADIHEX event. View the racing poster displays TABA prepared for the booth to promote the 3 Texas tracks: Retama Park, Sam Houston Race Park, Lone Star Park.)
Texas Arabian Racing Meets, Fall 2011 - Spring 2012
The TEXAS ARABIAN OAKS is cancelled for 2011. (previously scheduled September 10). The TIKI DIABLO sponsored by Sam Vasquez will be run instead on September 10, 2011. This stake is for 3 and 4 year old fillies and mares on the turf. See details.
REMINDER: AUG 15 ENTRIES CLOSE FOR 3 YR OLD FUTURITIES TO BE RUN AT LONE STAR ON NOV. 22, 2011, ESTIMATED PURSE $10,000. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE YOUR NOMINATIONS IN, YOU MUST DO SO BY AUGUST 15, 2011. IF YOU NEED INFORMATION, CONTACT SAM VASQUEZ (281-808-8125) OR ED WILSON (972-564-9430).
RMTC makes new recommendations for the Lasix program. See Drug Policy news.
Texas Arabian Racing will resume on September 1 at Retama Park- CLICK HERE FOR RACES. The meet will continue through October 8. Then Arabians will race at Lone Star Park October 14 through November 11. Racing dates for this fall are the same time frame as last year and same number of races at each track. The roster of 6 stakes races includes the Texas Derby (G3), the Tiki Diablo Stake, two grade 3 Stallion Stakes, and the Lone Star Futurities. >> see stakes schedule
The SHEIKH ZAYED BIN SULTAN AL NAHYAN CUP at Sam Houston Race Park on April 9th was our last stake of the spring meet in Texas. The event produced a fabulous turnout of Arabian racing participants and fans and a great field of Arabian racehorses. TABA was also honored with the presence of Lara Sawaya, Director of the Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Flat Racing Festival, Abdul Rehman Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Diplomatic Attache and Waleed El Moughraby, Festival Financial Comptroller ADACH at the races. As a promotion for the event, the Festival held a raffle for a free trip for two to ADIHEX in Abu Dhabi, and Jean White of Houston, Texas was the lucky winner! The great racehorse GRILLA who shipped in for the race didn´t disappoint his fans as he won by two lengths and set a new track record. See results here. For more information about the Global Arabian Flat Racing Festival, see http://www.sheikhmansoorfestival.com/.
The TEXAS ARABIAN OAKS is cancelled for 2011. (previously scheduled September 10). The TIKI DIABLO sponsored by Sam Vasquez will be run instead on September 10, 2011. This stake is for 3 and 4 year old fillies and mares on the turf. See 
