TABA enews December 6: Congratulations to the winners of the final night at the Lone Star Park meet- Chays Zell MKP and Ala Bout Me. Congratulations to the winners of the first races at the Sam Houston meet- Revolver and WMA Sugar N Spice! See photos of all winners from the fall meets here.
TABA enews November 22: BURNING FANCY and SO BIG IS BETTER win the Grade 3 Mandolynn Hill Farm/ARC stakes. See Videos, photos, stories on our Stakes Results pages.
TABA enews November 17: Overnight winners at Lone Star Park, My Hemi Magnum and Alazar MHF.
PARTIES COMING UP: November 20th during the Mandolynn Hill Farm/ARC Stakes at Lone Star Park. Also the annual Mandolynn Hill Farm Open House November 21st. Click here for more info.
TABA enews November 8: LACY CRAZY VAZ and ALLA MASQUERADE win the Mandolynn Hill Farm Futurities.
TABA enews November 2: Overnight winners at Lone Star Park, Sizedoesntmatter and Brulante.
TABA enews October 24: Overnight winners at Lone Star Park, Caitsablazing and Mikeadors Jules.
SAVE THE DATE - Saturday, March 13, 2010, Houston, Texas. The Darley Awards in 2010 will be held once again in Texas, Saturday March 13, 2010. This is the same weekend as The Six Shooter and Yellow Rose Stakes which will be Friday, March 12. We expect 2010 to be another spirited celebration. Plan to be there!
TABA enews September 16: stakes results Oaks and Derby, race days update, Lone Star Park sale, update on international event "Qatar French Arabian Breeders' Challenge"
Condition book for fall racing at Retama Park is now online. Purses $7,500 and up. See Upcoming Races.
Notable Arabian Racing leader Jay Corcoran passed away Tuesday, July 7, 2009 after a battle with cancer. He was 60 years old. Jay served the Arabian Racing Association of California and also served on the Special Projects Committee of the Arabian Jockey Club. Jay entered racing in 1986 on the California Fair circuit, and in the recent years has been at Los Alamitos. Every entry day he was in the office working to fill the Arabian races and to assist owners and trainers up until just a few weeks ago. He is survived by his wife, Bernice Corcoran, also an integral part of our industry as a trainer. They were married for 43 years. Arabian racing enthusiasts at the Los Alamitos track have depended on the knowledgeable and energetic Jay Corcoran as their Arabian breed representative for quite some time. His helpful and optimistic spirit will be sadly missed. As we carry on the mission to nurture and promote Arabian horse racing we are grateful for Jay and others who have passed on, those who worked for these horses and all of us with such dedication. Services are pending at this time. For more info, please call 714-820-2690.
Summer racing news... Saturday, July 18, 2009, Maiden Special Weight at Gillespie Fairgrounds, Fredericksburg, Texas.
ENTER ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 15. Call early on the 15th to enter, (8:00 am) as it may be hard to get through, entries close 10:30am. Entries: 830-997-9414, 830-997-9334 or 830-997-6027 Fax: 830-997-9804. For more info about other potential races at Gillespie, please email westernlove@stelera.net or info@texasarabianbreeders.com
2009 Texas Arabian Futurity nominations are due, as well as nominations for the 2009 Oaks and Derby, and the 2010 Texas Yellow Rose and Six Shooter (3rd races in the Triple Crown series.) See Nomination forms
Texas Stakes Schedule for 2009 is now online, please see Stakes Schedule
The annual Arabian Racehorse Sale of the USA, April 25, 2009- Results reflect economic times: TABA Sale 2009...
Texas owners, breeders, and horses honored at the DARLEY AWARDS- photos and story...
Triple Crown Race results: QJUICK SAND PW draws off with the victory in the G2 Texas Six Shooter and A SECOND WIND takes the win in the G2 Texas Yellow Rose- photos and story...
Prep races for the Yellow Rose Stakes and the Six Shooter Stakes will be February 5 and 7 going six and half furlongs. More info...
Three races scheduled at Manor Downs with the first being a Maiden for fillies and mares 4 years old and up on March 22, the second is also a Maiden for 4 year olds and up on March 29 both going 5 1/2 furlongs, and third is a $7500 claimer going 7 1/2 for 4 year olds and up on April 5. More info...
TABA online Breeding Auction closes with excellent results. Click here...
The Darley Awards will be held in San Antonio on Saturday night, February 28th. The Triple Crown races (Texas Six Shooter and Texas Yellow Rose) will be held the night before. Nancy Blewett, Arabian Racing Cup Steward and TABA Board member has coordinated a big Texas Weekend of celebration! Make plans now for a spectacular weekend of Arabian racing, including stakes races, welcome cocktail party, racing seminar, and the Darley Awards Dinner and Ceremony. Host hotel will be the new Embassy Suites Spa and Conference Center, 1001 E. McCarty Lane, San Marcos, Texas, United States 78666. Tel: 1-512-392-6450 Fax: 1-512-392-6451. Mark your calendars! Stakes races will be on Friday, Feb. 27 and the Darley Awards banquet will be Saturday, Feb. 28. Click here for Details and Reservations.
Here we go again! The TABA Racehorse Sale, the live auction everyone looks forward to each year, is in the works for 2009. Consignments are now being accepted. See our Auction page.
If you have not made your reservation to the activities of the Texas Horse Conference including the TABA Awards Jan. 10, Dallas you can still call the thoroughbred office and talk to Mary (512-458-6133). The TABA annual Meeting and Awards will be held on Saturday, Jan 10th between 3:30 and 5:00. If you are interested in also attending the Texas Thoroughbred Association awards afterward you are welcome. All guests are also invited to stay for the band and casino night. This year TABA has teamed up with the Texas Quarter Horse Association and the Texas Thoroughbred Association for a bigger and better annual conference. It will be held at the beautiful Westin Park Central Hotel in Dallas. (12720 Merit Drive, Dallas, Texas 75251, Phone 972-385-3000.) The conference kicks off at 6:30 Friday evening, January 9th with a Welcome Reception. Beginning Saturday morning and through the day, you can enjoy exhibitor booths as well as seminars including Environmental Stewardship for Horse Owners, Financial Management and Your Horse Business, and Maintaining Performance Level in Racehorses. For more information contact TABA Race Committee Chairman, Michelle Morgan: 940-440-9359, morgan@ont.com.
Congratulations to the Grade 3 Lone Star Futurity winners, Black Beaches and Golly Bret. More...
The Holiday Inn Express in Selma (210-651-3885) is the Host Hotel for the 2008 Texas Futurities in San Antonio, December 13, 2008. Please be advised that the hotel still has rooms available for horsemen but is quickly filling up. The standard horsemen rate is $99.00. Make your reservations ASAP! There will be an informal "Holiday Hospitality" sponsored by TABA, in the lobby of the hotel from 3:30-5:30pm prior to the races. There will be no dinner at the track due to the change of Venue this year, from Sam Houston to Retama Park. The Camino Ranch (Tex/ Mex) restaurant is located south of Retama Park, on the west feeder road of I-35. (210-967-1000). Please let your friends and trainers know of these details.
Mandolynn Hill Stallion Stakes: Owner Sam A. Vasquez, trainer Elizabeth Brand and jockey Adrian Ramos swept both ends of the $20,000 Mandolynn Hill Farm Stallion Stakes doubleheader for Arabians at Lone Star Park with Caityns Hot and Jessys Princess... More. The Mandolynn Hill Farm Annual Open House was also a smashing success. Click here.
Al Shahania Stud, Doha Qatar, sponsors the TABA Stallion Breeding Auction 2009. We are fortunate and honored to share the opportunity to promote Arabian racing worldwide with a royal stud that shares the same vision as our organization. Online bidding begins in December, and the selection of stallions available is incredible and full of quality. As an added bonus, several top quality mares are also available for lease and purchase. More...
Due to racetrack changes it is necessary we move the dates of the Lone Star Futurities from December 6 to December 13 (back one week). The Texas Yellow Rose and Six Shooter which was scheduled the last week in March 2009 will also have a date change to February 27, 2009. More...
Golly Bret recovers from a bad start to declare victory in the Cassels Bruzcest Arabian Stake on November 1. More...
Due to damage from hurricane Ike, Sam Houston will not be opening for the meet this winter at which Arabians were scheduled to run. Arabian races have been rescheduled to run at Retama Park during this period. See upcoming races for detail.
BURNING SAND get dominate once again in the two stakes at Lone Star Park October 18- the LA ESTRELLITA RANCH STAKE and the RANCHO MILAGRO ARABIAN STAKE. See Stakes Results.
The AJC has received all but $500 for the Arabian breed's portion of our membership into the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium. Please consider making a donation... even a small donation of $25 can make a big impact. See Drug Policy.
THE LAST DANSE, owned by Ken and Nancy Blewett, smashes the U.S. track record for 7 1/2 furlongs on the turf, in the Tiki Diablo Hall of Fame Stakes at Retama Park, October 4... See Stakes Results.
RMTC Board approves major drug testing initiative- press release:Sept 27 2008 load date, click here
You are invited to a weekend in Delaware including the richest Arabian Race in the USA, the Delaware Park Classic Handicap (G1) $100,000... Click here for more info.
BURNING SAND get dominate Texas Oaks and Derby going wire to wire. TM Marie Laveau wins the Oaks, and Caitlyns Hot wins the Derby. Sam Vasquez owns both the winners, and Elizabeth Brand is trainer. See Stakes Results.
Festivities announcement: Mandolynn Hill Farm Stakes / ARC Stakes on November 21st at Lone Star Park... BBQ at the track, & Open House at Mandolynn Hill Farm. Click here for details.
TABA Board Member Nancy Blewett has spearheaded the effort to keep the Arabian races filling during the meets. A spreadsheet has been distributed to the Board and other key contacts. Getting this info together is important so President Ed Wilson can request to the track what we can fill. Please try to keep us abreast of changes in your stable, with a head count of horses you have available to race in various conditions. Please email Nancy Blewett with stable updates.
Starting off the Retama Meet ... not just one, but two $7,500 races for Maidens going 5 1/2 furlongs. There were 17 entries for the race in the book and Racing Secretary James Leatherman split the field and made two races. >>See more results info and upcoming races.
Trainers- please purchase your TABA membership or make sure you have renewed. This will help us bring the numbers up for very successful meets! We must get the trainers organized to fill races this year with the fall meets and stakes schedule so lucrative. TABA urges everyone to renew memberships now- Owners we need your support, make sure your trainers are current so they receive all the mailings and information. This will help YOU achieve the best racing results for your business. Please see the TABA website for an application, or simply send a $35 check to Ed Wilson, TABA, P.O. Box , Forney, Texas 75126. >>more
Lone Star Meet: The book is out for Lone Star Park with Arabian races for the fall meet. Please see Upcoming Races for a list races available.
Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie
1000 Lone Star Parkway
Grand Prairie, TX 75050
(888) 4RACING (972) 237-1130 Fax (972)237-1155
E-Mail Address: racing@lonestarpark.com
Mark your calendars... JANUARY 9-11, 2009, Dallas, Texas, The Texas Thoroughbred Association, the Texas Quarter Horse Association and the Texas Arabian Breeders Association are teaming up to create a bigger and better annual conference for 2009. >>more
Arabian Jockey Club announces ban on anabolic steroids. >>more
Reserve your tickets for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in Lexington, KY >>more
The Saudi Arabian Equestrian Federation is underwriting a $2.3 million project to coincide with the FEI Equestrian Games at the Kentucky Horse Park 2010. This major international art exhibition showcases the Arabian Horse, and will be the third major exhibition at the Museum of the Horse this decade. >>more
Arabian Jockey Club announces a new outreach program. (See below).
In June 2009, a permanent tribute to the Arabian horse will open in Lexington Kentucky. A two-level, 7500 square foot exhibit is set to be built onto the Kentucky Horse Park's International Museum of the Horse, an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution. The Arabian Horse Trust is the principal funding organization. (Video below.)
Darley Awards Weekend Open Houses: 
