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2011 Racing Days
Meet Starts
Duration
Track
January 23, 2011
May 8, 2011
SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK
September 1, 2011
October 2, 2011
RETAMA PARK
October 7, 2011
November 11, 2011
LONE STAR PARK
2012 Racing Days
At its September 21 meeting, the Texas Racing Commission granted the 2012 race dates for Texas racetracks, as well as dates for the first eight months of 2013. It also approved a request by Retama Park to amend that track's dates for the Thoroughbred meet that is currently underway (at which Arabians are running).
As soon as TABA along with the racetracks determine at which meets Arabians will run, the dates will be posted here. TABA will also send out an enews release. It has already been determined that Arabians will run at Sam Houston Race Park during the Thoroughbred meet scheduled for January 20, 2012 through March 12, 2012. Please contact us if you are not on our news list and would like to receive updates.
Lone Star Park will hold a 53-day Thoroughbred meet from April 12 through July 8, 2012. The track’s 26-day American Quarter Horse meet will be conducted from September 14 through November 10, 2012.
Retama Park will hold a 20-day Quarter Horse meet from June 8 through August 11, 2012. The track’s 26-day Thoroughbred meet will run from October 5 through December 29, 2012.
Sam Houston Race Park will host a 31-day Thoroughbred meet from January 20 through March 12, 2012. The track’s 27-day Quarter Horse meet will run from March 22 through May 19, 2012...
In all, the 223 granted dates consist of 110 days of live Thoroughbred racing, 79 days of live Quarter Horse racing, and 34 days of mixed meet racing. These totals are down slightly from 2011, during which there will be a total of 231 days of live racing (114 Thoroughbred, 66 Quarter Horse, and 51 mixed).
2013 Dates
The Texas Racing Commission granted the following dates requests for the first eight months of 2013:
A Lone Star Park 53-day Thoroughbred meet from April 11 - July 7, 2013.
A Sam Houston Race Park 30-day Thoroughbred meet from January 18 - March 10, 2013.
An eight-day Gillespie County Fair Association mixed meet on July 6, 7, 20, and 21 and August 10, 11, 24, and 25 of 2013.
A Valle de los Tesoros six-day Quarter Horse meet on August 16, 17, 18, 24, 24, and 25, 2013.
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