Southwest Regional: Aiming High
Larry Hirsch recently took on a new venture with the opening of Highlander Training Center near Sulphur Springs, about 100 miles east of the heart of the Dallas-Ft. Worth Metroplex.
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| Date | Race | Purse | Age/Sex | Dist | |
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| April 2018 | |||||
| Bluebonnet S. | $50,000 | 3&up | 6.5f | ||
| Wayne Hanks Memorial S | $50,000 | 3&up, f/m | 6.5f | ||
| May 2018 | |||||
| Steve Sexton Mile S | $200,000 | 3&up, | 8f | ||
| Texas Stallion S | $65,000 | 3yo, f | 8f | ||
| Texas Stallion S | $65,000 | 3yo, c/g | 8f | ||
| Lone Star Park H | $200,000 | 3&up, | 8.5f | ||
| June 2018 | |||||
| Lane's End Danny Shifflett Scholarship S | $50,000 | 3&up, f/m | 7.5f T | ||
| July 2018 | |||||
| Assault S | $50,000 | 3&up, | 8f | ||
| Texas Futurity | $100,000 | 2yo, c/g | 5f | ||
| Valor Farm S | $50,000 | 3&up, f/m | 6f | ||
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Lone Star Park to Introduce Racing Club
Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie is introducing its first ever racing club - a low risk, low cost way to experience Thoroughbred racehorse ownership.
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TTA 2-Year-Old Sale Catalog Up 20%
A total of 126 head have been consigned for the Texas 2-year-olds in training sale, which begins April 10 at noon in the Texas Thoroughbred Sale Pavilion at Lone Star Park.
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Texas Thoroughbred Association Sets 2018 Sale Dates
The Texas Thoroughbred Association, in partnership with Lone Star Park, has announced its sales dates for 2018.
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Lone Star Park Reports 10.5% Rise in All-Source Handle
The Grand Prairie, Texas, track ended its 50-day Thoroughbred meet July 30. Average daily on-track handle increased 4.9%.
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139 Cataloged for Texas Yearling and Mixed Sale
The Texas Thoroughbred Association has announced a catalog of 139 head for its Texas summer yearling and mixed sale Aug. 21 at Lone Star Park.
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Jockey Lindey Wade Notches 1,000 Wins
Jockey Lindey Wade reached a milestone July 9 when he scored his 1,000th North American career victory in the seventh race at Lone Star Park aboard Karen & Richard Boyer's Firepit Queen.
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Iram Diego Reaches 1,000-Win Milestone
Jockey Iram Vargas Diego won his 1,000th race in North America July 7, when he guided Mr Lexis to victory in the ninth and final race of the night at Lone Star Park.
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Danzing Candy Wires Lone Star Handicap
Danzing Candy was sent off as the 1-5 favorite in the five-horse field of the $200,000 Lone Star Handicap (G3), leading at every call in the 1 1/16-mile test and crossing the wire 4 3/4 lengths in front.
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Weekend Stakes Rundown: Gold Cup Day
Consider this your weekly guide to the best stakes races in North America. This week a pair of grade 1 races at Santa Anita Park and graded stakes at six other racetracks.
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Mor Spirit Goes Gate-to-Wire in Sexton Mile
Exactly one year after running off the board in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G1), Michael Lund Peterson's grade 1 winner Mor Spirit notched the first graded score of his 4-year-old season.
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Texas 2-year-old Sale to Return in 2017
Entries for the Texas Thoroughbred Association sale close Jan. 16
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Texas Yearling Sale Returns at Lone Star Park
The Texas Thoroughbred Association has announced 106 yearlings, 21 broodmares, nine weanlings, and two horses of racing age are cataloged for the Texas summer yearling and mixed sale.
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Cyrus Alexander Wins Lone Star Handicap
Spendthrift Farm and Stonestreet Stables' Cyrus Alexander, a 4-year-old Medaglia d'Oro colt, got his first stakes win when he captured the $200,000 Lone Star Handicap (gr. III) for 3-year-olds and up May 30 at Lone Star Park.
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Great Minds Wins Texas Mile Duel
Great Minds and jockey C. J. McMahon won a stretch duel with Shotgun Kowboy to post a half-length victory in the $200,000 Texas Mile (gr. III) on the May 6 night card at Lone Star Park.
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Shotgun Kowboy Seeks Texas Mile Prize
C. R. Trout's Shotgun Kowboy, an Oklahoma-bred who last year showed enough promise to warrant a start in the grade I Clark Handicap at Churchill Downs, will make his third start off a layoff in the May 6 Texas Mile (gr. III) at Lone Star Park.
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Texas 2-Year-Old Sale Topped by Filly
A Texas-bred daughter of Too Much Bling was purchased by Danny Keene for $95,000 to top the Texas 2-year-olds in training sale conducted by the Texas Thoroughbred Association April 4 at Lone Star Park.
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Fewer Horses, But Same Quality at Texas Sale
Although the number of horses cataloged is down this year from last at the Texas 2-year-olds in training sale that will be held April 4, sales director Tim Boyce said the auction will still likely have as many quality horses.
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Too Much Bling Filly Tops Texas Sale Works
A Texas-bred filly by Too Much Bling worked an eighth of a mile in :10 1/5 as the fastest worker during the April 2 under tack show for the Texas 2-year-olds in training sale at Lone Star Park.
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ARCI Adds Three April Town Hall Meetings
ARCI has scheduled three additional "Town Hall" meetings in an effort to unify the racing industry and develop a consensus path to improve the policing of the sport and advance uniform regulatory policies.
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Texas Sale Catalogs 85 Juveniles
The Texas Thoroughbred Association, in concert with Lone Star Park, has cataloged 85 juveniles for the Texas 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age sale April 4.
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Upcoming Texas 2-Year-Olds Sale Taking Shape
The upcoming Texas Thoroughbred Association 2-year-olds in training sale is a go for April 4 at Lone Star Park.
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Remington Park Plans to Report Horse Weights
The pre-race protocol of Thoroughbreds racing at Remington Park in 2016 will include a quick stop on a scale where their weight will be recorded and that information will be provided to the public before the race.
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TTA to Conduct 2-Year-Old Sale in April
The Texas Thoroughbred Association has announced the establishment of a 2-year-olds in training sale to be held in April at Lone Star Park. The auction will be similar to the one held by Fasig-Tipton Texas in previous years.
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TTA: Don't Repeal Historical Racing Rules
The Texas Thoroughbred Association has asked racing regulators to drop efforts to repeal rules they adopted last year to govern historical race wagering at tracks in the state.
