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TOM HARRIS HIRED AS THE NEW VOICE OF SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK

Veteran Announcer to Make Debut With The Return of Live Thoroughbred Racing on Friday, November 27, 2009

HOUSTON (November 3, 2009)—Sam Houston Race Park (www.shrp.com) has tapped veteran announcer Tom Harris to serve as the new voice of The Park.  Harris, who currently serves as the voice of Retama Park, will join The Park’s staff in time to open the 2009/2010 Thoroughbred meet which begins on Friday, November 27, 2009.

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• The national, cross-country tour Tea Party Express II: Countdown to Judgment Day...
• Sam Houston Race Park announces shipping requirements for 2009/2010 Thoroughbred...
• Sam Houston Race Park is looking to staff approximately 250 employees for the 2009...
• Sam Houston Race Park will celebrate the 26th Annual Running of the Breeders’ Cup...
• The 7th Annual Ziegfest Music Festival returns to Sam Houston Race Park....
• Sam Houston Race Park and Gallery Furniture have reached an agreement for an annual...
• Sam Houston Race Park will celebrate the return of live Thoroughbred racing with...
• Sam Houston Race Park announces the live racing calendar highlighting 165 days of...
• Turbulenz was voted Horse of the Meet for the 2009 American Quarter Horse Meeting at Sam...
• Sam Houston Race Park enjoyed an exciting evening of live American Quarter Horse...
• Friday night’s live racing fan witnessed the upset of Big Bad N Brown (6-1) holding off...
• Sam Houston Race Park officials met with Jim McIngvale on Thursday and initiated a plan...
• Be at Sam Houston Race Park for Fan Appreciation Dollar Day at The Park...
• Sam Houston Race Park hosted the $20,000 Texas Twister Stakes presented by IKON...
• Sam Houston Race Park hosted the $16,000 TQHA Sires’ Cup Stakes on Saturday, August 8...
• Sam Houston Race Park will host the $15,000 + TQHA Sires’ Cup Stakes on Saturday, August...
• Sam Houston Race Park had a big weekend of events between live racing stakes worth more...
• Sam Houston Race Park hosted one of the biggest weekends of the 2009 American Quarter...
• The 6th race on Friday, the $26,900 Jones Bloodstock Insurance Starter Stakes, witnessed...
• Sam Houston Race Park will host a full day of live American Quarter Horse racing featuring...
• Sam Houston Race Park - $59,458 TQHA Sires’ Cup Derby – RG3...
• Sam Houston Race Park witnessed more than 60,000 visitors over the July 4th holiday weekend...
• The Texas Quarter Horse Association has provided additional purse money to Sam Houston...
• Celebrate July 4th Weekend with the best bet in town—a visit to Sam Houston Race Park...
• Sam Houston Race Park will cut purse money along with three stakes races from the 2009...
• For the second straight time this month Tearful has made her way to the Winner’s Circle, winning...
• The Marshall Tucker Band is set to perform at The Showgrounds at Sam Houston Race Park...
• Racing has gone to the dogs!! Join Sam Houston Race Park for a unique afternoon of live racing...
• Sam Houston Race Park, Houston’s premier sports and entertainment destination, has added...
• Sam Houston Race Park is THE place to be for summer fun with a variety of live racing, special...
• Sam Houston Race Park Houston’s premier sports and entertainment destination...
• It was an exciting afternoon of live racing at Sam Houston Race Park as Calientes Wrangler...
• The 7th Annual Ziegfest Music Festival will return to Sam Houston Race Park on Saturday...
• Sam Houston Race Park and FOX Sports Houston have entered into an exclusive agreement to...
• Sam Houston Race Park invites you to celebrate Mother’s Day in style with brunch and a...
• Eligibility: Contest participants must be 18 years or older to win. Proof of age and identity...
• Sam Houston Race Park will invites Houstonians to celebrate the heritage, fashion and excitement...
• Fall Out Boy’s “Believers Never Die Part Deux” Tour featuring 50 Cent as well as Cobra Starship...
• Sam Houston Race Park, with the support and cooperation of corporate partners Budweiser...
• The 15th Anniversary of the Vans Warped Tour will return to Sam Houston Race Park on...
• The 2009 Verizon Wireless Summer Concert Series at The Showgrounds at Sam Houston...
• Sam Houston Race Park and Daktronics have partnered to enhance The Park’s live...
• Oh, say, can you sing? Sam Houston Race Park and KHPT 106.9 The Point are looking for...
• After many months of remodeling and construction, Sam Houston Race Park will usher...
• The U.S. debut of Artania, which kicked off a limited engagement run at Sam Houston Race Park...
• Sam Houston Race Park and OnUrLeft Sports have partnered to host the 2009 Thoroughbred Half...
• The Showgrounds at Sam Houston Race Park is proud to host The New 93Q’s 5th Annual A Day...
• Sam Houston Race Park is looking to staff more than 300 employees for the 2009...
• Sam Houston Race Park is looking to staff more than 300 employees for the 2009...
• Sam Houston Race Park and Live Nation present the U.S. debut of Artania, for a...
• Sam Houston Race Park will present the U.S. debut of Artania, for a limited engagement...
• Exposing the most dangerous two minutes in sports, Animal Planet presents “Jockeys,”...
• Sam Houston Race Park and OnUrLeft Sports have partnered in hosting an event...
• Weekly Notes: The Showgrounds at Sam Houston Race Park will kick off the 2009 concert...
• Weekly Notes: Sam Houston Race Park will begin repairs to the roof of the Grandstand...
• The Showgrounds at Sam Houston Race Park will kick off the 2009 concert season with...
• Sam Houston Race Park will begin repairs to the roof of the Grandstand building, as well as...
• Weekly Notes: MAXXAM Inc., parent company of Sam Houston Race Park, has announced...
• MAXXAM Inc., parent company of Sam Houston Race Park, has announced the...
• Weekly Notes: Sam Houston Race Park will host a Winter Carnival in the parking...
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• Sam Houston Race Park would like to congratulate the winners of the December...

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