Quarter Horse Opening Day
April 19th, 2024

Racing News

$67,680 BANK OF AMERICA TEXAS CHALLENGE (G2) SET FOR SATURDAY, APRIL 21 AT SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK

The featured race of the Saturday, April 21st card at Sam Houston Race Park is the $67,680 Bank of America Texas Challenge Championship (G2).

ZAIRE IMPRESSIVE IN THE $95,800 SAM HOUSTON MAIDEN CLASSIC AT SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK

Marfilous Wins the $20,000 Miss Sam Houston Stakes

Two stakes were contested on Saturday night at Sam Houston Race Park and a pair of talented fillies showed their speed and determination winning the $95.800 Sam Houston Maiden Classic and the $20,000 Miss Sam Houston Stakes.

SHRP MILITARY APPRECIATION NIGHT SATURDAY 4/14

Helping Get Your 6 in Some Small Way

HOUSTON, TX — Sam Houston Race Park (www.shrp.com) is pleased to announce that in addition to tomorrow night’s Live Quarter Horse Racing, we will also be hosting a special Military Appreciation Night. We encourage any active duty service people or veterans living in the greater-Houston area to come out and enjoy a night of fun on us.

JUST ANNOUNCED! CODY JOHNSON SET TO PLAY SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK AGAIN IN 2018!

811 Presents Cody Johnson & Friends on Saturday, August 11th

After a sold out performance in 2017, Sam Houston Race Park (www.shrp.com) and 811 are proud to announce that Cody Johnson will return to the Bud Light Stage in 2018!

SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK WILL HOST EIGHT TRIALS FOR THE $191,900 SAM HOUSTON DERBY(G3) ON FRIDAY, APRIL 13

Sam Houston Maiden Classic and Miss Houston Stakes Set for Saturday Evening

A busy weekend is shaping up at Sam Houston Race Park, beginning on Friday night with trials for the $191,900 Sam Houston Derby (G3) with the final of the $95.800 Sam Houston Maiden Classic and the $20,000 Miss Houston Stakes set for Saturday evening.

SLYNG SCHOTT IS FASTEST QUALIFIER TO THE $440,600 SAM HOUSTON FUTURITY(G2) AT SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK

Trainer Saul Ramirez, Jr. and Jockey Eddie Sanchez Qualify Two Finalists

Sam Houston Race Park hosted 13 trials for the richest race of the 2018 Quarter Horse Meeting, the $440,600 Sam Houston Futurity (G2).  

Jockey Francisco Calderon Eyes His Third Win in the Sam Houston Futurity

Sam Houston Race Park will host 13 trials for the Sam Houston Futurity on Friday, April 6. It is the richest race of the annual Quarter Horse meet, and second only to the Texas Classic Futurity at Lone Star Park as the state’s most lucrative racing event.

Jockey Francisco Calderon has 11 mounts on the card, which gets underway at 6:00 pm. After the first three days of the Sam Houston Quarter Horse meet, Calderon is on top of the standings with five wins, including a victory in the first stakes of the meet.

SOUTHERN TEMPTATION WINS THE FIRST STAKES OF THE 2018 QUARTER HORSE MEET AT SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK

Jess Bein the Hero Sets the Fastest Qualifying Time in Trials for the $67,680 Bank of America Texas Challenge Championship

It was an action-packed opening weekend at Sam Houston Race Park for the 2018 Quarter Horse racing season. Southern Temptation won the $20,000 Harris County Stakes, which was the first stakes of the meet and trials were held for both the Bank of America Texas Challenge and Sam Houston Maiden Classic.

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