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$65,000 JIM’S ORBIT AND TWO ALTAZANO CLOSE OUT THE SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK THOROUGHBRED MEET

Saturday’s Card Will Also Feature the End of the Meet Owner, Trainer and Jockey Presentations

(Houston, TX) – The 2018 Sam Houston Race Park Thoroughbred racing season will conclude on Saturday, March 17.  The evening will include the running of the $65,000 Jim’s Orbit and $65,000 Two Altazano as well as the presentation of the end of the meet awards for leading jockey, trainer and owner.

EASTER MAN, QUICK SAND AA AND UPTOWN SANDY GIRL EARN STAKES WINS IN THE ARABIAN RACING FESTIVAL AT SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK

Trainer Jerenesto Torrez Saddled the Top Three in the Hundred Years HH Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup.

Sam Houston Race Park hosted two prestigious Arabian stakes on Saturday, March 3:  the Hundred Years $54,500 Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup (G1) and $41,500 HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies IFAHR Cup, both at a distance of seven furlongs.

SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK ANNOUNCES ITS 2018 QUARTER HORSE STAKES SCHEDULE

Live Racing Season Gets Underway on Friday, March, 30

HOUSTON, TX - Sam Houston Race Park will kick off its 2018 Quarter Horse racing season on Friday, March 30. The 20-day meet continues through Saturday, May 12.

BLUERIDGE TRAVELER LIVES UP TO HIS FAVORTISM IN THE $100,000 MAXXAM GOLD CUP AT SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK

Second Maxxam Gold Cup Title for Trainer Kenny McPeek

The $100,000 Maxxam Gold Cup has attracted nationally prominent horses since its first running in 1994.  This year’s field featured a mix of seasoned veterans as well as several horses rising the ranks and testing their skills at nine furlongs.

Youth was served as 4-year-old Blueridge Traveler became a stakes winner for Horizon Stables and trainer Kenny McPeek. The son of To Honor and Serve lived up to the potential he showed in his 3-year-old campaign, when he ran second in the Grade 3, $500,000 Spiral Stakes at Turfway Park.

FULL FIELDS DRAWN FOR THE THREE MAXXAM RACING FESTIVAL UNDERCARD STAKES AT SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24

$100,000 Maxxam Gold Cup Set as the Eighth Race of the Evening

HOUSTON, TX – The Maxxam Gold Racing Festival will take place Saturday night at Sam Houston Race Park and will feature the $100,000 Maxxam Gold Cup.

The February 24th card gets underway at 6:00 pm (CT).  The Maxxam Gold Cup will run as the eighth race and will be joined by two turf stakes, the $50,000 Jersey Lilly Stakes for fillies and mares and the $50,000 Houston Turf Stakes for accredited Texas-breds. The Maxxam Racing Festival also includes the $50,000 Sam Houston Sprint Cup at the distance six furlongs on the main track.

THE FIELD IS SET FOR THE $100,000 MAXXAM GOLD CUP AT SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24

Three Additional Stakes Will Also be Contested

The Maxxam Gold Racing Festival is set for Saturday night at Sam Houston Race Park and will feature four stakes. The $100,000 Maxxam Gold Cup, at a distance of a mile and one-eighth on the main track, will run as the eighth race of the card.

CCA CONCERT FOR CONSERVATION SET TO RETURN TO SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK MAY 19TH

Hank Williams, Jr. Set To Headline!

HOUSTON, TX (February 21st, 2018)— Sam Houston Race Park (www.shrp.com) is excited to announce the return of the 7th Annual CCA Concert for Conservation featuring Hank Williams, Jr. taking The Bud Light Stage with special guest performances by Eddie Money and Molly Hatchet.

FAN FAVORITES RETURN TO SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK- SATURDAY, FEB. 17TH

HOUSTON, TX (February 15th, 2018)— Sam Houston Race Park (www.shrp.com) is pleased to welcome back a couple of fan favorites this weekend with the return of this year’s Wiener Dog Races and Houston’s new favorite race-horse Altuveatbat. 

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