fastfurlongs Texas, Oklahoma set 2013 race dates
July 6 to August 25 with racing every other weekend. Sam Houston will run Quarter Horses for 24 days from March 28 to May 24, Retama will offer a 20-day Quarter Horse meet from June 7 to August 20, and Lone Star will have 26 days of Quarter Horse racing from September 13 to November 9. Also at the meeting, the commission approved Nevada-based Pinnacle Entertainment’s request to purchase 75.5% of the racing assets of Retama Park. The transition is expected to be completed by On December 18, the Texas Racing CommisFebruary 1. sion approved a total of 109 live Thoroughbred The Oklahoma Horse Racing dates for 2013 among the state’s three major Commission also approved dates Thoroughbred tracks, roughly on par with the for the state’s racetracks. number of 2012 dates. Sam Houston Race Park 2013 Texas and Oklahoma Thoroughbred Racing Dates Remington Park will offer a total of 117 live dates, starts off the year with H with 67 Thoroughbred a 33-day Thoroughbred Sam Houston Race Park: Jan. 18 – Mar. 17 (33 days) days, primarily four days meet running four days Will Rogers Downs: Mar. 4 – May 18 (32 days) a week, from August 16 a week, from January 18 Lone Star Park: Apr. 11 – Jul. 6 (50 days) to December 15 and Qua to March 17. Lone Star rter Horse and mixed breed Park will begin its 50-day Fair Meadows (mixed): Jun. 6 – Jul. 27 (34 days) Thoroughbred meet on Gillespie County Fairgrounds (mixed): Jul. 6 – Aug. 25 (8 days) racing for 50 days from March 8 to June 2. Will April 11 and run through Remington Park: Aug. 16 – Dec. 15 (67 days) Rogers Downs has schedJuly 6, also running Retama Park: Oct. 4 – Dec. 28 (26 days) uled 32 Thoroughbred four days a week, with some exceptions. Retama Park’s 26-day Thoroughbred meet is sched- dates from March 4 to May 18 with generally three days per week, with a Quaruled to commence October 4, running on Fridays and Saturdays until ter Horse and mixed breed meet from August 25 to November 9. Fair Meadows December 28. The Gillespie County Fairgrounds will offer its traditional will offer 34 days of all-breed racing from June 6 to July 27 on a mostly foureight days of Thoroughbred and American Quarter Horse racing from day-per-week schedule.
Millionaire State City to Caines Stallion Station in Oklahoma State City, winner of the $2-million Dubai Golden Shaheen (G1), has been relocated to stand the 2013 season at Caines Stallion Station near Wynnewood, Oklahoma. An earner of $1,375,993 with six wins in 17 starts, State City took champion sprinter honors in Dubai and also set a track record at Nad al Sheba racecourse. In limited action in the United States, the sprinter finished third in the True North Breeders’ Cup Handicap (G2) at Belmont Park. Bred in Kentucky by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum’s Darley Stud Management, State City is by Carson City out of the 12
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stakes-winning Nureyev mare Wajna, who is a half sister to Grade 1 winner Navarone and Grade 2 winner Moon Spirit. He formerly stood in Kentucky and Australia. His progeny have earned $3.9 million and include Group 2 winner What Now and Strong Response, runner up-in this year’s $75,000 Van Berg Stakes at Fair Grounds. State City will stand for a $1,000 stud fee, and Caines Stallion Station is offering a special incentive to introduce him to area breeders with one complimentary 2013 season with each paid season. For more information, go to www.cainesstallionstation.com.