Pedigree Query

Lone Star Park’s simulcast signal was down well before they started live racing this year. Check out the TRC numbers thru 3/27 – down 13% vs 14.3% currently. Hard to claim that the race product is the casual factor in the decline of the simulcast numbers at LS. Maybe Global can reverse it. Their dec...

Does anyone have a contact number for Midwest Thoroughbreds ? I am interested in inquiring about a horse they claimed from us at the FG.

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Clearly Pa has a good breed program going but would the stallions domiciled there be even better or even be of higher quality if the program required a bred back rule every year? I tend to think a bred back rule would improve both the # stallions and quality of stallions standing there if that was t...

Theo: Is the text of the casino bill out there for review ? I have not seen the details. Casino bill is most likely the strongest bill, it includes VLT's at the tracks, but as I understand the bill in it's current make up there is NOT a revenue stream from the Casinos to the horsemen. From your post...

Here is the link to the Texas Horse site with the highlights of the VLT bill.

http://texashorseweb.com/?p=1255

Ajo: Can you provide a shred of evidence to back up your claim that in January / Feb of last year the THP Board was unanimous in its non-support of the 60 day meet? It is a pretty bold statement to make. Bravo to you and the THP if that is the case and my hats off to the THP Board for pulling off a ...

One of the first questions trainers and owners should be asking their board members after the SH meet concludes is how much were the purse accounts affected by the total loss in dates at SH in 2011 vs 09/10. In 2011, thru 2/20 SH’s Export handle is down 9.9 million for 2011! That is just this year a...

Would it be possible to steer the debate back to the issues at hand? This mindless drivel being spouted by many is counter-productive. Perhaps that is the reason very little if anything has actually been accomplished to improve Texas Racing over the past 10 years. The crisis is here and now. Quite f...

I doubt anyone on this Texas forum expects a free ride --- and many of them put it all on the line for Texas Racing. It is not about the money for them it is about the horses and their way of life. GET IT. It is slowly but surely being taken away to support a slots or nothing agenda. We all want slo...

If I look at just wagering on horseracing in Texas at 19% of total handle from 2010; that would be $80,000,000 or so via ADW using the Ca projections for ADW. With approx. 7% going for purses or 5,600,000 to purses at 7 % the total from ADW. On the low side, we have an estimate of ADW wagering of 41...

Would the % of ADW handle in Texas be much different than the % ADW handle in Cal. ? I suspect not. From bloodhorse: Advance deposit wagering by computer or telephone through four authorized state providers slipped by almost 0.5%, or $3.2 million, from $669.58 million two years ago, to $666.38 in 20...

I would like to see a recap posted by the THP or TTA on the various state ADW plans out there and the benfefits and pitfalls of each. I think the horsemen of the state have a right to see the plans that may be offered. Here are the January wagering stats for Texas tracks from the TRC. Go Gillespie F...

Sam Houston’s handle last Monday night was nice, but correct me if I am wrong; the % handling going to purses from simulcast dollars is rather small as compared to live handle % to purses. I forget the actual % without having to pull my files. Does anyone have live handle comparisons to last year fo...

Great ideas Phil. #3 and #5 I like a lot. Some of these should get some attention and be implemented. If not, something is sure messed up with our elected boards! Of course we are still waiting for plan B!

Slots or nothing rules the Day!

Question’s for mare owners? What are the main reasons there are fewer mares being bred in Texas? How can it be fixed? 1. Race dates / opportunities? 2. Lack of / fewer quality stallions currently in Texas? Although I still feel we compete with La/ Ok very well in that regards; but La. keeps adding m...