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Lone Star Park Releases 2021 Stakes Schedule Worth $2.2 Million

After coming off of the highest average Thoroughbred export handle per day in its history in 2020, Grand Prairie, Lone Star Park is looking forward to 2021.

The Thoroughbred Racing Season at the Grand Prairie, Tx. will begin Thursday, April 22, 2021, will have more live racing days with 48 when compared with the 41 in 2018, the 44 in the 2019 season and the 37 in 2020. The meeting will conclude July 11. The calendar features live racing every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at 2:35 p.m., select Thursdays at 6:35 p.m. and select Mondays at 2:35 p.m. Special Triple Crown post times of 1:35 p.m. and a July 4 twilight post time of 5:00 p.m. will round out the schedule.

The 2021 Thoroughbred Racing Season Stakes Schedule will run a total of 20 stakes worth a combined total of $2,225,000. At the top of the schedule is the Grade 3, $400,000 guaranteed Steve Sexton Mile, for 3-yr-olds & up at one mile, the New $300,000 guaranteed Texas Derby for 3-yr-olds at one and one sixteenth miles (plus up to $100,000 for Texas-breds), The $200,000 guaranteed Ouija Board Distaff for fillies & mares, 3-yr-olds & up at one mile on turf, the New Chamberlain Bridge Stakes at a guaranteed $100,000 for 3-yr-olds & up going five furlongs on the turf, and the New Memorial Day Sprint for fillies & mares, 3-yr-olds & up at six furlongs worth a guaranteed $100,000. The above mentioned stakes are all to take place on Memorial Day, May 31 as we revive Lone Star Million Day, which was last held in 2011.

Other than the $75,000 Bluebonnet Stakes which kicks off the season on Opening Night all other stakes will be held on one of four dates. They are:

Lone Star Million Day, Monday, May 31 – five stakes worth a total of $1,100,000
Lone Star Showcase Day, Sunday, June 13 – five stakes worth a total of $350,000
New Summer Turf Festival, Sunday, June 27 – four stakes worth a total of $300,000
Stars of Texas Day, Saturday, July 10 – five stakes worth a total of $400,000.

The 2021 Thoroughbred Racing Season Stakes Schedule can be found at: https://www.lonestarpark.com/stakes-schedule/

Purse levels will average an estimated $252,000 per day with maiden races at an estimated $36,000. The daily purses with added stakes should attract more well-known horsemen with top-notch stables.

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Cricket Stadium to Open Adjacent to Lone Star Park

A 6,000-seat defunct minor league baseball park adjacent to Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas, is going to be retrofitted into what promoters are hoping will be the premier venue for the sport of cricket in the United States.

“We’re going to put Grand Prairie on the global map because hopefully when we get World Cups and international events, this is going to be one of the key stadiums we’re playing matches in,” USA Cricket chairman Paraag Marathe told ESPN. “The flagship where we’re going to be first putting up our flag and announcing USA Cricket to the rest of the world is going to be right here in Grand Prairie.”

The city-owned stadium, which will be rebranded from its current name of AirHogs Stadium, sits about a thousand feet to the southeast of the track’s main entrance. Opened at a cost of $20 million in 2008, it housed an independent minor league baseball team until the club folded this year under the burden of the COVID-19 pandemic. The terms of the cricket deal for the ballpark were described as a 15-year lease, with $10 million in renovations required to bring it up to international cricket pitch standards.

“One of the major challenges that USA Cricket officials may have is overcoming a string of underwhelming ventures in other cities,” ESPN reported, noting recently failed ventures to gain a foothold for the sport in Indianapolis and at two venues in Florida.

“We just have really great infrastructure around AirHogs Stadium,” Marathe said. “The opportunity to grow and develop…from a geography and infrastructure standpoint.”

Cricket is one of the most-viewed sports in the world, with its governing body reporting an annual audience of 1.6 billion. Although essentially off the radar of U.S. gamblers, the Cricket World Cup annually rates as one of the largest global wagering events.

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Over 125 Head Consigned To Texas Winter Mixed Sale On Dec. 6

The first standalone Texas Winter Mixed Sale in nearly a decade has attracted more than 125 consignments. The auction, held jointly by the Texas Thoroughbred Association and Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie, will be held on Sunday, Dec. 6, at 1 p.m. Central at the Texas Thoroughbred Sale Pavilion on the backside of the Dallas-area track.

Although there have been mixed sessions as part of the Texas Summer Yearling Sale in recent years, this will mark the first Texas Winter Mixed Sale since 2011.

“Because of increased purses and breeding incentives in Texas, and the overall strength of racing in the Southwest region, we saw the need to bring this sale back,” said Tim Boyce, sales director. “Even though we knew there would be demand from consignors and buyers, we didn't anticipate this many entries or the interest we've already seen from potential buyers. That's a good sign for how things are growing in this region.”

The sale will kick off with broodmares followed by weanlings, yearlings and horses of racing age.

The Texas Summer Yearling Sale in August was the first Texas sale with live online bidding, and that option will again be available for this sale along with online video.

For more information and to view the sale catalog, go to www.ttasales.com.

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Texas Winter Mixed Sale Attracts Better Than 125 Horses

The Texas Winter Mixed Sale, staged in partnership by the Texas Thoroughbred Association and Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie, has attracted more than 125 entries. The first standalone Texas Winter Mixed Sale since 2011 will take place Sunday, Dec. 6, at 1 p.m. at the sales pavilion located on the Lone Star backstretch.

“Because of increased purses and breeding incentives in Texas, and the overall strength of racing in the Southwest region, we saw the need to bring this sale back,” said Tim Boyce, sales director. “Even though we knew there would be demand from consignors and buyers, we didn’t anticipate this many entries or the interest we’ve already seen from potential buyers. That’s a good sign for how things are growing in this region.”

The sale will kick off with broodmares followed by weanlings, yearlings and horses of racing age. As it was for the Texas Summer Yearling Sale this past August, internet bidding will also be available for the Mixed Sale.

For more information, visit www.ttasales.com.

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