Retama Park Training Center To Open Dec. 1

Retama Park, located near San Antonio in Selma, TX, will open in training center mode on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020 and continue through Thursday, April 15, 2021.

Stalls are available at $8 per stall per day, with the opportunity for a 10 percent discount for payments made on time. Walkers and dorm rooms are available for an additional fee. The main dirt track will be open five days week, Tuesdays through Saturdays, from 7:00 a.m. through 11:00 a.m. The starting gate will be set on those days from 7:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

Official workouts are available at no additional charge to horses stabled on the grounds. Ship-ins will pay a $20 daily fee for use of the track for workouts or any other purpose. Quarter Horse schooling races will be scheduled in February and early March 2021.

Retama Park is approximately a three-hour drive to Sam Houston Race Park for horsemen interested in participating at that track's 2021 Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse meets.

The Stall Application and Track Utilization Terms and Conditions are available in the horsemen section of the Retama Park website, at https://www.retamapark.com/racing/horsemen. For more information, see the Stall Application or call the race office at 210-651-7043.

Retama Park's 2021 live QH meet begins on Thursday, June 24 and goes through Saturday, Aug. 7 for a total of 20 days.

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Texas Racing Commission Approves Thoroughbred, Quarter Horse Race Dates For 2021

The Texas Racing Commission approved 2021 race dates on Tuesday, according to the Texas Thoroughbred Association.

Sam Houston Race Park in Houston, Tx. will run an expanded 46 days for Thoroughbreds over 13 weeks from Jan. 8 through April 3, with estimated purses of $235,000 per day. Sam Houston was also granted a 23-date meet for Quarter Horses, from April 23 through June 12.

Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Tx. will run 42 days for Thoroughbreds from April 15 through July 11, with estimated purses of $225,000 per day. The track also received 27 dates of Quarter Horse racing from Sept. 10 through Nov. 27.

According to the Daily Racing Form, the Texas Horsemen's Partnership said it is open to continued conversation with Lone Star and hoping the track will add to its application for Thoroughbreds.

The Gillespie County Fair in Fredericksburg, Tx. was approved for its usual eight-day mixed meet over four weekends in July and August.

Retama Park in Selma, Tx. will not host Thoroughbred racing in 2021, but picked up 20 dates for Quarter Horses from June 24 through Aug. 7.

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