Retama Park Horseracing
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Retama Park is a thoroughbred and quarter horseracing facility in Selma, Texas with two tracks.
It hosts some of the Lone Star state's most prestigious racing stakes, including:
- the Texas Stallion Stakes
- Ketel One El Joven Stakes
- La Señorita Stakes
- Retama Turf Breeders Cup
- New Braunfels Stakes
- the Texas Hall of Fame Stakes.
Retama Park Facts
- Main Track: One mile, oval
- Turf Course: Seven furlongs, oval
- Distance from last turn to finish line: 990 feet
Retama Park Records
| Thoroughbred |
| DIST | HORSE | AGE | WGT | TIME | DATE |
| 2 1/2 furlongs | Texas Hope | 3 | 107 | 28.20 | June 28, 1998 |
| 4 1/2 furlongs | Raise a Tab | 3 | 117 | 51.06 | Aug. 1, 1998 |
| 5 furlongs | Teed Off | 4 | 115 | 56.20 | Aug. 20, 2000 |
| 5 furlongs (Turf) | Fearless Peer | 7 | 123 | 56.00 | Oct. 10, 2001 |
| 5 1/2 furlongs | Bailando | 5 | 122 | 1:02.90 | May 13, 1995 |
| 6 furlongs | Bucharest | 5 | 117 | 1:08.82 | May 10, 1995 |
| 6 1/2 furlongs | Heavily Armed | 5 | 123 | 1:15.30 | Aug. 30, 1997 |
| 7 furlongs | Bucharest | 5 | 120 | 1:22.05 | May 24, 1995 |
| 7 1/2 furlongs (Turf) | Call Me Wild | 6 | 122 | 1:28.43 | Sept. 17, 1995 |
| 1 mile | Mr. Pappion | 7 | 120 | 1:36.90 | May 11, 1995 |
| 1 mile (Turf) | Eagle Lake | 5 | 122 | 1:34.54 | Oct. 4, 2003 |
| 1 1/16 miles | Heavily Armed | 5 | 120 | 1:43.20 | Sept. 20, 1997 |
| 1 1/16 miles (Turf) | Fly Slama Jama | 5 | 115 | 1:40.79 | Oct. 4, 2003 |
| 1 1/8 miles | Fletcher's Pride | 5 | 116 | 1:51.43 | Aug. 14, 1998 |
| 1 1/8 miles (Turf) | Untraceable | 5 | 115 | 1:48.13 | Aug. 10, 1996 |
| 1 1/4 miles | Call Me Wild | 6 | 120 | 2:04.01 | Sept. 3, 1995 |
| 1 5/16 miles | Opening Remark | 7 | 114 | 2:13.99 | Sept. 5, 1996 |
| 1 3/8 miles (Turf) | Point Click | 4 | 119 | 2:18.09 | Oct. 18, 2003 |
| 1 13/16 miles (Turf) | Misting Rain | 8 | 115 | 3:13.22 | Sept. 28, 1996 |
| Quarter Horse |
| DIST | HORSE | AGE | WGT | TIME | DATE |
| 250 Yards | Arose for Jody | 3 | 122 | 13.44 | June 2, 2001 |
| 300 Yards | Bedazzlement | 4 | 122 | 15.68 | May 23, 1999 |
| 330 Yards | Roses Down | 3 | 122 | 16.92 | April 21, 2002 |
| 350 Yards | Thru Rebas Eyes | 4 | 125 | 17.61 | April 28, 2002 |
| 400 Yards | Shaky Embrujo | 6 | 124 | 19.77 | June 6, 2003 |
| 440 Yards | Fearless Freda | 3 | 122 | 21.44 | Nov. 29, 1996 |
| 550 Yards | Brasis | 3 | 120 | 27.11 | Nov. 11, 1995 |
| 870 Yards | Windville | 4 | 120 | 44.76 | Nov. 16, 1996 |
History of Retama Park
1995
- On April 7, Retama Park opened for its inaugural season of racing.
- On May 27, the Twin Trifecta wager was offered for the first time at Retama Park.
- On September 25, the first quarter horse meet opened.
- On September 29, the Superfecta wager was offered for the first time at Retama Park.
1996
- On June 8, the track opened for its second year of live racing.
- On August 8, Retama Park released plans to remain open as a training center when not open for live racing.
- On November 29, the track completed its second year of live racing, posting dramatic increases in total wagering and per capita wagering.
1997
- On May 9, the third racing season began with Retama Park's first mixed meet.
- The amount of money wagered for the year increased by 17% over the previous season.
1998
- On May 1, the mixed meet began.
- On June 28, figures for the mixed meet showed that the average handle on Retama Park's races (from all sources) increased 37% over the previous season; average nightly handle is $378,597 compared to $277,158 the previous year.
- On October 16, $1,825,000 was wagered on Retama Park's live racing, the highest amount ever.
- On October 19, the average nightly handle of $1,049,693 during the 1998 thoroughbred meet was an all-time Retama Park meet record. Attendance for the season was up 12% and the handle was up 24%.
1999
- On February 16, ambitious expansion plans were announced including a plush "Players Club" for Turf and Field Club members.
- On April 23, the mixed meet began and the Players Club opened.
- The record for Total Handle on Retama Park's live racing was broken on the day of the 131st Belmont Stakes. $919,733 was wagered on Retama Park's live racing while $223,308 was wagered on the Belmont Stakes, the most that has been bet on a single race at Retama Park.
- On October 22, the final Friday of live thoroughbred racing set a new handle record. Over $2 million from all sources was bet on the 11 race card.
- On October 24, the season ended with an 8% increase in handle and a 7% increase in attendance. The total season attendance was 155,285, up from 140,285 the previous year. The total combined handle was $56,851,357 compared to the 1998 figure of $51,434,971.
2000
- On January 31, fans wagered $6,454,526, which was $1.2 million over the revenue reportedin the same month the previous year.
- The 2000 mixed meet was the most successful in Retama Park's history. Compared to 1999, attendance was up 9.3%; live handle was up 4.5% and total average handle ($581,147) was up 5.5%.