Retama Park Horseracing

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%.

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