Texas - at the crossroads

It wasn’t that long ago,1987 in fact, after theTexas legislature passedThe Racing Act, thatsome pressbox wag inLouisiana said: “Lasthorseman out, turn off thelights.” That was theexpectation in thosedays: that horses andhorsemen from aroundthe count…

It wasn’t that long ago, 1987 in fact, after the Texas legislature passed The Racing Act, that some pressbox wag in Louisiana said: “Last horseman out, turn off the lights.” That was the expectation in those days: that horses and horsemen from around the country would flock to Texas once the state allowed pari-mutuel racing. Texas, after all, was widely considered to be horse racing’s “promised land.”

By Gary West

First Published (02 February 2011 - Issue Number: Issue 19)

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