Plans are in motion for a third race track in Texas, this one would be built outside of Austin.
Plans for this track were first reported by Thoroughbred Racing Commentary.
The new track would join Sam Houston Race Park and Lone Star Park as Thoroughbred race tracks in the state.
Trainer Sarah Delany, who was kicked in the back of the neck by a horse last week, was released from a Houston, Texas, hospital Feb. 13. But her road to recovery is just beginning.
Delany was tending to a horse Feb. 7 at Delta Downs Racetrack when the accident happened.
“I really don’t know what I would do without all my friends and all the people that have reached out to me and my husband (Benny Martinez). … I’m so blessed,” Delany said via text shortly after being discharged.
By Joe Perez
Breeder Curt Leake has had 65 winners in his career, but only two have ever won a graded stakes race. The most recent happened Preakness Stakes (G1) weekend in the Chick Lang Stakes (G3) at Pimlico Race Course. Ryvit , by Competitive Edge and out of a Medaglia d’Oro mare, She Is Bedazzling, took home the six-furlong race.
Based in Northeast Louisiana, Leake said he is about as far away from any racing circuit as anyone could be. “I’m probably three hours from Louisiana Downs, four hours from Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, and then another four hours to Evangeline Downs,” he said. From a family of farmers, Leake has made Thoroughbreds the newest crop to be passed down as his son, David, works alongside him.
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