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Retama Park is a class 1 pari-mutuel horse racetrack located in Selma, Texas, United States, that opened in 1995. Live quarter horse races meet July to September. Simulcast racing is shown year-round. The track is owned by the Retama Development Corporation (a quasi-governmental entity formed by the City of Selma) and managed by Penn Entertainment.
Selma is a city in Bexar, Comal, [4] and Guadalupe counties in Texas, United States.It is part of the San Antonio metropolitan statistical area.Its population was 10,952 at the 2020 census, [5] up from 5,540 at the 2010 census. [6]
The sale would be executed by Pinnacle spinning off a new company, also named Pinnacle Entertainment, with the casinos' operating businesses, along with ownership of Belterra Park (formerly River Downs) and the company's interest in Retama Park; GLPI would then acquire the original Pinnacle Entertainment. [19]
On December 10, 1999, at Hollywood Park, Wrona called the race that saw Laffit Pincay Jr pass Bill Shoemaker for most career victories by a jockey. Nearly seven years later, on December 1, 2006, Wrona was the announcer for the race at Bay Meadows in which Russell Baze passed Pincay for the same honors.
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The genus name Parkinsonia honors the English botanist John Parkinson (1567–1650), while the species Latin name aculeata refers to the thorny stem of this plant.. The name "Jerusalem thorn" stems from a mistranslation of the Spanish/Portuguese word girasol ('turning toward the sun').
The track opened on December 2, 1933. [1] It was the first horse track to open in West Virginia, following the legalization of parimutuel wagering earlier in the year. [2] It was developed and operated by the Shenandoah Valley Jockey Club, led by Joseph Boyle. [3]
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