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The Briar Club is a country club in Houston, Texas. It is located in the River Oaks area, [1] at the corner of Westheimer Road and Timmons Lane. The club was founded in 1949 and is member owned. It is between The Galleria and Downtown Houston. [2] As of 2004 it has 1,100 members. [3] As of 2023 the club has 1300 equity members and is now on a ...
Sam Houston opened on April 24, 1994, and was the first Class 1 Horse Racing venue constructed in Texas. [1] It cost approximately $90 million to construct. The Park was considered the fastest growing race track in America based on handle growth and quality of racing program over the past year several years. [ 2 ]
Taylor-Stevenson Ranch is an historic 640-acre working ranch located near Reliant Stadium on Almeda Rd. in Houston, TX. [1] The ranch was officially designated in the Congressional Record as a "Texas Century Ranch" which recognizes ownership by the same family for over a century. [2]
The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is the largest livestock exhibition and rodeo in the world. It includes one of the richest regular-season professional rodeo events. It has been held at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, since 2003, with the exception of 2021 due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was previously held in the Astrodome. [2]
The Sam Houston Futurity is a horse race that has run since the track at Sam Houston Race Park, Houston, Texas, US, was opened in 1994. It remains one of the premier stakes races for two-year-old quarter horses in Texas. The race is currently run in May, during the Quarter Horse half of Sam Houston Race Park racing season.
The company also provides aftermarket parts and service and offer rental to a broad range of customers. Headquartered in Houston, Texas since its founding in 1902, Stewart & Stevenson provides equipment and service to the global market from a network of sales and service centers in domestic and international locations. [4]
The Houston Ladies Classic Stakes is a Grade III American thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares age four and older over a distance of one and aon-sixteenth miles on the dirt track held annually in late January at Sam Houston Race Park in Houston, Texas. The event currently carries a purse of $300,000.
Acres Homes Multi-Service Center. Acres Homes is a neighborhood located in northwest Houston, Texas.The 9-square-mile (23 km 2) mile area is loosely bounded by the city limits and West Gulf Bank Road to the north; Pinemont Drive to the south; North Shepherd Drive to the east; and Alabonson Drive to the west.