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Dallas Keen is currently stabled at
Lone Star Park
in Grand Prairie, Texas.
Call for training rates and racing schedules.
 
Dallas Keen is the fourth all time leading trainer in the history of Lone Star Park with over 200 wins and has won numerous stakes races since the track opened in 1997.   Dallas has been the leading trainer twice in the last nine racing seasons and has produced consistent win percentages all over the country for many years. 

Although Dallas Keen does not get the headlines of an Asmussen or Calhoun, statistically he is near their equal, boasting a 6-year win percentage of 23 percent. His overall win rate with horses returning from a layoff of 90 days or greater is a very strong 26%, and his route-to-sprint horses are 16 for 47 (33%). Keen does not start many 2-year olds, but his 5 for 12 record is better than a 40% win rate.
Along with his outstanding win percentages, Dallas Keen has been well known for his ability to claim horses and move them up in class.   Some move up to become allowance horses, but others have even become stakes horses. 

In 2004 Dallas Keen trained Yessirgeneralsir.  Dallas is still the only trainer in the history of Lone Star Park to sweep all three awards for the meet with the same horse.  Yessirgeneralsir was Texas Bred of the Meet, Older Male of the Meet, and Horse of the Meet.  Yessirgeneralsir was also honored with Texas Bred of the Year at the annual TTA Conference.

Some of Dallas Keen's many accomplishments include winning the 1999 Arkansas Derby, 2000 New Orleans Handicap, The Tenacious Handicap, The Whirlaway Handicap, The Diplomat Way, The Sam Houston Sprint Handicap, and the Maxim Gold Cup twice just to name a few. 




The best time to reach Dallas Keen to discuss a training program for your thoroughbred horses is after training hours which end at 10 am.  You can phone him at (817) 528-6655 seven days a week or reach him by email at  dallaskeen@hotmail.com . 
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Stakes Horses
Febuary 16, 2008

Elliecat Wins
Chou Croute Handicap
PAYS $159

James and Ywachetta Driver's Elliecat,
dismissed at odds of 78-1, went wire to wire in the $60,000 Chou Croute Handicap for older fillies and mares Saturday at Fair Grounds.

In the Chou Croute Handicap Elliecat paid $159.40 to win – the second-highest win mutuel of the meet behind only the $233.80 win price posted on Monday by Joshua’s Cup. Lonnie Meche was aboard both longshots.

Since making the change to trainer Dallas Keen, Elliecat has 3 wins and 3 seconds in her last 8 starts, all with allowance and stake company.
Ace Thoroughbred's

Lemony Cricket

Also on February 16 Lemony Cricket wins a $50,000 claiming race for fillies and mares worth $40,000 for trainer Dallas Keen and thorougbred partnership Ace Thoroughbreds, LLC.  Lemony Cricket is Kentucky bred filly by Lemon Drop Kid.   She now has two wins, two seconds and two thirds out of 8 races since moving to the Keen barn.


 

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Lemony Cricket
Recent News

Moody Jones

Moody Jones makes it two wins in a row and paid $6.20 to win the 7th race at Lone Star Park on April 20, 2008. 

  
Summer Gal

Rod Stringer's Summer Gal ran second in a Maiden Special Weight at Lone Star Park.
 
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Battleintheclouds
Battleintheclouds

Battleintheclouds broke his maiden at Lone Star Park winning on April 18.  He drew off down the stretch by nearly 8 lengths for his owner Tim Maretti. 
Tim began his venture into horse racing in 1997 at Lone Star Park where he met Dallas.  Tim and Dallas were so successful at claiming horses together that Tim actually earned an award only given away once in the tracks history,
"Rookie Owner of the Meet".
Elliecat
Sam Houston Race Park
Mad At Cha
Ellie Cat, Owned by Helfin and Driver Racing
Mad At Cha, Owned by Helfin and Driver Racing

Owners combine forces for Lone Star title

Heflin-Driver team gets out of gate fast with solid opening weekend

10:33 PM CDT on Wednesday, April 18, 2007

By RANDY JENNINGS / The Dallas Morning News
rjennings@dallasnews.com

GRAND PRAIRIE – The competition for the owners' title has a new twist this season.

Sandy and Jerry Heflin of Rockwall teamed with Ywachetta and James Driver of Irving, forming Heflin & Driver Racing.

Opening weekend was a huge success for the new partnership with six wins, three seconds and a third from 13 starters.

"It is just fun to have a challenge," said Ywachetta (pronounced wa-SEE-ta), "to see if we can do it. An owners' title at Lone Star is our goal."

The Heflins won the Lone Star owners' title in 2006 with 17 wins.

The Lone Star record for owners' wins in a meet is 27, set by Kagele Bros. Inc. in 2004.

The Heflins and Drivers became acquainted over a period of time as Lone Star regulars. It was Jerry Heflin who suggested becoming partners. The merger, which includes about 44 horses, occurred in early March.

The Drivers are in the oil and gas pipeline business. They have owned racehorses for 25 years.
LONE STAR PARK
200TH LONE STAR PARK WIN

Keen Wins No. 200 at Lone Star

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas (Saturday, June 17, 2006) – Trainer Dallas Keen became the fourth trainer in history to win 200 races at Lone Star Park when Morethanamouthful debuted a winner in Saturday's sixth race.

The 49-year-old native of Sterling, Colo. – Lone Star’s leading trainer in 1997 and ’98 – joined the likes of Steve Asmussen, Cole Norman and Bret Calhoun.

 

http://www.lonestarpark.com/NewsEvents/FeatureStories/Details/keen06172006.htm

 

 

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