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Alex Waldrop: Summertime Splendor
Earlier this month, I took advantage of the long Fourth of July holiday weekend to spend a few days with family and friends and get away from the constant barrage of phone, e-mail and text ...
| Posted on: Monday, July 19, 2010 | |
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Alex Waldrop: Working for Players in Washington
Last week, the NTRA's lobbying team secured introduction of important federal legislation to protect our $1.3 billion market for advance deposit wagering.
The bill, H.R. 5599, clarifies the ...
| Posted on: Sunday, June 27, 2010 | |
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Alex Waldrop: The Chat Heard (and Seen) Round the World
Sunday night, the NTRA hosted its fifth NTRA Live! broadcast on NTRA.com. Thousands of people from around the globe tuned in to watch Zenyatta extend her perfect record to 17-0. Carrying ...
| Posted on: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 | |
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Alex Waldrop: Watch Zenyatta With Me on Sunday
The 2010 Triple Crown has only been in the history books for four days, and already there are plenty of reasons to get excited about the second half of the racing year. America's undefeated ...
| Posted on: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 | |
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Alex Waldrop: Comings and Goings ...
Earlier this week, I published an open letter to the industry on page four of the Thoroughbred Daily News (TDN). The letter described our industry's response to Congress, which recently sought ...
| Posted on: Friday, May 21, 2010 | |
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Alex Waldrop: Pimlico's Strong Finish
I have been blogging about the NTRA Safety & Integrity Alliance for almost two years now. What happened this week was some of the best Alliance news yet. Pimlico has now been fully ...
| Posted on: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 | |
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Alex Waldrop: Kentucky Derby Weekend Top Ten List
Kentucky Derby weekend was special this year for lots of reasons. With apologies to David Letterman, here is my list -- in no particular order, I must admit -- of 10 reasons why the Kentucky Derby is ...
| Posted on: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 | |
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Alex Waldrop: Derby Day Connections
If you read my blogs, you know that I spent more than 12 years as part of the management team at Churchill Downs. During those years, I held several titles including President of the racetrack ...
| Posted on: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 | |
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Alex Waldrop: Are the Clouds Parting?
The release by Equibase of Thoroughbred Racing's Economic Indicators for the first Quarter of 2010 was no cause for celebration. We continue to see declines in handle - about 10% so far ...
| Posted on: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 | |
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Alex Waldrop: Take Two
Last week, we at the NTRA were excitedly getting ready for our first-ever NTRA Live Webcast, featuring live video streaming of Rachel Alexandra's and Zenyatta's comeback races. The end result was a ...
| Posted on: Thursday, March 18, 2010 | |
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Alex Waldrop: Note from NTRA on webcast difficulties
Horse Racing Fans,
The NTRA sincerely apologizes to all of you who came to our site expecting to see the New Orleans Ladies and the Santa Margarita only to be deprived of that opportunity. ...
| Posted on: Saturday, March 13, 2010 | |
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Alex Waldrop: Rachel and Zenyatta: Free and Easy
This Saturday at 6 pm (EST), the NTRA will launch a new interactive initiative on NTRA.com entitled, "NTRA Live!". We will be offering free, live video streaming of the seasonal ...
| Posted on: Friday, March 12, 2010 | |
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Alex Waldrop: The Role of the NTRA – Part I
One of the very few things I don't like about writing these blogs is that I don't have nearly enough time to respond to as many of your interesting comments as I'd like. But this week, I want to ...
| Posted on: Friday, March 05, 2010 | |
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