ADVOCACY.

INTEGRITY.

LEADERSHIP.

Apr 13: Little Change in NTRA Top 3-Year-Old Poll; No. 5 So Happy Would Give Trainer Mark Glatt First Kentucky Derby Starter

Apr 6: Further Ado Dazzles in Blue Grass Stakes (G1) and Enters Top 10 of NTRA Top 3-Year-Old Poll

Apr 1: What’s Racing Through Washington – March 2026

Mar 30: Renegade Impresses in Arkansas Derby (G1) and Claims Top Spot in NTRA Top 3-Year-Old Poll

Mar 23: Lightly Raced Emerging Market Emerges at No. 6 after Louisiana Derby (G2) Thriller

Mar 16: Golden Tempo Looks to Enter Top 10 after Saturday’s Louisiana Derby (G2)

Mar 15: Dylan Donnelly Wins NTRA National Horseplayers Championship

Little Change in NTRA Top 3-Year-Old Poll; No. 5 So Happy Would Give Trainer Mark Glatt First Kentucky Derby Starter
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Little Change in NTRA Top 3-Year-Old Poll; No. 5 So Happy Would Give Trainer Mark Glatt First Kentucky Derby Starter

Name: OBS Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training
Start: 2026-04-14
End: 2026-04-17
Location: Ocala, FL

Little Change in NTRA Top 3-Year-Old Poll; No. 5 So Happy Would Give Trainer Mark Glatt First Kentucky Derby Starter
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Little Change in NTRA Top 3-Year-Old Poll; No. 5 So Happy Would Give Trainer Mark Glatt First Kentucky Derby Starter

Further Ado Dazzles in Blue Grass Stakes (G1) and Enters Top 10 of NTRA Top 3-Year-Old Poll
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Further Ado Dazzles in Blue Grass Stakes (G1) and Enters Top 10 of NTRA Top 3-Year-Old Poll

What’s Racing Through Washington – March 2026
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What’s Racing Through Washington – March 2026

NTRA TODAY IN THOROUGHBRED RACING HISTORY

April 14

: 2015 Prominent Southern California trainer Mike Mitchell, who underwent surgery to remove a brain tumor in 2012, died. During his career, Mitchell captured training titles at Del Mar (seven), Santa Anita (two), Oak Tree at Santa Anita (three), and Hollywood Park (seven). He was 66.

WHAT WE DO.

The mission of the NTRA is to increase the popularity, welfare and integrity of Thoroughbred racing through consensus-based leadership, legislative advocacy, safety and integrity initiatives, fan engagement and corporate partner development.