NHC Rundown: 4 Players Qualify for 2022 Championship
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 22, 2021) – Each week, the NTRA will provide a rundown of those who have qualified for the National Horseplayers Championship (NHC) the previous weekend. A total [...]
Safety and Integrity Alliance Accreditations to Resume Following Pause Due to COVID-19
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 22, 2021) — Following an eight-month hiatus from conducting on-track accreditation visits due to the impact of COVID-19, the NTRA Safety & Integrity Alliance (Alliance) has begun [...]
State Department Resumes Processing of H-2B Visa Applications After Restrictions are Lifted
Restrictions on the issuance of new H-2B and other nonimmigrant visas ended on March 31, 2021, and the U.S. State Department soon after announced that it would begin to process [...]
Deadline Extended for Paycheck Protection Program Loan Application to May 31
Businesses and organizations that qualify for Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans will now have until May 31, 2021, to apply for first and second draw loans. The new deadline was [...]
Kentucky’s Horse Racing Industry Faces Major Challenge and You Can Help Today
Whether or not you reside in Kentucky, you can help the horse racing industry in Kentucky as they rally support for a legislative solution that will allow historical horse racing [...]
State Department Releases H-2B Guidance; Provides Opportunity for Horse Trainers
(August 12, 2020) – The State Department released guidance for the Presidential Proclamations from June 22 (P.P. 10014 & 10052) that temporarily suspended issuance of new non-immigrant visas, such [...]
NTRA/Dean Dorton Teleconference on COVID-19 Federal Stimulus Legislation
NTRA NATIONAL TELECONFERENCE: NTRA/DEAN DORTON TO PROVIDE INDUSTRY UPDATE ON COVID-19 FEDERAL STIMULUS LEGISLATION The NTRA and its Washington, D.C., legislative team, The Alpine Group, and Kentucky-based Dean Dorton, [...]
Action Needed to Support H-2B Visa Relief During Appropriations Process
LEXINGTON, Ky (May 30, 2019) - Industry members who utilize the H-2B temporary worker visa program should contact their U.S. Representative by Friday, May 31, and ask him or [...]
Thirty Thousand Additional H-2B Visas Now Available for Fiscal Year 2019
LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 9, 2019) - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) began accepting petitions on Wednesday, May 8 for 30,000 additional H-2B visas restricted to returning workers for [...]