The Department of Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) today issued newly proposed regulations relating to withholding and reporting with respect to pari-mutuel winnings. The 31-page Treasury document, entitled [...]
Contact: Joe Bacigalupo, NTRA Federal Legislative Affairs, (859) 422-2677, joeb@NTRA.com URGENT EFFORTS CONTINUE TO REINSTATE H-2B VISA RETURNING WORKER EXEMPTION LEXINGTON, Ky. (Monday, December 5, 2016) – The National [...]
Greg Avioli, CEO of the Thoroughbred Owners of California, has been named to the Board of Directors of Horse PAC®, the National Thoroughbred Racing Association’s federal political action committee. The [...]
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), today announced that 51 of the 54 federal candidates it supported during the 2015/2016 election cycle won their races on Tuesday. Horse PAC® disbursed [...]
Justin Nicholson, CEO of Ninety North Racing, has been named to the Board of Directors of Horse PAC®, the National Thoroughbred Racing Association’s federal political action committee. The appointment was [...]
August 14, 2015 Tom LaMarra, Blood-Horse The need for consensus among major stakeholders in horse racing in regard to drug testing and enforcement of penalties again was a major theme [...]
August 12, 2016 Tom LaMarra, Blood-Horse The National Thoroughbred Racing Association and its Washington, D.C., lobbying firm are playing the waiting game regarding tax changes that would allow pari-mutuel bettors [...]
August 12, 2016 Tom Precious, Blood-Horse Stalled for several years, a push by Suffolk County Off-Track Betting Corp. to open a casino on Long Island was given crucial backing the [...]
August 12, 2016 Tom LaMarra, Blood-Horse A decision on the re-privatization of the New York Racing Association will have to wait until next year—at the earliest—but groups in the city [...]
August 11, 2016 Frank Angst, Blood-Horse With a line in the daily fantasy sports legislation passed last week in New York specifically prohibiting horse racing handicapping tournament sites, two of the [...]
