Lightly Raced Emerging Market Emerges at No. 6 after Louisiana Derby (G2) Thriller
NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll - March 23, 2026 Week 9 of the 2026 NTRA Top Three-Year-Old Thoroughbred Poll and the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll conducted by [...]
Golden Tempo Looks to Enter Top 10 after Saturday’s Louisiana Derby (G2)
NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll - March 16, 2026 Week 8 of the 2026 NTRA Top Three-Year-Old Thoroughbred Poll and the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll conducted by [...]
Dylan Donnelly Wins NTRA National Horseplayers Championship
27th NHC Winner Dylan Donnelly and NTRA President and CEO Tom Rooney. Photo Credit: NTRA/Que Images Las Vegas (March 15, 2026) - Winning the last race at [...]
Richard Sugimoto Leads NTRA National Horseplayers Championship Entering Sunday’s Final Table
Las Vegas (March 15, 2026) - Richard Sugimoto of Big Bear City, Calif., leads the 27th NTRA National Horseplayers Championship (NHC) field with a mythical bankroll of $301.22 at [...]
Tammy Johns Leads After Day Two of 27th National Horseplayers Championship
NHC Leader after Day Two Tammy Johns. Photo Credit: NTRA/Que Images Las Vegas (March 14, 2026) - Tammy Johns of Meridian, ID, took the overall lead after [...]
Michael Saletta Leads After Day One of 27th National Horseplayers Championship
NHC Day One Leader Mike Saletta. Photo Credit: Que Images / NTRA Las Vegas (March 13, 2026) - Landing a $19 win-place wager on the final race [...]
NTRA and Caesars Reach Agreement, NHC to Stay at Horseshoe Through 2029
2025 National Horseplayers Championship Lexington, Ky. and Las Vegas (March 13, 2026) - The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) and Caesars Entertainment today announced a new multi-year [...]
27th NHC to Begin Friday With Record Prize Money and Entries Following Record Last Chance/First Chance Contest
Last Chance / First Chance Winner Michelle Mount. Photo Credit: NTRA Las Vegas (March 12, 2026) - This year’s NTRA National Horseplayers Championship (NHC), which kicks off [...]
2026 National Horseplayers Championship News and Notes
Photo Credit: NTRA Lexington, Ky. (March 12, 2026) - The National Thoroughbred Racing Association announced today that the Final Table of the 27th National Horseplayers Championship (NHC) [...]
Chicago’s Dan Piazza Set to Defend NHC Title
Lexington, Ky. (March 10, 2026) - During the first day of last year’s National Horseplayers Championship (NHC), Dan Piazza recalls seeing his name a top the leader board about [...]