Kinchen Wins 2015 NHC Tour
Jonathon Kinchen of Austin, Texas, won four National Handicapping Championship (NHC) qualifying contests in his first full year of play and earned 19,026 points overall to win the 2015 Daily [...]
NBC Sports Wins Media Eclipse Award for Live Television Programming
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Monday, January 4, 2016) – The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), Daily Racing Form and the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters (NTWAB) today announced that NBC Sports has [...]
Digital Kitchen and Hennegan Brothers Win Media Eclipse Award for Television Feature
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Monday, January 4, 2016) – The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), Daily Racing Form and the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters (NTWAB) today announced that Digital Kitchen’s production of “Ironman Perry [...]
Mary Simon of DRF Wins Media Eclipse Award for Multimedia Presentation
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Monday, January 4, 2016) – The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), Daily Racing Form, and the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters (NTWAB) announced today that Mary Simon of [...]
Eclipse Awards Finalists to be Announced Live Jan. 6
LEXINGTON, Ky. (December 30, 2015) - The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), National Turf Writers And Broadcasters (NTWAB) and Daily Racing Form announced today that finalists for the 2015 Eclipse [...]
Leonard Lavin To Receive Eclipse Award Of Merit
LEXINGTON, Ky. (December 28, 2015) – In a career marked by enduring accomplishments in racing, breeding and devotion to the Thoroughbred industry, the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), Daily Racing Form and the [...]
Statement: American Pharoah’s Triple Crown Wins Associated Press Sports Story of the Year
The Associated Press has named American Pharoah’s historic Triple Crown sweep the “Sports Story of the Year” as determined by a vote of member editors and news directors. (Above photo courtesy [...]
2015 NTRA Moment of the Year Fan Voting Now Open on Twitter
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Tuesday, December 22, 2015) – The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) will conduct voting for the 2015 NTRA Moment of the Year via Twitter from now through January [...]
Congress Passes Three-Year Tax Depreciation for Racehorses, Other Incentives
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Friday, December 18, 2015) – Important tax incentives for horse owners – including a key provision that extends three-year tax depreciation for all racehorses through 2016 – were passed [...]
Congress Passes H-2B Visa Improvements Backed by NTRA
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Friday, December 18, 2015) – Provisions backed by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) that offer relief for H-2B visa employers such as horse trainers were approved by Congress [...]