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 [...]
HISA to lead the Thoroughbred community down a path to a safer and more transparent sport
To all of the hard-working individuals who make up the Thoroughbred community and the fans who share in our love for the horses that set our sport apart from [...]
Additional H-2B Visas Soon To Be Available For Trainers During 2nd Half of Federal Fiscal Year 2021
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 20, 2021) ― The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Department of Labor have agreed to offer 22,000 additional H-2B visas to employers [...]
Essential Quality Holds No. 1 Ranking in NTRA Three-Year-Old Poll Two Weeks Before Kentucky Derby
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 19, 2021) – Undefeated Essential Quality, the likely favorite for the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve on May 1, remains at the top [...]
NHC Rundown: 16 Players Qualify for 2022 Championship
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 16, 2021) – Each week, the NTRA will provide a rundown of those who have qualified for the National Horseplayers Championship (NHC) the previous weekend. A [...]
NTRA Weekend Stakes Rundown: Eclipse Award Winners Monomoy Girl and Swiss Skydiver Square Off in Apple Blossom at Oaklawn Park
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 16, 2021) – Throughout the year, the NTRA will provide a guide to the best stakes races in North America and beyond. Races are listed in chronological [...]
NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll – April 12, 2021
ESSENTIAL QUALITY STAYS ON TOP IN NTRA THREE-YEAR-OLD POLL THREE WEEKS BEFORE KENTUCKY DERBY LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 12, 2021) – Essential Quality, who is training at Churchill Downs [...]
NTRA Weekend Stakes Rundown: Arkansas Derby Headlines Final Kentucky Derby Preps
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 9, 2021) – Throughout the year, the NTRA will provide a guide to the best stakes races in North America and beyond. Races are listed in chronological [...]
NTRA Statement on the Passing of Alice Chandler
April 7, 2021 NTRA Statement on the Passing of Alice Chandler “Alice Chandler devoted nearly a century to the horse and epitomized all that has come to represent a [...]