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 [...]
Potente Powers into NTRA Top Three-Year-Old Poll at No. 7 after San Felipe (G2) Win
NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll - March 9, 2026 Week 7 of the 2026 NTRA Top Three-Year-Old Thoroughbred Poll and the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll conducted by [...]
2026 National Horseplayers Championship: Who’s Who at the 27th NHC
Learn about the competitors hoping to take home the $825,000 grand prize and Eclipse Award as Horseplayer of the Year, March 13-15 at Horseshoe Las Vegas Lexington, Ky. (March [...]
Commandment Passes Two-Turn Test with Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) Win and is No. 2 in NTRA Top Three-Year-Old Poll
NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll - March 2, 2026 Week 6 of the 2026 NTRA Top Three-Year-Old Thoroughbred Poll and the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll conducted by [...]
Registration for National Horseplayers Championship ‘Last Chance/First Chance’ Contest Now Open
Final opportunity to win an entry to the 2026 NHC hosted at Horseshoe Las Vegas Lexington, Ky. (March 2, 2026) - Registration is now open for the annual [...]