NHC Rundown: Grade One Gamble Highlights Weekend Action
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 16, 2019) – Each week, the NTRA will provide a rundown of those who have qualified for the National Horseplayers Championship (NHC) the previous weekend. The [...]
Omaha Beach Surges to the Front in NTRA Top 3-Year-Old Poll
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 15, 2019) – The reign of California-based horses atop the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Top 3-Year-Old Poll continues this week in a new set of [...]
NTRA Weekend Stakes Rundown: Arkansas Derby, Lexington Stakes Offer Final Qualifying Points for Kentucky Derby
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 12, 2019) – Each week, the NTRA will provide a guide to the best stakes races in North America and beyond. Races are listed in chronological [...]
NHC Rundown: Wood Memorial, Santa Anita Derby Challenge Offer Qualifying Spots
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 10, 2019) – Each week, the NTRA will provide a rundown of those who have qualified for the National Horseplayers Championship (NHC) the previous weekend. The [...]
National Media Teleconference (Court, Bloom, Mandella)
April 9, 2019 Arkansas Derby, Apple Blossom Handicap Preview Guests Jon Court, jockey, Long Range Toddy Jeff Bloom, owner, Midnight Bisou Richard Mandella, trainer, Omaha Beach Full transcript (Note: [...]
NHC is returning to Bally’s Las Vegas in 2020
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 9, 2019) – The NTRA National Horseplayers Championship (NHC), the world’s richest and most prestigious handicapping tournament, will have a new home beginning in 2020, as [...]
Roadster, Bricks and Mortar New Leaders in NTRA Polls
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 8, 2019) – After knocking off reigning juvenile male champion Game Winner in the Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby this past Saturday, Speedway Stable’s Roadster has [...]
NTRA Weekend Stakes Rundown: KY Derby Implications On the Line in Wood Memorial, Blue Grass Stakes, Santa Anita Derby
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 5, 2019) – Each week, the NTRA will provide a guide to the best stakes races in North America and beyond. Races are listed in chronological [...]
National Media Teleconference (McLaughlin, Baffert, Servis)
April 2, 2019 Santa Anita Derby, Blue Grass Stakes, and Wood Memorial Preview Guests Kiaran McLaughlin, trainer, Haikal Bob Baffert, trainer, Game Winner John Servis, trainer, Jaywalk and Lucky [...]
Dept. of Homeland Security Announces Plans to Allocate 30,000 Additional H-2B Visas in Current Fiscal Year
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) earlier today communicated to Congressional offices that it would allocate 30,000 additional H-2B visas for the current fiscal year that concludes on September [...]