Thomason Elected Chair of NTRA
For Immediate Release Contact: Keith Chamblin, (859) 621-1120 THOMASON ELECTED CHAIR OF NTRA Board Re-Affirms Organization’s Key Areas of Focus, Florida HBPA Joins Lexington, Ky. (Thursday, September 27, 2018) [...]
Eddie Olczyk Earns Horseplayers’ Respect as Handicapper and Cancer Survivor
Eddie Olczyk Earns Horseplayers’ Respect as Handicapper and Cancer Survivor By Noel Michaels Horseplayers are a quirky bunch. This is evidenced by the fact that perhaps one of the [...]
Abel Tasman Moves Ahead of Monomoy Girl in NTRA Top 10 Poll with Breeders’ Cup Showdown Looming
Reigning Eclipse Award Champion Abel Tasman moved from fifth to fourth position in this week’s NTRA Top 10 Thoroughbred Poll, supplanting 3-year-old filly sensation Monomoy Girl, who finished first in [...]
NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll – September 24, 2018
TOP THOROUGHBRED POLL Week 35 of the 2018 NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll conducted by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), covering racing performances through September 23. Current Horse of [...]
No Changes in this week’s NTRA Top 10 Thoroughbred Poll as Accelerate Remains on Top
There were no changes this week in the NTRA Top 10 Thoroughbred poll as virtually all of the top U.S. horses in training continue to point for the Nov. 2-3 [...]
NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll – September 17, 2018
TOP THOROUGHBRED POLL Week 34 of the 2018 NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll conducted by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), covering racing performances through September 16. Current Horse of [...]
Belmont Super Qualifier Breathing New Life into Win-Place Tournament Formats
By Noel Michaels The traditional handicapping tournament “win-and-place” format is unfortunately becoming harder and harder to find, but the tried-and-true win-place format is ready to make a comeback in a [...]
Accelerate Remains Atop NTRA Poll as Divisional Leaders plot Courses to Breeders’ Cup
Leading Breeders’ Cup Classic contender Accelerate retained the top spot in the NTRA Top 10 Thoroughbred Poll for the fourth consecutive week as virtually all of the leading U.S.-based horses [...]
NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll – September 10, 2018
TOP THOROUGHBRED POLLWeek 33 of the 2018 NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll conducted by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), covering racing performances through September 9. Current Horse of the Year [...]
Woodward Hero Yoshida Debuts at Seventh in NTRA Top 10 Poll; Accelerate Remains in First Place
Japanese-bred Yoshida, winner of last Saturday’s Woodward Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets and now a dual Grade 1 winner this year on turf and dirt, debuted in seventh place in [...]