Joe Harper to Receive Eclipse Award of Merit
JOE HARPER TO RECEIVE ECLIPSE AWARD OF MERIT Del Mar Chief Executive to Accept Honor at 48th Annual Eclipse Awards at Gulfstream Park Racing and Casino on January 24 [...]
Alicia Wincze-Hughes Joins NTRA As Director of NTRA Communications
ALICIA WINCZE-HUGHES NAMED DIRECTOR OF NTRA COMMUNICATIONS LEXINGTON, Ky. (Wednesday, December 19, 2018) – The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) today announced that it has hired Alicia Wincze-Hughes as [...]
2018 NTRA Moment of the Year Voting Open on Twitter, NTRA.com
– Twelve of the most memorable, significant and reflective events from the last 12 months of Thoroughbred racing are up for the 2018 NTRA Moment of the Year, a [...]
Eclipse Awards Tickets on Sale Now
ECLIPSE AWARDS TICKETS ON SALE NOW Championship Week Concludes With Expanded Pegasus World Cup Invitational LEXINGTON, Ky. (Tuesday, November 20, 2018) – Tickets for the 48th annual Eclipse Awards, presented [...]
HORSE PAC® PRESIDENT PEGGY HENDERSHOT TO RETIRE AT END OF YEAR
Peggy Hendershot, who since 2006 has served as President of the Thoroughbred breeding and racing industry’s most influential federal political action committee, Horse PAC®, will retire at the end of [...]
Bipartisan Horse PAC® Supported Candidates Perform Well In Tuesday’s Elections
BIPARTISAN HORSE PAC®-SUPPORTED CANDIDATES HAVE STRONG SHOWING ON ELECTION DAY LEXINGTON, Ky. (Thursday, November 8, 2018) – The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) today announced that 44 of the 48 federal [...]
Accelerate No. 1 in Final NTRA Thoroughbred Poll; Sets up Battle with Justify, Enable, Monomoy Girl for Horse of the Year Honors.
Accelerate Tops Final NTRA Top 10 Poll Following Breeders' Cup Classic Score Overtakes Justify in First Place Votes to Set Up Horse of the Year Showdown; Enable Also Lays [...]
NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll – November 5, 2018
TOP THOROUGHBRED POLL Week 41 of the 2018 NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll conducted by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), covering racing performances through November 4. Current Horse of [...]
Modernized Treasury/IRS Regulations Lead to Nearly 90% Reduction in Winning Pari-Mutuel Wagers Subject to Reporting and Withholding
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Keith Chamblin at (859) 621-1120 or kchamblin@ntra.com MODERNIZED TREASURY/IRS REGULATIONS LEAD TO NEARLY 90% REDUCTION IN WINNING PARI-MUTUEL WAGERS SUBJECT TO REPORTING AND WITHHOLDING Winning [...]
Accelerate Surpasses Justify’s Reign at No. 1 as all Top U.S. Runners in Training Take Aim at Epic Breeders Cup
Hronis Racing’s Accelerate retained his hold atop the NTRA Top 10 Thoroughbred Poll for a 2018 record eleventh consecutive week as all of the leading U.S.-based horses take aim at [...]