What’s Racing Through Washington – September 2025
Government Funding Deadline Passes Without a Deal Since returning from the August recess, the big thing on lawmakers' minds has been the potential for a government shutdown. They had [...]
Save the Date! 55th Annual Eclipse Awards Will Return to The Breakers Palm Beach in January 2026
LEXINGTON, KY, September 30, 2025: The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), Daily Racing Form, and the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters (NTWAB) announced today that the 55th Annual Resolute [...]
Eclipse Award Champion Rebel’s Romance (Ire) Moves into Top 10 after Joe Hirsch Turf Classic (G1T) Score at Aqueduct
NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll - September 29, 2025 Week 36 of the 2025 NTRA Top Three-Year-Old Thoroughbred Poll and the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll conducted by [...]
What’s Racing Through Washington – August 2025
The House and Senate are currently in recess, so this will be a slightly lighter newsletter when it comes to news from the Capitol. US and EU Agree to [...]
What’s Racing Through Washington – July 2025
Bills to Fix Gambling Tax Deduction Change Gaining Sponsors in the House The centerpiece of the second Trump administration, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), was signed into [...]
NTRA Partners with Dean Dorton to Host Webinar on One Big Beautiful Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 18, 2025) – The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) is teaming up with Dean Dorton, one of the largest CPA firms based in Kentucky, to host a [...]
NTRA Supports FAIR BET Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 8, 2025) – The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) announced its support for the bipartisan Fair Accounting for Income Realized from Betting Earnings Taxation (FAIR BET) Act [...]
Statement from NTRA President and CEO Tom Rooney on the Passing of John C. Harris
WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 3, 2025) – “The influence of John Harris on Thoroughbred breeding and racing for more than a half a century cannot be overstated. No one understood [...]
NTRA Reacts to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and its Implications for the Thoroughbred Racing Industry
WASHINGTON, DC. (July 3, 2025) – The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), passed by Congress and expected to be signed into law by President Trump, makes permanent 100% [...]
D. Wayne Lukas 1935-2025
D. Wayne Lukas received an Eclipse Award of Merit in 2013. His speech can be found below.