Sovereignty Continues in Top Spot; Expected to Race Next in Breeders’ Cup Classic
NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll - September 8, 2025 Week 33 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.
What’s Racing Through Washington – June 2025
Continuing Tax Bill Updates The centerpiece of the second Trump administration, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), continues its march through the Senate. After passing the House of [...]
No. 1 Journalism and No. 2 Sovereignty Scheduled to Resume Budding Rivalry in Belmont Stakes
NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll - June 2, 2025 Week 19 of the 2025 NTRA Top Three-Year-Old Thoroughbred Poll and the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll conducted by [...]