Wednesday, August 25 2010
SATURDAY’S PACIFIC CLASSIC FROM DEL MAR TO BE SHOWN LIVE ON NTRA.COM
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association’s (NTRA) Website, NTRA.com, will offer free, live video streaming this Saturday of Del Mar’s Grade I, $1,000,000 Pacific Classic Presented by TVG. The Pacific Classic, to be run at 1 1/4 miles on the main track, drew a field of 10, including the venerable seven-year-old Awesome Gem, who ran the best race of his life last time out while capturing the Hollywood Gold Cup for his owners, West Point Thoroughbreds. The Pacific Classic is also a Breeders’ Cup Challenge contest, assuring the winner a starting berth in the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic on November 6 at Churchill Downs.
The Pacific Classic is one of several important races leading to the Breeders’ Cup World Championships that will be Webcast this year on NTRA Live! The series will feature interviews with on-track analysts; live chats with viewers; pre-and post-race analysis; free DRF past performance data, including its new EasyForm past performances; handicapping selections; a one-click link to wagering opportunities at TVG; and other original and unique programming components.
Tuesday, August 03 2010
National Thoroughbred Racing Association National Poll for Monday, Aug. 2. Poll Week #22
NATIONAL THOROUGHBRED RACING ASSOCIATION NATIONAL POLL
Week 22 of the 2010 NTRA Thoroughbred Poll conducted by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), covering racing performances through August 1. Current Horse of the Year ranking of the top Thoroughbreds on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis with first place votes in parentheses, 2010 record and total points.
Thursday, July 22 2010
SATURDAY’S LADY’S SECRET STAKES, FEATURING RACHEL ALEXANDRA, TO BE SHOWN LIVE ON NTRA.COM
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association’s (NTRA) Website, NTRA.com, will offer free, live video streaming this Saturday of the $400,000 Lady’s Secret Stakes from Monmouth Park in Oceanport, N.J. The Lady’s Secret, to be run at 1 1/8 miles on the main track, is scheduled to attract 2009 Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra.
The Lady’s Secret Stakes is one of several important races leading to the Breeders’ Cup World Championships that will be Webcast this year on NTRA Live! The series will feature interviews with on-track analysts; live chats with viewers; pre-and post-race analysis; free DRF past performance data, including its new EasyForm past performances; handicapping selections; a one-click link to wagering opportunities at TVG; and other original and unique programming components.
Tuesday, July 20 2010
Saturday’s Lady’s Secret Stakes, Featuring Rachel Alexandra, to be Shown Live on NTRA.com
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association’s (NTRA) Website, NTRA.com, will offer free, live video streaming this Saturday of the $400,000 Lady’s Secret Stakes from Monmouth Park in Oceanport, N.J. The Lady’s Secret, to be run at 1 1/8 miles on the main track, is scheduled to attract 2009 Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra.
The Lady’s Secret Stakes is one of several important races leading to the Breeders’ Cup World Championships that will be Webcast this year on NTRA Live! The series will feature interviews with on-track analysts; live chats with viewers; pre-and post-race analysis; free DRF past performance data, including its new EasyForm past performances; handicapping selections; a one-click link to wagering opportunities at TVG; and other original and unique programming components.
Thursday, July 08 2010
SATURDAY’S HOLLYWOOD GOLD CUP TO BE SHOWN LIVE AT NTRA.COM
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association’s (NTRA) Website, NTRA.com, will offer free, live video streaming this Saturday of the Grade I, $500,000 Hollywood Gold Cup from Hollywood Park in Inglewood, Calif. The Gold Cup will be run at 1 1/4 miles on Cushion Track.
The Hollywood Gold Cup is one of several important races leading to the Breeders’ Cup World Championships that will be Webcast this year on NTRA Live! The series will feature interviews with on-track analysts; live chats with viewers; pre-and post-race analysis; free DRF past performance data, including its new EasyForm past performances; handicapping selections; a one-click link to wagering opportunities at TVG; and other original and unique programming components.
Friday, June 04 2010
NTRA Board Reaffirms Support for Organization’s Strategic Priorities at Board Meeting in New York
During its regularly scheduled meeting yesterday in Garden City, N.Y., the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Board of Directors voiced its unanimous support for the strategic priorities of the NTRA, and heard updates on the following programs and initiatives:
· Legislative Advocacy—including ongoing efforts to eliminate automatic federal withholding taxes from pari-mutuel winnings and protect the industry’s authority to conduct online wagering under the Interstate Horseracing Act (IHA);
Tuesday, June 01 2010
A statement by Jess Jackson on Rachel Alexandra…
“Rachel Alexandra’s condition continues to improve.
We were impressed with Rachel’s Memorial Day work breezing six furlongs 1:11.20 and galloping out a mile in 1:38. Her next work is Monday, June 7.
Friday, May 28 2010
National Museum of Racing announces 2010 Hall of Fame class
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Jockey Randy Romero and horses Azeri, Best Pal and Point Given have been elected to the National Museum of Racing’s Hall of Fame. The Class of 2010 will be inducted on Friday, August 13 in a ceremony at 10:30 a.m. at the newly renovated Fasig-Tipton sales pavilion.
Romero, Azeri, Best Pal and Point Given were elected in the contemporary category by the 182 members of the Hall of Fame’s voting panel. The Hall of Fame’s Historic Review Committee will announce its selections on Wednesday, June 9, completing the Class of 2010.
Friday, May 07 2010
AMERICAN STALLS BECOMES CORPORATE PARTNER OF NTRA ADVANTAGE
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) today announced American Stalls as its newest corporate partner. American Stalls also becomes an NTRA Advantage partner, offering a variety of premium quality permanent and portable stalls. As the exclusive stall purveyor of the NTRA, American Stalls will make available to all NTRA Advantage participants—including racetracks and farms—preferred pricing and value-added services on its full line of heavy duty 10’, 12’ and custom application stalls.
“We are delighted to have American Stalls join the NTRA Advantage family of corporate partners,” said Alex Waldrop, President and CEO of the NTRA. “This partnership demonstrates the powerful appeal our industry has to manufacturers seeking mass consumer and business-to-business opportunities.”
Friday, April 16 2010
SATURDAY’S COOLMORE LEXINGTON STAKES TO BE SHOWN LIVE ON NTRA.COM
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association’s (NTRA) Website, NTRA.com, will offer free, live video streaming this Saturday of the Grade II, $300,000 Coolmore Lexington Stakes from Keeneland in Lexington, Ky., The Coolmore Lexington represents one of the final opportunities for horses to pick up the graded stakes earnings so crucial to secure a starting berth in the Kentucky Derby. In 1999, Charismatic parlayed a Lexington win into victories in both the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes. This year’s event drew a full field of 12, led by Uptowncharlybrown, who captured the Pasco Stakes earlier this year at Tampa Bay Downs, prior to finishing third in that track’s Grade III Sam F. Davis Stakes and fifth in the Tampa Bay Derby. Uptowncharlybrown will also be a strong sentimental choice given the passing earlier this week of his trainer Alan Seewald. Trainers Todd Pletcher and John Sadler—the respective conditioners of early Derby favorites Eskendereya and Sidney’s Candy—will also all be represented in the Lexington. Pletcher will saddle Rushaway Stakes winner Exhi, while Sadler will be send out Distorted Dave.
Saturday’s program, to be anchored by ESPN/ABC analyst and NFL Network host Randy Moss, will begin at 5:00 p.m. (ET), with post time for the Coolmore Lexington slated for 5:15 p.m. (ET). Moss will break down the Lexington and interview one or more of its trainers prior to the race’s scheduled 5:15 p.m. (ET) post time.
Monday, April 12 2010
NTRA Three-Year-Old and National Poll for Monday, April 12. Poll
NATIONAL THOROUGHBRED RACING ASSOCIATION THREE-YEAR-OLD POLL
Week seven of the 2010 NTRA Thoroughbred Three-Year-Old Poll conducted by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), covering racing performances through April 11. Current ranking of the top Three-Year-Old Thoroughbreds on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis with first place votes in parentheses, 2010 record and total points. Poll concludes Monday, June 8.
Monday, April 05 2010
NTRA Three-Year-Old and National Poll for Monday, April 5. Poll
NATIONAL THOROUGHBRED RACING ASSOCIATION THREE-YEAR-OLD POLL
Week six of the 2010 NTRA Thoroughbred Three-Year-Old Poll conducted by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), covering racing performances through April 4. Current ranking of the top Three-Year-Old Thoroughbreds on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis with first place votes in parentheses, 2010 record and total points. Poll concludes Monday, June 8.
