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By Joan Lawrence NTRA RELEASE —- Arrogate; Zoe Metz Photo ARROGATE REMAINS IN FIRST, NTRA TOP THOROUGHBRED POLL (Receives all 38 first-place votes) Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (Monday, July 17, 2017) – Week 25 of The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Top...

By Joan Lawrence NTRA —- Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (Monday, July 10, 2017) – Week 24 of The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Top Thoroughbred Poll of all ages shows slight shuffling in the top-ten after the conclusion of the Stars & Stripes Festival of...

By Brian Spencer —- ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill (June 23, 2017) – Arlington International Racecourse’s four-time leading trainer Larry Rivelli hit a new milestone when Patricia’s Hope LLC’s Do Not Enter gave “Riv” his 500th win at the Chicagoland oval in Friday’s second race....

By Darren Rogers —- LOUISVILLE, KY (Saturday, June 17, 2017) – Churchill Downs Racetrack today unveiled the official logo for the Kentucky Derby 144. SME, a New York-based marketing agency that has developed the official Derby and Oaks marks since 2007, designed the new...

NTRA/Joan Lawrence —- ARROGATE REMAINS IN FIRST, TOP THOROUGHBRED POLL (Receives all 40-first-place votes) Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (Monday, June 12, 2017) – The 2017 Triple Crown series is now in the books with the running of the final jewel, the 149th Belmont Stakes (G1) at...

By Bob Hill, TSV Staff Writer —- Senior Investment should be able to cover the distance in the 149th running of the Belmont Stakes; Keeneland/Coady Photography Let’s start with the picks in the big race of the day, the Grade 1 Belmont Stakes. I’ll profess honesty right at...

Elmont, NY. —- Alicia Wincze Hughes for Blood-Horse.com is reporting that Arkansas Derby champion Classic Empire will not run in the June 10 Belmont Stakes (G1) because of an abscess in his right front foot, trainer Mark Casse said June 7. (Further details to follow) Cover...

By Kathryn Parrish —- CHURCHILL DOWNS INC. ANNOUNCES NEW HIGH-TECH, HIGH-PAYING JOBS IN KENTUCKY; CONTINUES TO DRIVE INNOVATION IN HORSE RACING INDUSTRY TwinSpires headquarters relocating to Louisville from Silicon Valley LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Churchill Downs Incorporated...

By David Joseph —- $1 million Pick 5 and $500,000 Pick 4 also on tap for Saturday’s Card BALTIMORE — Saturday’s Preakness Day card will feature multiple guaranteed pools, highlighted by a $2 million Pick 4 that encompasses four stakes — races 10-13 — and is anchored by the...

By David Joseph —- The Woodlawn Vase; MJC Photos BALTIMORE – The elegant Woodlawn Vase, originally created by Tiffany and Company in 1860, is the most valuable trophy in American sports. Acacia Courtney looks at the history of the Woodlawn Vase and the tradition. Video...