CLASSIC EMPIRE TAKES FIRST PLACE, NTRA TOP 3-YEAR-OLD POLL ARROGATE REMAINS IN FIRST PLACE

Joan Lawrence/NTRA —- Classic Empire; Coady Photography CLASSIC EMPIRE TAKES FIRST PLACE, NTRA TOP 3-YEAR-OLD POLL ARROGATE REMAINS IN FIRST PLACE & UNANIMOUS CHOICE, NTRA TOP THOROUGHBRED POLL (Receives all 41 first-place votes) Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (Monday, April...
Posted On 18 Apr 2017
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The Still Murky Derby Picture – One Major Prep to Go

By Bob Hill, TSV Staff Writer —- We approached last weekend’s trio of major Kentucky Derby prep race with reasonable expectations that the results of those races might shed some light on the lineup for May 6th. Any hope for clarity was met with results that make the picture...
Posted On 12 Apr 2017
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ALWAYS DREAMING MOVES INTO FIRST PLACE, NTRA TOP 3-YEAR-OLD POLL ARROGATE RETAINS FIRST PLACE & UNANIMOUS CHOICE

Joan Lawrence/NTRA —- ARROGATE RETAINS FIRST PLACE & UNANIMOUS CHOICE, NTRA TOP THOROUGHBRED POLL (Receives all 42 first-place votes) Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (Monday, April 10, 2017) – A lot of great racing action took place this past week resulting with some major...
Posted On 10 Apr 2017
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Getting Ready for the Derby: Some Thoughts A Month Before the Race

By Bob Hill, TSV Staff Writer —- With four major Derby prep races still to run, it’s time to start paying close attention to how things are shaking out for this year’s Run for the Roses. We’ll start with major prep races that already have been decided and then move to the...
Posted On 04 Apr 2017
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McCRAKEN REMAINS IN FIRST, NTRA TOP 3-YEAR-OLD POLL ARROGATE REMAINS UNANIMOUS CHOICE, NTRA TOP THOROUGHBRED POLL

Joan Lawrence/NTRA —- McCRAKEN REMAINS IN FIRST, NTRA TOP 3-YEAR-OLD POLL ARROGATE REMAINS UNANIMOUS CHOICE, NTRA TOP THOROUGHBRED POLL (Receives all 36 first-place votes) Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (Monday, March 27, 2017) – One major race took place this past weekend for the...
Posted On 28 Mar 2017
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McCRAKEN RETAINS FIRST SPOT, NTRA TOP 3-YEAR-OLD POLL ARROGATE REMAINS TOP PICK IN NTRA TOP THOROUGHBRED POLL

By Joan Lawrence NTRA —- McCRAKEN RETAINS FIRST SPOT, NTRA TOP 3-YEAR-OLD POLL ARROGATE REMAINS TOP PICK IN NTRA TOP THOROUGHBRED POLL (Receives all 37 first-place votes) Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (Monday, March 20, 2017) – This past weekend may have left some folks scratching...
Posted On 21 Mar 2017
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McCraken First in NTRA Top Three-Year-Old Poll; Arrogate Receives all 42 First Place Votes in NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll

NTRA/Joan Lawrence —- McCRAKEN REMAINS FIRST, NTRA TOP 3-YEAR-OLD POLL ARROGATE UNANIMOUS CHOICE IN NTRA TOP THOROUGHBRED POLL (Receives all 42 first-place votes) Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (Monday, March 13, 2017) – The past weekend two Grade 2 prep races were run as the “Road...
Posted On 14 Mar 2017
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McCRAKEN HOLDS ONTO FIRST, NTRA TOP 3-YEAR-OLD POLL; ARROGATE UNANIMOUS CHOICE IN NTRA TOP THOROUGHBRED POLL

Joan Lawrence, NTRA —- McCRAKEN HOLDS ONTO FIRST, NTRA TOP 3-YEAR-OLD POLL ARROGATE UNANIMOUS CHOICE IN NTRA TOP THOROUGHBRED POLL (Receives all 39 first-place votes) Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (Monday, March 6, 2017) – This past weekend of prep races for the “Road to the...
Posted On 06 Mar 2017
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McCRAKEN & ARROGATE REMAIN IN FIRST PLACE; NTRA TOP 3-YEAR-OLD & TOP THOROUGHBRED POLL

NTRA NEWS RELEASE —- Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (Monday, February 27, 2017) – The “Road to the Kentucky Derby” ran through New Orleans at the Fair Grounds with the running of the G2 Risen Star Stakes. Won by Brad Grady and trained by Joe Sharp Girvin (84) advances into the...
Posted On 28 Feb 2017
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OAKLAWN: JOCKEY ALEX BIRZER REACHES 3,000-WIN MILESTONE

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Alex Bizer 3000 Wins; All photos by Coady Photography HOT SPRINGS, AR (Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017) – Jockey Alex Birzer became the 174th jockey in North America to win 3,000 races when he guided Numancia to victory in Sunday’s sixth race at Oaklawn. Birzer,...
Posted On 27 Feb 2017
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