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NTRA Communications —- Leading Breeders’ Cup Classic contender Accelerate retained the top spot in the NTRA Top 10 Thoroughbred Poll for the fourth consecutive week as virtually all of the leading U.S.-based horses train toward their final starts in advance of the Nov. 2-3...

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Marina Bui —- AT THE POST LIVE SEASON FINALE WILL FEATURE SARATOGA LEADING TRAINER CHAD BROWN, OWNER RON PAOLUCCI, RACING ANALYST ANTHONY STABILE & NYRA HEAD CHRIS KAY Thursday, August 30 at the Parting Glass Pub from 8-9 p.m. ET Presented by NYRA Bets What: The...

NTRA RELEASE —- ABEL TASMAN, CATHOLIC BOY, CATALINA CRUISER VAULT INTO NTRA TOP 10 POLL OFF IMPRESSIVE SCORES; ACCELERATE RETAINS FIRST-PLACE OVER JUSTIFY LEXINGTON, Ky. (Monday, August 27, 2018) – Eclipse Champion Abel Tasman (fifth), multi-surface specialist Catholic Boy...

NYRA RELEASE —- Chad Brown, trainer of Good Magic (No. 9, 2-1 morning-line favorite) and Gronkowski (No. 3, 4-1 ML second-choice): “I’m real happy with both posts, it’s exactly what I wanted. I wanted Gronkowski inside and Good Magic outside, so we got...

Jim Mulvihill/NTRA —- LEXINGTON, Ky. (Monday, August 20, 2018) – Coming off his third Grade 1 win of the year in Saturday’s Pacific Classic at Del Mar, the nation’s top older horse, Accelerate, knocked Triple Crown hero Justify out of the lead spot in this week’s NTRA Top...