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By Jim Gluckson/BREEDERS’ CUP —- This is the eighth of 10 weekly news releases focusing on the horses and races leading to the 35th Breeders’ Cup World Championships on Friday, November 2 and Saturday, November 3 at Churchill Downs. For more information, please visit...

NTRA RELEASE —- ACCELERATE STRENGTHENS POSITION ATOP NTRA’S TOP 10 POLL AFTER AWESOME AGAIN WIN; MIND YOUR BISCUITS MOVES UP; VOSBURGH CHAMP IMPERIAL HINT ENTERS AT EIGHTH LEXINGTON, Ky. (Monday, October 1, 2018) – Accelerate, earning a fourth Grade 1 victory this year in...

NTRA RELEASE —- ABEL TASMAN MOVES AHEAD OF MONOMOY GIRL IN NTRA TOP 10 POLL WITH BREEDERS’ CUP SHOWDOWN LOOMING LEXINGTON, Ky. Reigning Eclipse Award Champion Abel Tasman moved from fifth to fourth position in this week’s NTRA Top 10 Thoroughbred Poll, supplanting...

NTRA RELEASE —- NO CHANGES IN THIS WEEK’S NTRA TOP 10 THOROUGHBRED POLL AS ACCELERATE REMAINS ON TOP LEXINGTON, Ky. (Monday, September 17, 2018) – There were no changes this week in the NTRA Top 10 Thoroughbred poll as virtually all of the top U.S. horses in training...

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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