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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...

Old Friends – Thoroughbred Retirement Genuine Reward © Laura Battles GEORGETOWN, KY – AUGUST 18, 2018 – Genuine Reward, one of the only living offspring of Kentucky Derby winning-filly Genuine Risk, was euthanized today at Old Friends, the Thoroughbred...

By Tom Pedulla SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Michael Dubb’s path to thoroughbred ownership began in a most improbable way – with a night spent sleeping in his van near Saratoga Race Course because he lacked money for a hotel. Dubb and a friend ventured a couple of...

Jim Mulvihill/NTRA —- SISTERCHARLIE HIGHEST-RANKED TURF HORSE IN NTRA TOP THOROUGHBRED POLL OFF THIRD G1 WIN OF 2018 LEXINGTON, Ky. (Monday, August 13, 2018) – Four-year-old filly Sistercharlie moved to eighth on this week’s NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll after her third Grade...