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Joan Lawrence, NTRA —- Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (Monday, July 31, 2017) – Week 27 of The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Top Thoroughbred Poll of all ages shows little change in either direction from the previous week by the NTRA media voters which results...

Joan Lawrence NTRA —- ARROGATE REMAINS IN FIRST, NTRA TOP THOROUGHBRED POLL (receives 35 out of 41 first-place votes) Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (Monday, July 24, 2017) – Week 26 of The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Top Thoroughbred Poll of all ages gets mixed...

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...