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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...

NTRA/Joan Lawrence —- ARROGATE REMAINS IN FIRST, TOP THOROUGHBRED POLL (Receives all 40-first-place votes) Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (Monday, June 12, 2017) – The 2017 Triple Crown series is now in the books with the running of the final jewel, the 149th Belmont Stakes (G1) at...

By Bob Hill, TSV Staff Writer —- Senior Investment should be able to cover the distance in the 149th running of the Belmont Stakes; Keeneland/Coady Photography Let’s start with the picks in the big race of the day, the Grade 1 Belmont Stakes. I’ll profess honesty right at...