Government Funding Deadline Passes Without a Deal Since returning from the August recess, the big thing on lawmakers' minds has been the potential for a government shutdown. They had been operating on a Continuing Resolution (CR) set to expire at midnight on September 30th. That deadline has now passed, and we've entered a government shutdown. [...]| NTRA
LEXINGTON, KY, September 30, 2025: The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), Daily Racing Form, and the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters (NTWAB) announced today that the 55th Annual Resolute Racing Eclipse Awards will again return to The Breakers Palm Beach in Florida on January 22, 2026. “We are ecstatic to return to The Breakers [...]| NTRA
NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll - September 29, 2025 Week 36 of the 2025 NTRA Top Three-Year-Old Thoroughbred Poll and the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll conducted by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), covering racing performances through September 28. Voting is conducted by national media. The Top Thoroughbred poll represents horses competing [...]| NTRA
NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll - September 22, 2025 Week 35 of the 2025 NTRA Top Three-Year-Old Thoroughbred Poll and the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll conducted by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), covering racing performances through September 21. Voting is conducted by national media. The Top Thoroughbred poll represents horses competing for Horse of| NTRA
NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll - September 15, 2025 Week 34 of the 2025 NTRA Top Three-Year-Old Thoroughbred Poll and the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll conducted by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), covering racing performances through September 14. Voting is conducted by national media. The Top Thoroughbred poll represents horses competing [...]| NTRA
NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll - September 8, 2025 Week 33 of the 2025 NTRA Top Three-Year-Old Thoroughbred Poll and the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll conducted by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), covering racing performances through September 7. Voting is conducted by national media. The Top Thoroughbred poll represents horses competing [...]| NTRA
NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll - September 2, 2025 Week 32 of the 2025 NTRA Top Three-Year-Old Thoroughbred Poll and the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll conducted by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), covering racing performances through September 1. Voting is conducted by national media. The Top Thoroughbred poll represents horses competing for Horse of| NTRA
The House and Senate are currently in recess, so this will be a slightly lighter newsletter when it comes to news from the Capitol. US and EU Agree to Trade Deal On August 21st, the United States and the European Union (EU) jointly announced a Framework Agreement on tariffs. While it isn’t a complete [...]| NTRA
NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll - August 25, 2025 Week 31 of the 2025 NTRA Top Three-Year-Old Thoroughbred Poll and the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll conducted by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), covering racing performances through August 24. Voting is conducted by national media. The Top Thoroughbred poll represents horses competing [...]| NTRA
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 16, 2025) – The first of three free online qualifiers for the NTRA National Horseplayers Championship (NHC) is set for Saturday, April 26 on HorsePlayers.com, the official online qualifying site of the NHC. The top four finishers in the contest will earn automatic berths to the 2026 NHC, which is| NTRA
LAS VEGAS (March 16, 2025) – Benefitting from steady and sure play from the start, Dan Piazza, a financial advisor from Chicago, went virtually from gate to wire and held off a late close from Tom Boyd at the Final Table to win the 26th NTRA National Horseplayers Championship at| NTRA
Dan Piazza LAS VEGAS (March 14, 2024) ─ Powered by a steady stream of nine winners, Dan Piazza, a wealth management advisor from Chicago, leads after the first day of the 26th National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) National Horseplayers Championship (NHC), presented by Caesars Race & Sportsbook, Horseshoe Las Vegas,| NTRA
2025 National Horseplayers Championship at Horseshoe Las Vegas LAS VEGAS (March 13, 2025) ─ This year’s NTRA National Horseplayers Championship (NHC), which kicks off Friday, March 14 at Horseshoe Las Vegas, will have a record 800 entries and record cash and prizes totaling $4,878,415, including more than $3| NTRA
Mike Gillum with NTRA President and CEO Tom Rooney LAS VEGAS (March 11, 2025) – To Mike Gillum, the reigning National Horseplayers Champion, family always comes first, but after that horse racing is his No. 1 passion. The Fishers, Indiana resident has his sights firmly set on this| NTRA
Learn about the competitors hoping to take home the $800,000 grand prize and Eclipse Award as Horseplayer of the Year, March 14-16 at Horseshoe Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nevada (March 7, 2025) – The 26th National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) National Horseplayers Championship (NHC) presented by Caesars Race & Sportsbook, Horseshoe Las Vegas, and Racetrack Television| NTRA
