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HOLLENDORFER CLOSING IN ON VICTORY #6,000

August 19, 2011
HOLLENDORFER CLOSING IN ON VICTORY #6,000

  NTRA Notebok>p< NEW YORK, (NTRA) – Last Friday, trainer Jerry Hollendorfer was inducted into Thoroughbred Racing’s Hall of Fame. This weekend the 65-year-old conditioner will attempt to become just the fourth trainer ever to reach the 6,000-win plateau.Hollendorfer currently has 5,994 wins to his credit, and he will have plenty of opportunities to add to...
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JOCKEY CLUB COMMITS $10 MILLION TO IMPLEMENT McKINSEY STUDY PROPOSALS

August 18, 2011
JOCKEY CLUB COMMITS $10 MILLION TO IMPLEMENT McKINSEY STUDY PROPOSALS

By Dave Hooper,  (Texas Thoroughbred Association) – LEXINGTON, (Jockey Club)   -The Jockey Club Round Table Conference on Matters Pertaining to Racing was first held in 1953 at the national breed registry’s New York City offices. One year later the Round Table Conference moved to Saratoga Springs, NY, where it has reconvened ever since....
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Troubled Racing Industry Trying to Turn the Tables

August 15, 2011
Troubled Racing Industry Trying to Turn the Tables

The Jockey Club Commits Funding to Implement  Recommendations from Industry Study SARATOGA, (Jockey Club) – At this morning’s Round Table Conference on Matters Pertaining to Racing in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., The Jockey Club’s President and Chief Operating Officer James L. Gagliano announced that the organization’s board of stewards has committed funding over the next...
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Hall of Fame Induction Today at Saratoga

August 12, 2011
Hall of Fame Induction Today at Saratoga

                 IN THE NEWS BREEDERS’ CUP TO BE HELD AT SANTA ANITA PARK IN 2012 top Returning to the site of some of the most successful events in its 27-year history, the 2012 Breeders’ Cup World Championships will be held at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif., on Friday, Nov. 2 and Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012.Santa Anita...
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Racing Stats Go High Tech With Race Day QR Codes in Programs

August 10, 2011

QR Codes Add Dynamic Element to Equibase Past Performance Programs Official Equibase® Past Performance Programs now include a Quick Response (QR) code for each race that provides instant access to pre- and post- 2007 08 09 diflucan for oral thrush race information on smartphones, it was announced today by Equibase Company President and COO...
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NTRA Thoroughbred Notebook

August 5, 2011
NTRA Thoroughbred Notebook

          IN THE NEWS WHITNEY DRAWS WIDE OPEN FIELD OF 11 top A deep and contentious renewal of the Grade I, $750,000 Whitney Invitational Handicap drew a field of 11 for its 84th running on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Heading the field are Suburban Handicap winner Flat Out and Grade I winners...
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SHACKLEFORD, RULER ON ICE TAKE ON SIX OTHERS IN HASKELL INVITATIONAL

July 29, 2011

        NEW YORK, (NTRA) – Preakness winner Shackleford and Belmont Stakes winner Ruler on Ice head a field of eight three-year-olds entered today in Sunday’s Grade I, $1 million Resorts Casino Hotel Haskell Invitational to be run at 1 1/8 miles at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, N.J. The race will be televised live from 5:00-6:00...
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BELMONT PARK EARNS RE-ACCREDITATION FROM THE NTRA SAFETY AND INTEGRITY ALLIANCE

July 26, 2011
BELMONT PARK EARNS RE-ACCREDITATION FROM THE NTRA SAFETY AND INTEGRITY ALLIANCE

    NEW YORK, (NTRA) – The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) announced today that Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y., has earned re-accreditation from the NTRA Safety and Integrity Alliance. The re-accreditation followed a complete review of all racing operations at the facility. Belmont Park received its initial Alliance accreditation in April 2009. All accreditations and...
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NTRA Posts Weekly Update

July 22, 2011
NTRA Posts Weekly Update

            DEL MAR OPENING DAY ATTRACTS ANOTHER RECORD CROWD NEW YORK, (NTRA) – For the third consecutive opening day at Del Mar, the San Diego-area racetrack smashed its all-time attendance mark, with 46,588 spinning their way through the turnstiles yesterday for the first day of the 72nd summer season of Thoroughbred racing “where the turf meets...
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