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The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) is a broad-based coalition of American horse racing interests consisting of leading thoroughbred racetracks, owners, breeders, trainers and affiliated horse racing associations, charged with increasing the popularity of horse racing and improving economic conditions for industry participants. [1]
The list of American and Canadian Graded races is a list of Thoroughbred horse races in the United States and Canada that meet the graded stakes standards maintained by the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association [1] and the Jockey Club of Canada. A specific grade level (I, II, III or listed) is then ...
2017 - Response by the horse racing community to the San Luis Rey fire. 2016 - California Chrome for his win in the 2016 Dubai World Cup. 2015 - American Pharoah for his win in the 2015 Belmont Stakes, becoming the first winner of the Triple Crown since 1978. 2014 - California Chrome for his win in the 2014 Kentucky Derby.
National Racing Museum historian and long-time horse racing writer Mike Veitch doesn’t know why closer Aqueduct was passed over so quickly but understands why Saratoga was the pick.
Horse racing betting is legal in the United States with a unique legal status compared to other forms of gambling. The Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978 grants specific exemptions to horse racing from federal anti-gambling laws. American betting on horse racing is sanctioned and regulated by the state the racetrack is located in. [21] [22]
The Thoroughbred Racing Associations formed in 1942 as the United States' entry into World War II created a potential halt to horse racing in the country, Alfred G. Vanderbilt Jr. began to develop the formation of a commission of racetracks. [2] At the time, Vanderbilt was the president of Pimlico and Belmont Park. [2]
Racing Calendar (1775) Racing Calendar is the official horseracing publication of the Jockey Club . Its first predecessor came when John Cheny (fl.1727–1750) published the first calendar in 1727, titled An Historical List of Horse-Matches Run , [ 1 ] and maintained annual publication until his death in 1750. [ 2 ]
Per the Oxford English Dictionary the concept of a jockey club dates to at least 1775 and is, in the generic, a "club or association for the promotion and regulation of horse racing." [ 4 ] There are scores of national and regional jockey clubs, also called racing associations, worldwide. [ 5 ]