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NTRA) has officially unveiled the new logo for the 25th Anniversary of the National Horseplayers Championship (NHC)

The competition is on a global scale this year, with horseplayers representing 46 states, Canada, and Qatar.

$750,000 estimated grand prize and Horseplayer of the Year Eclipse Award to be awarded from field of more than 600

  After holding off Hot Rod Charlie in a signature stretch duel to win the Belmont Stakes, Essential Quality burnished his place in Brad Cox’s mind as the best 3-year-old in his barn. That would make him even better than Mandaloun, who seems destined to win his biggest races through stewards’ decisions and medication rulings.   Now, more than three months before the racing year reaches its crescendo at Del Mar, certain bettors seem to agree with Cox. Essential Quality (5-1) is the global favorite at one foreign bookmaker to win America’s richest race.   Horseplayers who scoff and bel...

Horse race bettors claim they lost thousands of dollars when a colt who later tested positive for a steroid was crowned winner of the Kentucky Derby. In this May 5, 2018, file photo, Mike Smith rides Justify to victory during the 144th running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Morry Gash) LOS ANGELES (CN) — A group of bettors say in a federal lawsuit their horses lost the Kentucky Derby on May 1 thanks to Medina Spirit, a colt they argue was “doped” with performance enhancing drugs and now they are the suing the horse’s trainer Bob Baffer...