The 26th annual NTRA National Horseplayers Championship (NHC) played out just like a horse race where an entrant made the early lead and had to fend off various challengers in order to preserve a wire-to-wire victory. In this case, the race wasn’t between horses, however, it was between handicappers competing for a purse of $3,090,410 at the annual high-stakes NHC tournament on March 14-16 at Horseshoe Las Vegas.
Where to Watch/Listen: Horse Racing Coverage March 20-23
Horse racing’s spring fever season is upon us, as the 200-point prep races for the May 3 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve start this upcoming weekend with two on the schedule for Saturday, March 22.
2025 Kentucky Derby Trail: Three Heating Up, Three Cooling Down for March 18
This feature provides a capsule look at three horses who are heating up on the Triple Crown trail and three horses whose chances for the 2025 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve are not quite as strong as they previously were.
Rare Twin Fillies by Oscar Performance Head Home Healthy and Playful
What looked like a typical day for Lori Hendrickson, who manages her family’s Meadowbrook Farm in Shelbyville, Ky., was anything but as she discovered around 2:30 in the afternoon of March 10. Hendrickson spied one of the farm’s broodmares lying down in a paddock on a day that hinted spring is around the corner. She knew the mare, Kona Kai, owned by Surfside Stables and in foal to four-time Grade 1 and Breeders’ Cup winner Oscar Performance, was due to give birth any day so she went to check on her.
