Historians will note that a Gotham Stakes winner has not captured the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve since the immortal Secretariat in 1973.
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NTRA Crowns Dave Nichols of Wayne, Pa. 2025 NHC Tour Champion
Topping a field of more than 3,725 of the nation’s best horseplayers over a 12-month period, Dave Nichols of Wayne, PA, captured the 2025 National Horseplayers Championship (NHC) Tour. Nichols earned $75,000 for winning the NHC Tour and is eligible for a $5 million bonus if he captures the 27th NTRA National Horseplayers Championship (NHC), March 13-15 at Horseshoe Las Vegas.
Perseverance Made Sylvia Bishop a Racing Pioneer: ‘I Knew What I Wanted to Do’
Sylvia Rideoutt Bishop did not set out to become the first black woman licensed to train racehorses in the United States. Horses were a part of her, and she wanted to make her living training them. Her perseverance not only made her a pioneer, but it also sparked a legacy of generations that followed her into the game, ensuring that her name would live on long beyond her days on the racetrack. For the Love of the Horse