At the end of last year, the President signed into law the high profile tax bill that extended the current income tax rates and many other tax benefits that were expiring at the end of 2010. Two of the...
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(Originally published in the April 2, 2011 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine . Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column. ) In Tom LaMarra’s online story “ Horsemen...
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(Originally published in the April 2, 2011 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine . Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column. ) By Eric Mitchell - @EJMitchellKy on Twitter...
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At Aqueduct recently, it was suggested by Jim Gluckson of the NTRA/Breeders' Cup that I reprint a column I wrote several years ago on Jim French. He reminded me that this is the 40th anniversary of his...
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The NTRA’s Safety and Integrity Alliance has just published a new version of its Code of Standards . Why should you care? What difference does the Code make? For that matter, what difference is the Alliance...
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I have heard both directly and indirectly from a number of you in response to the consumer research reported in my blog last week . I noted in that blog that in 2009, polling conducted by the NTRA’s long...
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I am flying home from the 12th annual Daily Racing Form/NTRA National Handicapping Championship which concluded Saturday night at the Red Rock Casino, Resort & Spa in Las Vegas, Nevada. I am banging...
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The 2010 graded stakes schedule of major North American races concludes Monday with the San Gabriel Stakes at Santa Anita. Over the next week, many Eclipse Awards voters will be grappling with the selection...
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It is time again for my annual Thanksgiving holiday blog. Knowing that I tend to get caught up in the fun – family, friends and food – I like to take a few minutes before it all begins to express my gratitude...
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When we formed the NTRA Safety & Integrity Alliance almost two years ago, we knew that it needed to be as much as about education and best practice sharing as it was about accreditation. I’m proud...
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