By Alex Waldrop, President and CEO of the NTRA Kentucky Derby weekend was special this year for lots of reasons. With apologies to David Letterman, here is my list-in no particular order, I must admit-of 10 reasons why the Kentucky Derby is one of the most exceptional events in all of sports. 10. The...

By Alex Waldrop, President and CEO of the NTRA If you read my blogs, you know that I spent more than 12 years as part of the management team at Churchill Downs. During those years, I held several titles including President of the racetrack that shares its name with Churchill Downs Incorporated. It was...

By Alex Waldrop, NTRA.com Like many of you, I watched Saturday’s Kentucky Derby and was in awe of the amazing performance of Big Brown and his talented jockey, Kent Desormeaux. Big Brown ran a race from the 20th post position that was remarkable. And Desormeaux rode a race that even I could appreciate...