Alex Waldrop

$250K In Funding For Integrity Research

February 17, 2019

It has been announced that a pair of tactical research projects aimed to ultimately eradicate the use of blood doping and nerve blocking in racehorses has received a combined quarter-million dollars i...

Glaucine Testing Recommendations

February 09, 2017

The RMTC board granted Interim Accreditation to the University of Illinois at Chicago Analytical Forensic Testing Laboratory at its February 6 meeting at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale, Fla.

Pari-Mutuel Tax Bill To Full U.S. Senate

The U.S. House of Representatives approved the fiscal year 2017 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill Thursday evening (July 7) that includes report language detailing Committe...

Key Incentives Finalized In US House

December 16, 2015

On Tuesday, December 15 in the United States, important tax incentives for horse owners, including a key provision that extends three-year tax depreciation for all racehorses through 2016, were finali...

USTA Issues Letter To RMTC

December 06, 2013

United States Trotting Association President Phil Langley has issued a letter to RMTC Chairman Alex Waldrop in response to the Dec. 3 RMTC news release entitled, 'RMTC: Current Threshold Levels for Co...

U.S. Horse Owners Aided By New Bill

January 03, 2013

The fiscal cliff tax legislation passed by Congress and signed by President Obama earlier this week reinstated an important business investment incentive and substantially increased another incentive ...

NTRA's Successful Fiscal Cliff Lobby

January 02, 2013

Following targeted lobbying from the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, 'Fiscal Cliff' legislation passed yesterday by both the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives contained language ...

Race-Day Medication Summit Announced

The first-ever 'International Summit on Race Day Medication, EIPH and the Racehorse' will take place June 13-14 in New York City. The location of the meeting is

Waldrop Reacts To Racing Drug Bill

Earlier today Alex Waldrop, President and CEO of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, reacted to a Racing Drug Bill introduced by U.S. Congressmen Sen. Ed Whitfield and U.S. Sen. Tom Udall

Bill To Clarify Legality Of Racing Wagering

In order to clear up any misconceptions about the legality of online wagering on horse racing, it has been reported that New York Congressman Scott Murphy

Candid Comments From Waldrop

National Thoroughbred Racing Association CEO Alex Waldrop and clinical psychologist Dr. Charles Kenny have both gone on the record and provided some interesting and candid comments regarding the relat...

NTRA CEO Addresses Hot Topics

February 24, 2010

Alex Waldrop, president and CEO of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), spoke to students in the University of Arizona's Race Track Industry Program (RTIP) February 17 and 19 about hot...

Rachel Alexandra/Zenyatta Series In 2010?

February 11, 2010

Thoroughbred trainer Steve Asmussen has said that his star filly Rachel Alexandra will not be able to compete for a possible $5 million purse in Oaklawn Park's Apple Blossom Handicap. Although, Rachae...