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National Thoroughbred League Launching in 2023 with Teams in Six Cities

Keeping Thoroughbred racing's biggest stars competing longer and building around them city-based leagues, similar to what exists with other major professional team sports, are the goals behind a new venture called the National Thoroughbred League.

Triple Crown, Preakness, Belmont Stakes, Mage, National Treasure, Blazing Sevens

National Treasure, Blazing Sevens Enter Triple Crown Poll, Mage Remains No. 1

Each week, members of the national media vote on the nation's top contenders on the Triple Crown trail in the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Top Thoroughbred Poll.

Week 17 of the 2023 NTRA Top Three-Year-Old Thoroughbred Poll, covers racing performances through May 21, meaning that this is the first poll to reflect the results up through the Preakness Stakes.

Champion racehorse and top sire A.P. Indy at Lane's End Farm in 2006.

1992 Horse of the Year A.P. Indy: Destined for Greatness

A.P. Indy was seemingly born to greatness. He was sired by Seattle Slew, a Triple Crown winner. His successful dam (mother), Weekend Surprise, was no surprise because she was sired by Secretariat, another Triple Crown champion.

Ambitious owners will pay massive sums for such regal bloodlines, so it was no surprise that Japanese owner Tomonori Tsurumaki went to $2.9 million before the auctioneer’s hammer fell at Keeneland’s July yearling sale in 1990.

Belmont Winner Rags to Riches in League of Her Own

Todd Pletcher has won more than 5,700 races in his extraordinary training career. One stands out above the rest.

That would be the 2007 Belmont Stakes, when big-hearted Rags to Riches became only the third filly to win the famed “Test of the Champion” and the first since Tanya in 1905.

Preakness Stakes Pimlico Triple Crown horse racing National Treasure John Velazquez Bob Baffert Chad Brown Mage Kentucky Derby Arabian Lion Sir Barton Stakes Taxed Black-Eyed Susan Stakes Randy Morse

Key Takeaways from 2023 Preakness Stakes Weekend at Pimlico

Tom Pedulla presents five key takeaways from the $1.65 million Preakness Stakes, the middle jewel of the Triple Crown, and other developments this weekend at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore.

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