League/Company focus

1. Horse Racing
By Corey Walker

2. Brief History

3. Types of Horse Racing
1. Flat Racing

4. Types of Horse Racing
2. Steeplechase (Jump Racing)

5. Types of Horse Racing
3. Harness Racing

6. Types of Horse Racing
4. Endurance Racing

7. National Thoroughbread Racing
Association
 Sets rules for thoroughbread racing and racing venues
 Monitors membership within the NTRA
 Organizes races throughout the United States
 Promotes thoroughbread racing and sells merchandise
 Licenses breeders
 President & CEO: Alexander M. Waldrop

8. NTRA
 http://www.ntra.com/
 http://www.nyra.com/aqueduct/

9. NTRA Headquarters
 https://www.google.com/maps/place/National+Thoro
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10. Season Format
 Horse Racing is all year round
 Major Races are the Breeder’s Cup (Oct/Nov) and the
Triple Crown (Kentucky Derby, Belmont Stakes, and
Preakness Stakes) (May/June)
 Winning the Triple Crown is extremely rare, it’s only
been done 11 times in U.S. history and the last Triple
Crown winner was a horse by the name of “Affirmed”
who won in 1978.

11. Kentucky Derby

12. Preakness Stakes

13. Belmont Stakes

14. #1 Bayern

15. #6 Dayatthespa (NY)

16. Professional article
 Title: Networks pleased with horse racing shows
 Source: Sports Business Journal

17. Madison Square Garden Company
 The Madison Square Garden Company is a publicly trading
company in the sports, media, and entertainment industry
 Previously owned by Cablevision but spun off to operate as its
own entity in 2010
 James Dolan is the executive chairman of the Madison
Square Garden Company as well as the President and CEO of
Cablevision Systems Corporation
 http://www.themadisonsquaregardencompany.com/

18. MSG

19. LinkedIn

20. Sources
 "Chariot Races." PBS. PBS, n.d. Web. 02 Nov. 2014.
<http://www.pbs.org/empires/romans/empire/chariot.html>.
 "The Madison Square Garden Company." The Madison Square Garden Company. N.p., n.d.
Web. 03 Nov. 2014. <http://www.themadisonsquaregardencompany.com/>.
 Mullen, Liz. "Networks Pleased with Horse Racing Shows." - SportsBusiness Daily. SBJ, 27
Oct. 2014. Web. 03 Nov. 2014.
 "Stats Central." Horse Racing. Equibase Company, n.d. Web. 03 Nov. 2014.
<http://www.equibase.com/stats/>.
 "The Triple Crown." The Triple Crown. Triple Crown Productions, n.d. Web. 03 Nov. 2014.
<https://www.thetriplecrown.com/>.
 Wong, Glenn M. "Horse Racing." The Comprehensive Guide to Careers in Sports. Burlington,
MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2013. 184-85. Print.