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Today, the National Thoroughbred League (NTL) announced the schedule for the 2025 season, with races taking place throughout the summer in Baltimore, Philadelphia, St. Louis and Nashville. Coming off a successful second season that saw attendance and betting records set, the 2025 schedule expands to four race weekends and will boast over $2.5 million in prize purses.

Today, the National Thoroughbred League (NTL) announced the addition of two-time NFL MVP and Baltimore Ravens superstar quarterback Lamar Jackson as its latest team owner. Jackson will be a lead owner as part of a group that brings the Maryland Colts to the NTL. The season kicks off this Sunday, September 1, with the NTL Nashville Cup presented by Sticker Mule, featuring more than $2 million in purses and a $1 million signature race.

Please replace the release dated August 8, 2024 with the following corrected version due to multiple revisions.

Today, the National Thoroughbred League (NTL) announced the addition of several key investors to join their roster of team owners, including NBA legend and basketball Hall of Famer Julius Erving (Philadelphia Stallions) and Country Music Hall of Fame inductee Tanya Tucker (Nashville Dreams), as the league expands from six franchises to ten ahead of its second season, which will boast almost $3 million in prize purses, up from less than $1 million last year. Erving and Tucker join NTL’s stacked list of partners, including Nelly, Rick Ross, Kayvon Thibodeaux and Moira Forbes, as well as numerous veteran investors.

The National Thoroughbred League (NTL) is proud to announce that legendary country music star and Grammy Award-winner Tanya Tucker has become a member of the ownership group for the Nashville Dreams. Tucker, known for her lifetime love of Nashville and horses, is thrilled to support the oldest spectator sport in the United States.

The National Thoroughbred League (NTL) announced today that it has secured a significant strategic investment from DCB Sports, an experienced La Jolla, California-based investment firm that specializes in the sports and entertainment space. This investment marks a major milestone for the NTL as it prepares to announce its 2024 expansion plans and schedule, reinforcing its position as a leading innovator in the world of thoroughbred racing.

The National Thoroughbred League (NTL) has announced that four new franchises will be awarded in time for the 2024 season out of an impressive group of potential ownership groups from Miami, Oklahoma City, Las Vegas, Cleveland, Los Angeles, Dallas and New Orleans. The official announcement of which four cities will become home to the new NTL teams is expected during the week of this year's Kentucky Derby.

Contact email address of release dated December 5, 2023 should read: PR@NTL.racing (instead of PR@NTL.racing.com).

The National Thoroughbred League (NTL) proudly presents the inaugural SoCal Championship Cup, a premier horse racing event, on November 11, 2023, at the renowned Los Alamitos Race Course.