CORRECTING and REPLACING National Thoroughbred League Expands Its “Million-Dollar Weekend” Labor Day Season Kickoff in Nashville: Over $1.8M in Purses Across 5 Races and Title Sponsor Pappy & Company
13 Agosto 2024 - 8:58AM
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NATIONAL THOROUGHBRED LEAGUE EXPANDS ITS
“MILLION-DOLLAR WEEKEND” LABOR DAY SEASON KICKOFF IN NASHVILLE:
OVER $1.8M IN PURSES ACROSS 5 RACES AND TITLE SPONSOR PAPPY &
COMPANY
Today, the National Thoroughbred League (NTL) announced that it
will kick off its second season, August 30th-September 1st in
Nashville, with the NTL MILLION-DOLLAR WEEKEND, featuring exclusive
activations across Music City and rare pours from the event’s title
sponsor, Pappy and Company, before the NTL’s Nashville Cup – a five
race team competition with $1.83 million in purse money, taking
place on September 1st at the magical Kentucky Downs Race
Course.
Interest in the NTL has continued to rise since its inaugural
season in 2023, leading to the total prize purses for NTL Nashville
Cup to swell from $1 million, announced earlier this year, to $1.83
million (including a $500k and $750k race) and the opportunity to
expand the weekend’s events from one race to race day format
featuring 5 total team races and 10 NTL teams.
The second season of the National Thoroughbred League–the
first-of-its-kind racing league reimagining America’s oldest
spectator sport by creating a team-based professional sports league
that consistently and safely runs exceptional horses–will feature
three event weekends: The Nashville Cup, September 1 at Kentucky
Downs; The Philadelphia Cup, October 19 at Parx Racing; and The
Phoenix Cup, December 30 at Turf Paradise–which will boast over
$3.5 million in total prizes, creating some of the biggest
thoroughbred purses in horse racing this year.
Kicking off the festivities of the NTL MILLION-DOLLAR WEEKEND in
Nashville:
- Friday, August 30th | NTL Owners dinner, hosted by Country
Music Hall of Fame inductee, Tanya Tucker
The NTL owners (including Nashville Dreams
co-owner Tanya Tucker) are having their second annual season-opener
BBQ feast (and yes, there may be some Pappy consumed). And while
space is extremely limited, this year, we are letting 20 VVIP fans
join the table and toasts.
- Saturday, August 31st | The NTL Album Release Party,
sponsored by Pappy & Company
Music City meets the NTL. The NTL is dropping
its first album – theme songs for each team, unlike any you have
heard in sports. Guests will join us at Tanya Tucker’s personal
“tequila cantina” to hear the reveal of each song – and toast them
with Pappy Van Winkle -infused margaritas. (A special Pappy Van
Winkle bourbon pour will also be available for a modest extra fee.)
A night of music, horses and libations – a Nashville night to
remember.
- Sunday, September 1 | The $1.83 million NTL Nashville
Cup
The NTL season kicks off in-style with one of
the biggest race cards in America this year – 5 consecutive races,
with $1.83 million in total purse money. Come watch the team
leaderboards shift, race-to-race, as the best thoroughbreds in the
world compete on our teams, in our league, at the magical Kentucky
Downs Race Course, the only European-style track in America,
located in horse country just north of Nashville. NTL fans will
watch in style, in our own air-conditioned luxury chalet, with open
bar, betting coaches, a private stage highlighting top Nashville
music talent and special southern eats, including a Pappy & Co
pancake bar featuring bourbon barrel maple syrup, made exclusively
in Pappy barrels. Also, Eric Waugh, who set the Guinness World
Record for The World’s Largest Painting on Canvas by one artist, is
NTL’s artist-in-residence and will be painting throughout the
races.
“We are excited to offer these huge purses to launch the NTL’s
transformative five-race team format, with points from each race
accruing across the afternoon,” said Randall Lane, co-Founder of
the NTL. “The Million Dollar Weekend will showcase everything that
the NTL is about: exciting event weekends highlighted by thrilling
horse racing competition, featuring 10 teams and some of the best
thoroughbreds in America.”
“Pappy & Company is one of the world’s most storied and
sought-after brands, built on quality craftsmanship and tradition
and we’re beyond honored to welcome them as the title sponsors of
our first National Thoroughbred League event this year,” said Bob
Daugherty, co-Founder of the NTL. “Their addition signifies the
scope and scale of what we’re building at the NTL, and we cannot
wait to share a pour with fans.”
This season four new teams will be joining the original six
franchises: the New York Knights, the California Shamrocks, the
Philadelphia Stallions, the Nashville Dreams, the New Jersey Degens
and the Seattle Gems and participating in the NTL Draft where
thoroughbred owners will be able to nominate their horses to be
drafted by one of the 10 NTL teams onto their roster and compete
for the league’s highly competitive $3 million+ purse pool.
More exciting updates from the league are ahead on this front
and to be announced shortly. Tickets for the 2024 season are on
sale. For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit
www.NTL.Racing.
About National Thoroughbred
League
The National Thoroughbred League (NTL) is a first-of-its-kind
racing league reimagining America’s oldest spectator sport by
creating a team-based professional sports league, by consistently
and safely running exceptional horses allowing fans the chance to
root for the same stars’ month after month and year after year. The
NTL is also a lifestyle, creating weekends of food, fashion and fun
akin to the Kentucky Derby or Formula I.
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