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Article by Charles Hayward: The headline in The Blood-Horse last Friday (December 24) - ‘HISA Announces Suspension of Negotiations with USADA’ - was marginally better (as in, less discouraging) than the one TDN  ran the same day - ‘USADA Unable To Reach a Deal with HISA Authority’.

Article by Charles Hayward: It was just one week ago that I returned from the Race Track Industry Program (RTIP) Global Symposium on Racing in Tucson, Arizona, (December 6-8) - and I am still digesting all the exciting ideas that were forthcoming there.

Sponsored by: Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Md. Sundays 20-cent Rainbow 6 at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Md., will feature full fields and competitive races for bettors as they attempt to take down a Maryland state-record jackpot carryover of $670,306.25 after it went unsolved during Saturdays program. First race post time Sunday is 12:40 p.m. ET. Two horses were live to take down the jackpot heading into Saturdays ninth-race finale, won by Crystalology ($20.60). A total of ...

Sponsored by: Our Super Freak Multiple graded stakes-placed Our Super Freak, who has tackled the heaviest hitters in her division, seeks a breakthrough victory against an all stakes-winning field in Sundays 43rd running of the Grade 2, $200,000 Ruffian for older fillies and mares at Belmont Park. The one-turn mile over the main track honors Stuart Janney, Jr.s late dual champion filly, who is recognized as one of the greatest distaffers of all time. Her notable Grade 1-winning accompl...

Weekend Lineup: Talk Derby To Me! Sponsored by: by NTRA | 04.30.2021 | 12:21pm The eyes of the sporting world will be on Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., this weekend for the Grade 1 147th Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve. The Kentucky Derby, “Americas greatest race” is back in its traditional position on the first Saturday in May, with fans in attendance, after being held last Sept. 5 without spectators due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The Grade 1 Preakness Stakes...

Featured News April 3, 2021 Scarlett  Sky exited his Friday victory in the $150,000 Kentucky Utilities Transylvania (G3) in good order, according to Lindsay Schultz, assistant to trainer Shug McGaughey. “He is super this morning,” Schultz said. “He ate up everything last night.” Plans are to be determined for Scarlett Sky with one possibility being the $500,000 American Turf (G2) at Churchill Downs on May 1. That race is on the agenda for John C. Oxley’s  Palazzi and Three Diamond...

Pedigree fun facts: Helium Although Tampa Bay Derby (G2) upsetter Helium was not an early nominee to the Triple Crown, the Kentucky-bred has a pedigree filled with classic influences.  Helium is a grandson of Distorted Humor, who has been prominent on the 2021 Kentucky Derby (G1) trail as the broodmare sire of Life Is Good (Pedigree Fun Facts) and Risk Taking (Pedigree Fun Facts). Unlike those contenders who are out of daughters of Distorted Humor, Helium descends from his male line, via Dis...