Four years after securing his first victory in a Triple Crown race in the Preakness Stakes (G1), trainer Chad Brown is aiming Crowded Trade for Pimlico Race Course’s signature event May 15.

The CHRB and legal counsel for trainer Jeff Metz are in discussions after the trainer had a horse test positive for tiludronic acid (Tildren), a bisphosphonate, following a race at Santa Anita last fall, the trainer’s attorney, Darrell Vienna, said. 

Andrew Balding looks set to go to the Cazoo Derby (G1) next month with a chance of success, 50 years on from his father Ian’s famous victory with Mill Reef, after Youth Spirit passed his Epsom audition with flying colors in the Chester Vase (G3).

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) 2020 Legislative Action Campaign (LAC) Annual Report is now available on the association’s website and can be downloaded.

Saliva testing jockeys for prohibited substances has been launched in Britain with the head of the Professional Jockeys Association Paul Struthers.

Dubai Fountain will head straight to Epsom for next month’s Cazoo Oaks (G1) after announcing herself as a live contender for the classic with victory May 5 in the listed Cheshire Oaks for trainer Mark Johnston.

Jackpocket, the first and only licensed third-party app lottery app in the United States and the New York Racing Association, Inc. announced today their partnership establishing Jackpocket as the official mobile lottery partner of NYRA.

Zayat Stables’ American Pharoah joined “Big Red” in another highly exclusive club with the May 5 announcement that he has been inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

Fittingly, when Todd Pletcher received his greatest recognition May 5, it also centered around the Spa. He was voted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in Saratoga in his first year of eligibility.

Triple Crown winner American Pharoah, seven-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer Todd Pletcher, and 13-time champion steeplechase trainer Jack Fisher comprise the National Museum of Racing’s 2021 Hall of Fame class.