The ITHA was encouraged by the productive tenor of recent discussions with officials representing Arlington Park and parent company Churchill Downs concerning a contract for the 2020 meet at Arlington. The track, for instance, agreed to reduce the purses for stakes races from $3.3 million to close to $1.5 million. However, with our state’s stay-at-home order extended through the end of May, the entire landscape – as it relates to handle, purses and live racing opportunities – has changed.