Horse Racing News by Bloodhorse

Peter Pan Stakes winner Mark Valeski will be sidelined the remainder of the year after undergoing surgery for a small chip in his left knee.

Making his second start in the U.S., Desert Blanc prevailed by a nose in a deep stretch duel with Papaw Bodie to capture the Woodford Reserve Manhattan.

Caixa Eletronica took advantage of a blistering early pace to rally in the stretch for a three-quarters of a length victory in the $400,000 True North Handicap on the Belmont Stakes card June 8.

Reddam Racing's I'll Have Another, bidding to become the 12th winner of the Triple Crown June 9 in the Belmont Stakes, will break from post 11. Made the 4-5 morning-line favorite, I'll Have Another will again be ridden by Mario Gutierrez.

Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas, who will saddle Optimizer in the Belmont Stakes, was taken from Belmont Park to Winthrop University Hospital in Mineola, N.Y., June 5 after one of his horses reared up and struck him on top of his head.

Tickets for the Nov. 2-3 Breeders' Cup World Championships at Santa Anita Park in California went on sale to the general public June 4.

Dr. Kendall Hansen and Skychai Racing's Hansen turned in a bullet work at Churchill Downs' Trackside Training Center in Kentucky June 2.

Canadian-based Simmard took the lead at the head of the stretch and held off Joinem to win the $115,200 Louisville Handicap in stakes record time at Churchill Downs May 26.

Trainer Rick Dutrow Jr. urged a court May 22 to reject his 10-year ban from the sport, arguing that a top New York racing official appeared biased as a member of the industry organization that first suggested revoking his license.

Trainer Doug O'Neill has full confidence in the potential for I'll Have Another to handle the grueling 1 1/2 miles of the Belmont Stakes after the colt captured the first two jewels of America's Triple Crown.