Horse Racing News by David Grening

Richard Dutrow Jr., facing a 10-year revocation of his trainer's license, was given a reprieve Monday morning when a New York State Supreme Court judge issued a 30-day stay of the New York State Racing and Wagering Board's penalty handed down last week.

Aruna, the third choice on the morning line, and longshot Senada both scratched out of Saturday's Grade 1, $500,000 Flower Bowl Invitational.

So while Scooter Dickey would like his 5-year-old horse to improve upon runner-up finishes in both the Whitney Handicap and Woodward Stakes at Saratoga when he runs in Saturday's $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park, a victory is not paramount.

Peter Walder would have been content to wait until the Breeders' Cup Sprint to find out just how good a horse he had in Force Freeze.

Tizway returned to the work tab Tuesday morning at Saratoga, but he is not returning to the Jockey Club Gold Cup field.

Saturday, Rattlesnake Bridge looks to improve upon that second-place performance when he meets Belmont Stakes winner Ruler On Ice, the multiple graded stakes winner To Honor and Serve, and six others in the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby at Parx Racing.

Tar Heel Mom could be running for a spot in the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint when she heads a field of seven entered in Saturday's Grade 2, $150,000 Gallant Bloom Handicap at Belmont Park.

Though Hungry Island was a convincing winner of last month's Grade 2 Lake Placid Stakes at Saratoga, most of the focus coming out of the race was about the disappointing performance of odds-on favorite Winter Memories.

New York State Sen. Thomas K. Duane (D-Manhattan) introduced legislation on Tuesday banning the use of the anti-bleeding medication furosemide, commonly referred to as Lasix, on any horse participating in a state-sanctioned race.

The fast but fragile Sean Avery is sidelined again with a bowed tendon in his right foreleg that will not only end his year, but puts his racing future in doubt, his connections said Thursday.