Horse Racing News by David Grening

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.

Havre de Grace came out of her victory over males in Saturday's Grade 1 Woodward Stakes in good order and will more than likely make her next start in the Beldame Stakes against females on Oct. 1 at Belmont Park, trainer Larry Jones said Sunday.

Hall of Fame jockey Kent Desormeaux was arrested by Saratoga police Wednesday and charged with reckless endangerment, a misdemeanor, after nearly hitting a Pinkerton with his car following the races.

With the defection of Overdriven from Monday's Grade 1 Hopeful, favoritism for the seven-furlong race for 2-year-olds figures to be between J.C.'s Pride and Power World.