Horse Racing News by Frank Angst

A federal judge in New Mexico Aug. 2 issued a restraining order that will keep two horse slaughterhouses from opening as planned the week of Aug. 4.

For the second year in a row, many of horse racing's top owners have pledged to race their juvenile starters without race-day medication.

Liking what he saw during a July 23 workout at Del Mar, trainer Bob Baffert will stick to his plan to enter Gary and Mary West's Power Broker in the $1 million William Hill Haskell Invitational Stakes July 28 at Monmouth Park.

Content to track surprising leader Sea Island through slow fractions early, Authenticity surged past turning for home and held off an inside rally from Flashy American to win the Shuvee Handicap by one length July 20 at Saratoga Race Course.

On paper many of the entries for this year's $116,000 Jersey Shore Stakes appeared to possess early speed.

After defeating other New York-breds on the lead in his previous start, King Kreesa replicated that front-running effort against open company in the $150,000 Poker Stakes July 4 at Belmont Park to secure the first graded stakes win of his career.

John Oxley's Funny Proposition upset reigning champion older female Royal Delta while securing the first stakes win of her career in the $186,375 Fleur de Lis Handicap June 15 at Churchill Downs.

Breeders' Cup Classic winner Fort Larned put his early season problems behind him June 15, as he scored a front-running victory in the $500,000 Stephen Foster Handicap Presented by Abu Dhabi at Churchill Downs.

Two years after winning the Belmont Stakes, George and Lori Hall's Ruler On Ice will again travel the full circuit of the Belmont Park main track oval June 7 when he starts in the 10.5-mile Brooklyn Handicap.

In anticipation of heavy rain in the area beginning the night of Thursday, June 6, Belmont Park officials plan to roll and seal the track after the Thursday races.