Horse Racing News by Jack Shinar

Kid Cruz, overpowered in the Preakness this spring but a sparkling winner last time out in the Easy Goer, returns to Belmont Park in the $200,000 Dwyer Stakes July 5.

Moonshine Mullin, headed at the top of the stretch, responded to the challenge of Departing to spurt clear late and register a 10-1 upset in the $552,500 Stephen Foster Handicap the night of June 14 at Churchill Downs.

Front-running Iotapa, bouncing back from disappointing effort at Churchill Downs, left the favorites behind with a 10 ¼-length romp in the $300,000 Vanity Stakes June 14 at Santa Anita Park.

Grade 2 winner Intense Holiday, who underwent surgery recently for a condylar fracture to his right foreleg after being injured in training, was euthanized June 12 due to laminitis.

Sweet Reason, given a patient ride by Irad Ortiz Jr., came from off the pace to register her second Grade 1 victory in the $750,000 TVG Acorn Stakes June 7 at Belmont Park.

The 2014 renewal of the Knob Creek Manhattan Stakes June 7, a race with a strong collection of past winners, features three trainers -- Shug McGaughey, Bill Mott and Christophe Clement -- who have won the race three times each.

On his first day ever in New York, Steve Coburn, part owner and breeder of California Chrome, was interviewed by NBC and spent the rest of the time as a tourist.

Old pro Clubhouse Ride slipped through along the inside and outfought odds-on favorite Fury Kapcori in the final furlong to register a gutty repeat win in the $200,000 Californian Stakes May 31 at Santa Anita Park.

Kentucky shipper Room Service, the only grade I winner in the field, overpowered the leaders in the drive for the wire to tally impressively in the $350,000 American Oaks May 31 on the Santa Anita Park turf.

Fury Kapcori, a dominant front-running winner of the Precisionist Stakes one month ago, brings a four-race victory streak into the $200,000 Californian Stakes May 31 at Santa Anita Park.