Linda Rice, a leading New York-based trainer, had her license officially revoked on Monday by the New York Gaming Commission, which two weeks ago approved a hearing officer’s report recommending that she be banned for three years for “conduct detrimental to racing.”

Now that Casa Creed has confirmed himself as a top-quality turf sprinter, trainer Bill Mott may be lacking for the appropriate spots for the 5-year-old son of Jimmy Creed.

Casa Creed won Saturday’s Grade 1 Jaipur going six furlongs, which followed his victory going seven furlongs in the Elusive Quality here April 24. Casa Creed got a 105 Beyer Speed Figure for the win.

The win in the Jaipur earned Casa Creed a fees-paid berth in the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint at Del Mar on Nov. 6. Problem is, at Del Mar, that race is five furlongs, which may be too short.

Letruska’s authoritative 2 3/4-length victory in the Grade 1 Ogden Phipps on Saturday puts her at the head of the class in the older filly and mare division.

The front-running score under Jose Ortiz, for which she earned a career-best 103 Beyer Speed Figure, validated her upset of Monomoy Girl and Swiss Skydiver in the Grade 1 Apple Blossom in April.

Letruska is now 3 for 4 this year - she also won the Houston Ladies Classic - with a narrow defeat to Shedaresthedevil in the Azeri Stakes at Oaklawn.

ELMONT, N.Y. - The Metropolitan Handicap is the premier one-mile dirt race in the country. It's considered a stallion-making race, so winning it is good for a horse’s long-term career.

Turf and dirt, Belmont Stakes Day turned out well for trainer Chad Brown.

Three-year-old filly Search Results won the Grade 1 Acorn over one mile on dirt, while Brown ran one-two in the Grade 1 Manhattan as Domestic Spending assumed a clear position as North America’s best grass horse with a comfortable win over the Brown-trained pacesetter Tribhuvan.

ELMONT, N.Y. -- The Ogden Phipps, which was shaping up as one of the premier races on Saturday’s Belmont Stakes undercard,  lost a second prominent starter in the last 24 hours after trainer Ken McPeek confirmed Friday morning that Swiss Skydiver would scratch after having spiked a temperature of 104 overnight. A similar issue will compel trainer Todd Pletcher to scratch his Grade 1 winner Valiance as well.

Churchill Downs Inc. will prohibit the trainer Bob Baffert from entering any horses in races at any of its tracks for two years, the company said on Wednesday, following confirmation that Baffert’s horse Medina Spirit tested positive for the regulated corticosteroid betamethasone after the colt’s Kentucky Derby win at the company’s flagship track on May 1.

ELMONT, N.Y. – The entire lineup for Saturday’s Belmont Stakes trained over the main track for the first time on Wednesday, beginning shortly after 5:30 a.m. with likely favorite Essential Quality and ending several hours later with Hot Rod Charlie and Rombauer, two of his chief rivals, going through their paces following the renovation break.

A split of the post-Kentucky Derby blood sample pulled from winner Medina Spirit confirmed the presence of the regulated corticosteroid betamethasone, the attorney for the colt’s trainer, Bob Baffert, confirmed Wednesday.

The split sample tested positive for 25 picograms per milliliter of blood serum, according to the attorney, Craig Robertson. That concentration is consistent with the result of the initial test, which tested at 22 picograms, Robertson had said earlier.

ELMONT, N.Y. – They stopped singing “Maryland, My Maryland” at the Preakness Stakes in 2020. The lyrics of the traditional song heralding the Preakness post parade suggested Maryland secede from the Union and join the Confederacy. But it was well before 2020 that Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher essentially seceded from the second leg of the Triple Crown.