Stewards at Delaware Park have suspended jockey Jose Caraballo for 60 days after he brandished a knife at two other riders during an altercation in the jockeys' room on July 19.

Caraballo, 40, the second-leading rider at the Delaware meet, drew the knife after getting into an argument with Abel Castellano Jr. following the day's eighth race, in which Caraballo accused Castellano of rough riding, according to Delaware steward Jack Houghton Jr.

Caraballo also threatened Ramon Dominguez, the meet's leading rider, after Dominguez tried to break up the fight, Houghton said.

Ramsey Zimmerman, the leading jockey at Fairmount Park, has had his racing license revoked after failing a state-mandated drug test, track general manager Brian Zander and Zimmerman's agent, Mark Cooper, said on Tuesday.

Zimmerman did not return repeated calls to his cell phone seeking comment. Cooper did not know whether Zimmerman planned to appeal and would say only, "we had a little bad luck."

Zimmerman has acknowledged using illegal substances in the past.

Elizabel Navarro, a 19-year-old apprentice jockey, was in a Cincinnati-area hospital Tuesday with undetermined injuries but in good condition after being thrown from her mount in the last race at River Downs on Monday night.

According to a statement released by River Downs, Navarro did not suffer any head injuries and had full movement of her limbs. A native of Panama who does not speak English, Navarro was quoted in the statement as saying through an interpreter that she is "better than yesterday."

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Ron Woods, who trained 2-year-old champion filly Brusque here in 2002, said he believes he has uncovered another diamond in the rough in One Ring, an impressive winner of her debut July 16 at Woodbine.

Brusque was purchased privately for $10,000 in Kentucky and was sold for a six-figure sum after winning the Grade 2 Mazarine. One Ring was a $20,000 purchase at Fasig-Tipton Kentucky last October.

But according to Woods, who owns One Ring in partnership with Debi Lockhurst, there is no comparison.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Jeffrey Puglisi's first foray into Thoroughbred ownership was memorable if not successful.

In 1993, Puglisi and a few poker-playing buddies decided to claim three horses in Southern California and run them at Turf Paradise in Arizona, where they lived.

"The first one died in his stall the night before his first race at Turf Paradise, the second horse was heading home down the stretch when the bridle broke and the jockey almost fell off, and the third one I think he's still in a swimming pool in Flagstaff,'' Puglisi recalled Tuesday morning.

Trainer Bruce Jackson arrived at Louisiana Downs on Monday night to race at the track for the first time since the 1990's, when he shipped in and compiled a record of 3 stakes wins from 4 starters at the Bossier City, La., track. Among his winners there was the Grade 1 winner In Excess.

This time around, Jackson has brought a barnful of 19 horses to race at the meet. A number of his horses should see action over the local turf course, where In Excess romped by eight lengths in the Temperence Hill on Sept. 23, 1990.

AUBURN, Wash. - Trainer Howard Belvoir notched his fifth and sixth 2-year-old wins at the meeting Sunday, a remarkable feat considering only 31 races for 2-year-olds have been run. No other trainer has saddled more than two juvenile winners.

"I've got a really good group of 2-year-olds this year," said Belvoir, who developed juvenile stars Sundance Circle and Seattles Best Joe here in recent years. "I went to the Keeneland September sale last year and bought four colts and one filly. I think they can all run."

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - With its business in decline, morale at an all-time low, and many of its equine stars retired or sidelined, the New York Racing Association is in need of a pick-me-up that only six weeks in Saratoga can provide.

Thus, Wednesday's opening of Saratoga's 137th season couldn't come at a better time for the beleaguered NYRA, which faces an uncertain future on many fronts. In less than a month, NYRA will find out if it will avoid prosecution by the federal government for tax fraud and conspiracy charges handed down in December 2003.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - A year ago, Charles Hayward was on a self-proclaimed victory tour. He was part of a group that had just sold Daily Racing Form and was taking the paper's new owners to selected hot spots of racing around the country. Hayward made it here to enjoy the last 2 1/2 weeks of the Saratoga meet as a fan.

Now, Hayward is in his ninth month as president and CEO of the New York Racing Association. And as NYRA gets set to open the doors on Saratoga's 137th meet Wednesday, Hayward finds himself on the hot seat on many fronts.

EDMONTON, Alberta - It's not enough that Vancouver invaders have made the winner's circle their private domain for Alberta stakes races in the filly-mare division this year. In Saturday's $50,000 John Patrick Memorial, they came under the wire one-two-three.