Horse Racing News by Bloodhorse

New York trainer David Cannizzo has been suspended 45 days and fined $6,000 by the New York State Gaming Commission after three horses he trains tested positive for a painkiller marketed under the name Darvon.

Two 2-year-olds from the barn of Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, Dortmund and American Pharoah, paced the individual selections Nov. 30 as the first future wager pool for the 2015 Kentucky Derby concluded.

In the first 2015 Kentucky Derby Future Wager, set to open a three-day run of betting Nov. 28, two-time Grade 1 winner American Pharoah is the top individual morning-line choice at odds of 12-1.

In what will be his 12th start of the season, grade I winner Lochte will try to nail down his third stakes win of 2014 when he faces an expected eight rivals in the $100,000 Tropical Turf Handicap Nov. 22 at Gulfstream Park West.

Unable to thaw its main track following a blast of winter weather, Churchill Downs has announced that it will cancel live racing for a second straight day Nov. 20.

Citing a winter weather blast that sent temperatures into the teens and sub-zero wind-chills has prompted Churchill Downs to cancel its 10-race live program for Nov. 19.

Dual classic winner California Chrome handily worked four furlongs in :47 4/5 seconds Monday, Nov. 17 at Los Alamitos Race Course.

Ken and Sarah Ramsey's Bobby's Kitten, a speed type who never had raced shorter than one mile, went from last to first with a dramatic run to capture the $1 million Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint Nov. 1 at Santa Anita Park.

Apprentice jockey Juan Saez, 17, died Oct. 14 due to injuries he sustained in a spill during the eighth race that day at Indiana Grand Racing & Casino.

Breeders' Cup said Oct. 3 it will not permit trainer Doug O'Neill to pre-enter horses for this year's Breeders' Cup World Championships "due to recent administrative action" in New York.