Horse Racing News by Frank Angst

Looking like a Gulfstream Park turf veteran even though she was making her U.S. debut, Beauty Parlor surged past Photo Call in early stretch on her way to a half-length victory over stablemate Tabreed in the $150,000 Orchid Stakes Saturday, March 28.

In his graded stakes debut, Alto Racing's Materiality proved up to the challenge as he outlasted Grade 2 winner Upstart in an extended duel and scored a 1-1/2-length victory in the $1 million Besilu Stables Florida Derby on Saturday.

Already a starter in England and Dubai, it's hello Kentucky for Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum's Mubtaahij after the son of Dubawi overwhelmed nine rivals in the $2 million Saeed & Mohammed Al Naboodah Group UAE Derby Saturday, March 28 at Meydan.

The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission March 23 approved a regulation that would permit the state's racetracks to card races that would prohibit the administration of furosemide, also known as Salix or Lasix, within 24 hours of post time. The vote was 8-4.

The New York State Gaming Commission has sanctioned trainer Bill Mott for a pair of medication overages in a single horse last fall, a decision the Racing Hall of Fame conditioner is appealing.

Main Sequence found North American turf racing to his liking in 2014, as the Niarchos Family's Flaxman Holdings homebred won all four of his starts -- each at the Grade 1 level -- to secure an Eclipse Award in the turf male division.

A nearly one-year investigation in Kentucky cleared trainer Steve Asmussen of allegations of horse abuse brought by the animal-rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

Officials are crediting a collaborative effort after Kentucky delivered its safest year on record in 2014 in terms of both number of equine breakdowns in races and rate of equine breakdowns.

Citing unresolved investigations in New York and Kentucky of Steve Asmussen following a video last year from an animal rights group alleging horse abuse and other violations, the trainer will not be allowed to be considered in 2015 for Hall of Fame.

Three weeks after her upset victory in the $2 million 14 Hands Winery Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies, Take Charge Brandi will try to secure another lucrative purse when she faces a full field of 2-year-old fillies in the $400,000 Delta Downs Princess.