Horse Racing News by Ron Mitchell

The Delaware Thoroughbred Racing Commission has suspended trainer Julio Cartagena two years and fined him $2,500 for a positive drug test in a horse last September.

Starlight Racing's Intense Holiday was taken out of consideration for the Belmont Stakes after being diagnosed with a condylar fracture following a May 25 workout for the $1.5 million classic.

Eight Thoroughbreds died in an early morning May 9 fire at a barn and adjoining annex located on Rice Road in Lexington across from the rear entrance to the Keeneland stable area. As of 8 a.m., fire investigators were on the scene to determine the cause.

Showing her affinity for Churchill Downs main track, Anita Cauley's homebred On Fire Baby took the lead coming out of the second turn and wore down pacesetter Devil's Cave to win the La Troienne Stakes Presented by the World Series of Polo May 2.

Zenyatta, the 2010 Horse of the Year, produced her third foal when a War Front filly was born at Lane's End Farm near Versailles, Ky., early Easter Sunday, April 20, near Versailles, Ky.

An assistant to Larry Jones said April 20 the trainer had shown improvement from injuries he sustained the previous day when thrown from a horse at Delaware Park.

Trainer Doug O'Neill said March 19 that Reddam Racing Stable's Bond Holder is being treated at the Equine Medical Center of Ocala for the effects of laminitis.

Bond Holder, a leading early contender for the Kentucky Derby, will not make an expected start in the March 8 Tampa Bay Derby and his next race is undetermined, according to trainer Doug O'Neill.

Veteran campaigner Strapping Groom, winner of the Forego Stakes over a muddy track last year, has been installed the 7-5 morning line choice in the field of seven drawn for the March 1 Tom Fool Handicap at Aqueduct Racetrack.

Chriselliam, winner of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf and a finalist for an Eclipse Award, was euthanized Feb. 7 in Newmarket, England, as a result of a foot infection, according to Racing Post.