Horse Racing News by Ron Mitchell

If the long-range forecast for Louisville, Ky. is any indication, those attending the Nov. 4-5 Breeders' Cup World Championships should be prepared for precipitation.

A. U. Miner, who earned a second automatic berth in the Breeders' Cup Marathon by virtue of winning the Greenwood Cup July 16 at Parx Racing, has been disqualified from the first-place purse earned in that victory as a result of a positive drug finding.

Cape Blanco and Teaks North, both two-time Grade 1 winners on turf this year, headline a star-studded six-horse field for the Grade 1 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational that is part of the Oct. 1 stakes extravaganza at Belmont Park.

Decisions by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission to have its drug testing performed by a new laboratory and to revamp the manner in which it conducts its drug testing are having positive results.

For the second straight year, A. U. Miner earned an automatic berth in the Breeders' Cup Marathon at Churchill Downs by winning the Greenwood Cup Stakes July 16 at Parx Racing.

Grade 3 Louisiana Derby winner Pants On Fire showed his affinity for the off track at Churchill Downs on May 1 when the Jump Start colt breezed four furlongs in :47 4/5.

The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission voted there was probable cause to believe both jockey John Velazquez and chief state steward John Veitch were in violation of regulations regarding Life At Ten's participation in the 2010 Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic.

Steven Michael Bell's Aegean, sent off at 9-1 odds, held off a determined 13-1 shot in Jessica Is Back to post an upset in the $200,000 Sunshine Millions Filly & Mare Sprint at Gulfstream Park on Jan. 29.