Horse Racing News on May 25, 2012

A Standardbred trainer was suspended in New York May 24 for an alleged 1,700 equine medication violations after a joint investigation by New York and New Jersey regulators.

E. Paul Robsham Stables' homebred Awesome Maria makes her 2012 Belmont Park debut May 28 as she guns for a repeat in the Ogden Phipps Handicap.

Anita Cauley's On Fire Baby, a disappointing fifth as the second choice earlier this month in the nine-furlong Kentucky Oaks, shortens up a furlong and tries Belmont Park for the first time May 25 in the TVG Acorn Stakes.

With a steady rain falling, dual classic winner I'll Have Another galloped a mile at Belmont Park May 25 as he continued to prepare for attempt at history in the JUne 9 Belmont Stakes.

Experience and previous success on the Belmont Park dirt surface could be the deciding factor when a short but strong field gathers for the $750,000 Metropolitan Handicap at one mile May 28.