Horse Racing News on July 14, 2010

When General Quarters won the 2009 Blue Grass Stakes and went on to the Kentucky Derby, the story line screamed, 'Write me!' And any scribe covering last year's Derby readily obliged.

The New York Racing Association announced Wednesday that it has scrapped a 5-year-old policy that required horses to be isolated in a security barn six hours prior to running in any race at a NYRA track.

Rail Trip, the leading older male in California in recent months and the runner-up in the Grade 1 Hollywood Gold Cup last Saturday, has been transferred from trainer Ron Ellis in California to Rick Dutrow in New York, owner Mace Siegel said on Tuesday.