Indian Blessing and Sara Louise battled head-to-head down the stretch in Saturday's $150,000 Gallant Bloom Handicap before Indian Blessing got the nod in a potential preview of the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint. The result was so close that the difference may have been the traffic.

The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission doubled trainer Rick Dutrow's recommended suspension after a horse tested positive for high levels of Clenbuterol. The commission voted 6-5 Tuesday to hand down the 30-day penalty to Dutrow.

By Rachel Cohen, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK - Trainer Rick Dutrow Jr. still blames Kent Desormeaux for Big Brown's stunning last-place finish in the Belmont Stakes, but he wouldn't object to the jockey riding the horse in his next race.

By Ed Mcnamara, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Jun. 8--The morning after Big Brown's stunning meltdown in the Belmont Stakes, his connections still couldn't explain why he staggered in last.

In a Triple Crown season that began with the unforgettably tragic Kentucky Derby death of Eight Belles and ended with a stupefying Belmont Stakes _ both of which raised serious questions about the entire horse racing industry, even as the industry was hoping a Big Brown sweep could lift its tattered image _ Big Brown jockey Kent Desormeaux added a grace note Saturday that was left too buried in the shock over Saturday's outcome.