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Oaklawn: McPeek seeks to turn the tables

McPeek seeks to turn the tables on Baffert in Rebel

Trainer Ken McPeek is looking forward to a rematch with trainer Bob Baffert on Saturday in the Grade 2, $750,000 Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn Park. McPeek has the race’s probable second choice in The Truth Or Else, with Baffert sending out champion American Pharoah. Back in 2010, the trainers were part of a memorable renewal of the Rebel when Baffert-trained Lookin At Lucky overcame trouble for a head win over McPeek trainee Noble’s Promise.

Mary RampelliniMar 11, 2015

Truesdail Laboratory to perform drug testing for Indiana tracks

Truesdail Laboratory in California will conduct drug testing for Indiana’s two racetracks under a contract signed by the Indiana Horse Racing Commission, ending the commission’s relationship with a Lexington, Ky., laboratory that was troubled by testing delays last year.

Matt HegartyMar 11, 2015

Gyarmati horses take a short drive, then work

It is a very short walk from trainer Leah Gyarmati’s barn to the Belmont Park training track. On Tuesday, however, Gyarmati had to travel eight miles from Belmont to Aqueduct to get in workouts for three of her top horses.

David GreningMar 11, 2015

Hushion undergoes treatment for leukemia

Trainer Mike Hushion remains in a south Florida hospital where he is undergoing treatment for a form of leukemia.

David GreningMar 11, 2015

Aqueduct: Mamdooha returns in Correction

Correction Stakes a challenging return spot for Mamdooha

Almost exactly one year since her last start, Mamdooha will try to pick up where she left off when she makes her 4-year-old debut in Saturday’s $100,000 Correction Stakes, which, like the Cicada, is a six-furlong race run over Aqueduct’s inner track.

David GreningMar 11, 2015

Hovdey: Smith getting ‘Z’ feeling with Shared Belief

Mike Smith rides Shared Belief with the confidence of a man who knows without hesitation that when he throws the switch all the lights will come on. He has ridden with that confidence before.

Jay HovdeyMar 11, 2015

Sweet Opportunity brings classy company lines to Friday feature

Sweet Opportunity brings some of the best credentials into Friday’s eighth race at Oaklawn Park as a stakes-placed runner who was second last out to Kentucky Oaks hopeful Pangburn.

Mary RampelliniMar 11, 2015

Woodbine to replace Polytrack with Tapeta in 2016

Woodbine has announced that the Polytrack on its one-mile main track will be replaced with another synthetic surface, Tapeta, in time for the 2016 racing season.

Ron GierkinkMar 11, 2015

Santa Anita: Sadler has solid pair in feature

Sadler has solid pair in featured optional claimer

Course specialist Sweet Swap and the comebacker Spring Up give trainer John Sadler a solid one-two punch in Friday’s featured seventh race at Santa Anita, an optional claimer for older sprinters at about 6 1/2 furlongs on the hillside turf course.

Jay PrivmanMar 11, 2015

Parx insurance dispute may shut down live racing

Jockeys at Parx Racing in suburban Philadelphia continue to reject efforts by management to pin eligibility for the track’s insurance policy to language indemnifying the track from liability for accidents, a dispute that could threaten live racing at Parx as of next weekend.

Matt HegartyMar 11, 2015

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