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The American Association of Equine Practitioners is in the process of appointing veterinarians to a task force that will provide a list of commonly used therapeutic medications to the Testing Integrity Program, a laboratory oversight group. TIP requested the list so that the program could begin to develop "threshold levels" - quantities of a drug in a horse's postrace sample that would not have an effect on performance - for common racetrack drugs. . . . Peninsula Gaming Partners LLC, which has a conditional agreement to purchase 50 percent of Evangeline Downs in Lafayette, La., asked the Louisiana Gaming Board on Tuesday to begin a background check of their company in preparation for a future gaming license request to operate slots at the track. . . . Members of the U.S. Olympic Committee were at Sam Houston Race Park in Houston on Monday to tour the track, which would host equestrian events were Houston to land the Olympic Games in 2012. . . . The National Thoroughbred Racing Association mailed out 1.23 million Mystery Mutuel Vouchers, totaling $4.3 million, including a $1 million grand-prize winner, for its July 28 promotion at 23 participating tracks and OTB locations.