Rodriguez plans to send string of horses to Parx

Rudy Rodriguez, the leading trainer for the Aqueduct winter meet, is planning to send about 35 hours to Parx Racing for the spring and summer once the quarantine due to equine herpesvirus is lifted at the Bensalem, Pa., track.

The New York Racing Association is planning to close the Aqueduct backstretch for training on May 8. Horsemen based at Aqueduct will either move to Belmont or Saratoga or split their stables between the two facilities, based on stall allotment.

“I really don’t want to go to Saratoga,” Rodriguez said. “There are going to be too many horses over the Oklahoma track.”