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• Bodemeister 8-5 morning line favorite in Preakness

  May 16, 2012

  BALTIMORE (AP) - The runner-up in the Kentucky Derby is the favorite for the Preakness.Bodemeister drew the No. 7 post Wednesday and was made the 8-5 morning-line favorite for Saturday's second leg of the Triple Crown.The colt trained by Bob Baffert set the pace in the Derby before being overtaken in the stretch by I'll Have Another, who won by 1 1/2 lengths.

• Trainer Lukas 'disappointed' with peers' behavior

  May 16, 2012

  BALTIMORE (AP) - Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas criticized the behavior of a few of his peers Wednesday, saying the actions of a few recent Kentucky Derby winners have tarnished the reputation of his profession.Speaking at Pimlico Race Course, site of Saturday's Preakness, Lukas said, ``I'm very disappointed as a trainer that we have the stigma of some of our Derby winners not carrying the banner.''

• Proposed race-day drug ban resurfaces in Kentucky

  May 16, 2012

  LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission said Wednesday its debate will continue on a proposal to ban the use of an anti-bleeding drug on race days in the state that bills itself as the ``horse capital of the world.''At a regular monthly meeting, commission members on Wednesday voted down a motion to delay the issue for a year.