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Oaklawn Handicap winner disqualified

By Mary Rampellini
Daily Racing Form

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

The Arkansas Racing Commission on Tuesday disqualified It's a Bird from his win in the Grade 2, $500,000 Oaklawn Handicap and ordered the purse of the race redistributed after the horse tested positive for naproxen. The panel also fined Marty Wolfson, the trainer of It's a Bird, $500. Mike Meuser, an attorney representing Edmund Gann, the owner of It's a Bird, and Wolfson, said he and his clients are determining whether or not to appeal the decision. "We're disappointed with the forfeiture of ...

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