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Trainer Ken McPeek, completing a career weekend to remember, delivered a timely coda Sunday in final stakes race of the season at Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort.

Trainer Ken McPeek, completing a career weekend to remember, delivered a timely coda Sunday in final stakes race of the season at Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort.

HOT SPRINGS -- Contesting a horse race, selling an automobile or running for political office can wear out the hardiest soul, Steve Landers can relate.

HOT SPRINGS -- Both stakes winners Saturday at Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort rode in stable silks colored like first-place ribbons at the county fair or actor Paul Newmans eyes.

The travel revolution brought on by short-term rentals has made visiting more accessible than ever, but it could have complications for some of Arkansas's hot spots.

HOT SPRINGS -- Mystik Dan, whose sire won the Breeders Cup Dirt Mile twice, is poised to make Ken McPeek a first-time winner in the race that every horseman covets but a Kentuckian, like himself, especially holds dear.

Through no fault of its own, this years Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort is denied the national prominence it might have received had not Mother Nature intervened.

The 59th Southwest Stakes loses little glitter even with Oaklawns Smarty Jones winner sitting it out.

Robertino Diodoro arrived a little late at the party when the live racing season began last month at Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort, but hes here now and dont be stunned if he soon shakes things up.

“It’s one of those that I want to say I did. Knock it off the list and never chase again because it’s time consuming. It’s stressful.”