Hope this isn’t the highlight of the “15 minutes”, but Marty McGee of the daily racing form has written a little article in the mid section of the Saturday Daily Racing Form about Mike. You know, the section that makes you pay $1.00 more for a Saturday form. Nice article. Mike had lunch with Marty last week when he was in Louisville. He has know Marty for over 25 years.
http://www.drf.com/news/oaklawn-trainer-lauer-dreams-big-rebel-contender-scatman
Oaklawn Park is increasing purse money again. They are awarding $1500.00 per horse per race in purse money for those finishing in 1st through 4th place. Each race must have a field of 8 or more horses to qualify for this incentive.
Today was entry day for The Rebel and Scatman is #2 in a field of 13. Mike is doing a live interview with TVG Friday morning 11:30 Louisville time with Matt Carothers. On Saturday Mike will be on the OTB Radio show as well. Busy and exciting time for the O’ Grady’s and all associated with MEL Racing.
SCATMAN FEATURE
Here is a link to an interview Mike did with TVG. It is playing at various times this week prior to the Oaklawn Park races. Take a look.