Horse Racing
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Arlington Park OK with racing without fans, but it still needs a deal with horsemen
Jun 5, 2020 5:25 PM - While Arlington Park's president says the track now is willing to race without fans, members of a state agency Friday delayed a vote to grant meet dates as Arlington works to reach a collective bargaining agreement with a horsemen's association. -
O'Donnell: Cavalry arriving at Arlington? Emergency Racing Board meeting Friday
Jun 3, 2020 11:03 PM - Jim O'Donnell: Friday's racing board meeting could spell out racing (or not) at Arlington
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O'Donnell: Arlington mouses behind as Pritzker OKs resumption of racing
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Two horse racing tracks at the starting gates, but will Arlington scratch?
May 27, 2020 7:23 PM - It'll be post time for live horse racing without spectators at two of Illinois' three racetracks as soon as next week, but some fear the third -- Arlington International Racecourse -- may be a scratch this summer. -
Pritzker casts doubt on Arlington plan for spectators at track this summer
May 22, 2020 9:38 PM - The president of Arlington International Racecourse said Friday the plan to reopen this summer "is not possible" without spectators in the grandstand, but Gov. J.B. Pritzker cast doubt on whether that can happen. -
O'Donnell: Fate of summer at Arlington Park still unknown
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Amid concerns with backstretch, Arlington Park won't open 'anytime soon'
Apr 24, 2020 8:04 PM - Arlington International Racecourse won't start its 2020 racing season "anytime soon," officials said Friday, but they're still holding out hope for some type of shortened meet, even if it's only a month long. -
Arlington Park won't open until at least June 1
Mar 29, 2020 5:10 PM - Arlington Park cancels May racing due to coronavirus pandemic. -
O'Donnell: Thoroughbred association president says chances of Arlington opening in May 'about 10 percent'
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Kentucky Derby postponed until September
Mar 17, 2020 8:58 AM - Churchill Downs officials said the race will move from May 2 to Sept. 5, marking the first time in 75 years it won't be run on the first Saturday in May.
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