John Leusch
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Strong international field among Arlington favoritesAug 15, 2011 11:00 pm - Today's three Grade I stakes at Arlington Park are billed as the International Festival of Racing. Quite fitting, to say the least. The morning-line favorites for the Ar...
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Kil-ler start for BG juniorAug 15, 2011 12:00 am - Grace Kil’s first swing of the high school girls golf season was a thing of beauty. Starting in a shotgun start on the 16th hole at Fox Run Golf Links, Kil’s drive lande...
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3D: Stacelita wins Beverly D for SchwartzAug 13, 2011 12:00 am - Prominent thoroughbred owner Martin Schwartz had some kind words for Arlington Park chairman Richard Duchossois on Saturday afternoon. “You do the best job in racing,” t...
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Treasure Beach strikes it rich in Secretariat StakesAug 13, 2011 12:00 am - With soft fractions giving the front-running Ziyarid things his own way, the Grade I $400,000 Secretariat Stakes was his to win on Saturday afternoon. But Treasure Beach...
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Strong international field among Arlington favoritesAug 12, 2011 12:00 am - Today's three Grade I stakes at Arlington Park are billed as the International Festival of Racing. Quite fitting, to say the least. The morning-line favorites for the Ar...
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Hat’s off to Santina Dond in the HatoofAug 11, 2011 11:00 pm - Sure, the crowd of 31,069 at Arlington Park was provided with an abundance of excitement from the three Grade I stakes races on the International Festival Day of Racing....
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St. Viator grads have big stake in SecretariatAug 11, 2011 12:00 am - Having a horse run in a Grade I stakes race is the thrill of a lifetime for many thoroughbred owners. But for Marty Nixon and brothers Ron and Al Lepinski, all graduates...
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Free Fighter puts his foot down in Stars and Stripes StakesJul 23, 2011 12:00 am - Hunch bettors might have left Arlington Park with a smile on Saturday afternoon. The track presented Military Appreciation Day and a horse by the name of Free Fighter sc...
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Younger Bridgmohan sprints to victory at ArlingtonJul 16, 2011 12:00 am - As 2-1 favorite Country Day was nearing the wire with a tenuous lead in Saturday’s $100,000 Arlington Sprint, his jockey Shaun Bridgmohan might have looked over his righ...
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Willcox Inn only 1 win from taking Mid-America TripleJul 09, 2011 12:00 am - Co-owner Marette Farrell says Saturday’s American Derby champion Willcox Inn is far from an adult. “He’s just a boy,” said Farrell, who picked out the 3-year-colt for th...