Articles filed under Horse Racing
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80-1! Long shot Rich Strike wins Kentucky DerbyMay 07, 2022 1:00 am - LOUISVILLE, Ky.- With favorite Epicenter and Zandon dueling in front, Rich Strike came charging up the rail for a stunning 80-1 upset in the Kentucky Derby on Saturday. ...
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20 horses, full house: Kentucky Derby returns with no limitsMay 06, 2022 1:00 am - LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Twenty eager colts breaking from the starting gate, a full house for the first time in three years, and a Kentucky Derby lacking a dominant favorite. T...
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Jim O'Donnell: Run for the Roses or hold your noses as Kentucky Derby creeps on to NBC stage?May 03, 2022 1:00 am - FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS, the Kentucky Derby has devolved into less and less ado about an increasingly devalued event soaked in a hollow cask of unhappy endings. The hap...
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Legislators formally honor Mr. D for leadership at Arlington Park, service to nationApr 08, 2022 6:00 am - State legislators formally commended Richard Duchossois for his service to the nation, state and sport of horse racing in a resolution that mourns his recent passing. ...
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For a short time only, Arlington Trackside reopens to gamblersApr 05, 2022 1:00 am - Though part of the pending property sale to the Chicago Bears and closed as an off-track betting parlor, Arlington Trackside is hosting daily cash poker table games thro...
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Jim O'Donnell: Elegant memories of Duchossois, Million too much for CDI to leave aloneMar 16, 2022 1:00 am - NEWS THAT THAT SOME KNOCKOFF of the Arlington Million will be held in August at Churchill Downs is like hearing the Bears are being forced to relocate to south central L...
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The Arlington Million will live on this year ... at Churchill Downs in KentuckyMar 15, 2022 1:00 am - The Arlington Million - long the signature race on the marquee day of horse racing at Arlington Park - will be held this summer, officials announced Tuesday. But it'll b...
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Long way to go: Arlington Park sale to Bears now expected to close in first half of 2023Feb 24, 2022 12:00 am - The sale of the 326-acre Arlington Park property to the Chicago Bears is expected to close during the first half of 2023, Churchill Downs Inc. CEO Bill Carstanjen said T...
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Now at max, Hawthorne seeks state law change to reopen more Arlington betting parlorsFeb 17, 2022 12:00 am - Hawthorne Race Course Thursday picked up one more of Arlington Park's shuttered off-track betting parlors - this one in Rockford - giving the Cicero racetrack its maximu...
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Jim O'Donnell: Saying goodbye to an era - the amazing race of Dick DuchossoisJan 29, 2022 12:00 am - VOLTAIRE ONCE SUGGESTED that there is birth, there is death and in between are starts of fancied follies and true miseries. Dick Duchossois spent a lifetime trying to ou...