Articles filed under Horse Racing
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First firefighter on scene remembers Arlington Park fire 35 years laterJul 31, 2020 5:00 am - Four years into his budding career as a firefighter, Glenn Ericksen was used to putting out routine fires in apartments, single-family homes and small businesses in Arli...
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Rozner: What a sad ending for Arlington ParkJul 31, 2020 1:00 am - For anyone who has followed horse racing closely the last few decades, Thursday's news was hardly a surprise. But it was no less devastating. During an investor earnings...
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'The long-term solution is not Arlington Park': CEO says land could be soldJul 30, 2020 1:00 am - A week after live racing returned without spectators to Arlington International Racecourse, the CEO of the track's parent company cast an even darker shadow Thursday ove...
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Racing is back in Arlington. Will spectators soon follow?Jul 22, 2020 11:00 pm - When the starting gates open and bell rings this afternoon for the first post of an abbreviated 30-day racing season at Arlington International Racecourse, one sound mis...
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The horses race in a big, empty Arlington ParkJul 22, 2020 11:00 pm - Arlington International Racecourse normally attracts thousands of spectators to watch and wager on the Sport of Kings. But on Thursday, nary more than a couple dozen joc...
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O'Donnell: Nuttiness is no stranger to Arlington ParkJul 21, 2020 11:00 pm - SINCE IT OPENED IN 1927, Arlington Park has survived a lot. Catastrophic fire. ... Owner petulance. ...Goofball executives. Until this summer, the nuttiest president was...
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Canadian trainer excited to be a part of Arlington Park's Opening DayJul 21, 2020 11:00 pm - When Brittany Vanden Berg decided to end her wonderful ride as a jockey, she slid off her saddle and nestled into her new career as a trainer. She has burst out of the s...
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Racing set to begin next week after Arlington Park gets final nod of approvalJul 16, 2020 1:00 am - An order granting belated racing dates to Arlington Park for this season received official ratification from the state Thursday. Thoroughbreds will come spinning out of ...
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O'Donnell: Georgeff never called any rocketing doctors over ArlingtonJun 26, 2020 1:00 am - NO FIREWORKS AT ARLINGTON PARK next weekend reminds of a great holiday-themed local TV racing tale: Gerry Gallitano was a fair-to-middlin' jockey on the Chicago-Florida ...
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O'Donnell: Arlington 2020 more about melancholy than horse race meetJun 24, 2020 1:00 am - WILLIE NELSON ONCE SANG, "Love is like a dying ember." Maybe the Redheaded Stranger could summon up some fresh melancholia for the boned round of swill to be known as "A...