Articles filed under Horse Racing
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Emotional ride for Matthew StraightSep 04, 2009 11:00 pm - As he swung his mount wide heading into the stretch in the fourth race Saturday at Arlington Park, jockey Matthew Straight knew he wasn't the only one aboard More Than A...
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Jockeys step up to assist with rider's medical costsSep 02, 2009 11:00 pm - With MRI results on 23-year-old jockey Michael Straight revealing head and spinal injuries, jockeys throughout the U.S. and Canada are stepping up to assist his recovery...
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Arlington Park to host 5 graded stakes this weekendSep 02, 2009 11:00 pm - Arlington Park will celebrate the last weekend of summer in Chicago with five of its traditional graded stakes running during the Labor Day weekend. Three of those races...
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Arlington Park jockey recovering after spinal surgeryAug 27, 2009 11:00 pm - Michael Straight, the 23-year-old apprentice jockey who was injured in a spill at Arlington Park on Wednesday, underwent spinal surgery Thursday night at Lutheran Genera...
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Concerned with safety, jockeys delay racing at ArlingtonAug 27, 2009 11:00 pm - When officials at Arlington Park spent $10 million to install a Polytrack synthetic racing surface to replace the dirt course in 2007, it was hailed as a safer way to co...
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Arlington Park resumes OTB contests, seminarsAug 24, 2009 11:00 pm - Arlington Park will again offer handicapping contests at selected Illinois Trackside OTB locations this fall in conjunction with handicapping seminars. The fall seminars...
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Rachel Alexandra to run next in Woodward StakesAug 23, 2009 11:00 pm - SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. -- Rachel Alexandra will run next in the Woodward Stakes on Sept. 5 at Saratoga Race Course. The decision was announced Monday by trainer Steve As...
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Silva rides to 3,500 win in third race at ArlingtonAug 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Longtime Chicago-based jockey Carlos Silva, third on Arlington Park's list of all-time leading jockeys, notched the 3,500th North American victory of his career when he ...
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Mine That Bird to have minor surgeryAug 16, 2009 11:00 pm - SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. -- Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird will have minor throat surgery Tuesday, and his trainer still hopes the horse can run in the Travers Stake...
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Baffert leads new inductees to racing hallAug 13, 2009 11:00 pm - SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. -- Three-time Kentucky Derby-winning trainer Bob Baffert was inducted into the Racing Hall of Fame on Friday along with trainer Janet Eliot, jocke...