Articles filed under Horse Racing
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Long-shot Done Talking wins Illinois DerbyApr 07, 2012 6:00 pm - Long-shot Done Talking won the $500,000 Illinois Derby on Saturday, beating Morgan's Guerrilla by three-quarters of a length at Hawthorne Race Course. Ridden by Sheldon ...
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Huge field for Saturday’s Illinois DerbyApr 06, 2012 1:16 pm - The Illinois Derby has never been bigger. “We’re thrilled to have the largest field we’ve ever had for the Illinois Derby,” said Hawthorne track president Tim Carey. “We...
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Monterosso wins $10 million World CupMar 31, 2012 5:02 pm - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Monterosso won the $10 million Dubai World Cup, the world’s richest horse race, to give Dubai’s ruler an emotional victory after one of his...
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Good news: Sassone on the mendMar 30, 2012 5:30 am - I get it everywhere I go when talk turns to the Blackhawks. “Yeah, you're doing OK, whatever … but when is Tim Sassone coming back?” I told Tim that story when I visited...
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Warm winter means no tulips for Kentucky DerbyMar 24, 2012 7:21 am - LOUISVILLE, Ky. — It’s called the Run for the Roses, but thousands of tulips are also part of the landscape at Churchill Downs during the Kentucky Derby. Not this year. ...
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Spellman’s Scorecard: Think before you tweetMar 22, 2012 10:24 pm - Remember the time, way back about five or six years ago, when if you had a problem and you were upset about something — like Matt Forte is about the Bears signing runnin...
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Spellman’s Scorecard: Real battle for concussion sufferersMar 15, 2012 9:20 pm - Whether it’s Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews talking about sitting by himself in a dark room at home, or defenseman Steve Montador describing the “psychological and em...
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Arlington Park sees more declines in attendance, betsMar 13, 2012 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Attendance and the amount of money bet on horses at Arlington Park continued to decline in 2011, according to the Illinois Racing Board's recently released...
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Hawks’ coverage just not the sameMar 09, 2012 5:00 am - OK, let’s talk: If Lloyd Bentsen were still around, and a Blackhawks fan, and a follower of the Daily Herald, he might say something like this after seeing my big melon ...
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Kristufek's Hawthorne racing selections for FridayMar 01, 2012 11:00 pm - Joe Kristufek's thoroughbred racing selections for today's card at Hawthorne Racecourse were not published in Friday's Daily Herald print editions. Attached is a PDF wit...