Articles filed under Horse Racing
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New Payton book can't sour my view of SweetnessSep 30, 2011 5:00 am - Yeah, I read some of the excerpts from the new book about Walter Payton. Well written. Interesting. But then I stopped. Sure, Payton had issues. We all do. My memories ...
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Hawthorne saddles up for a bigger meetSep 30, 2011 12:00 am - Averaging nearly 10 horses per race and racing for purses ;www.hawthorneracecourse.com[URL]totaling near $200,000, [/URL]Hawthorne Race Course;www.hawthorneracecourse.co...
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Arlington Park ‘befuddled’ by racing board voteSep 27, 2011 12:00 am - The sweeping changes Arlington Park officials were seeking didn’t come to fruition Tuesday as the Illinois Racing Board unveiled a 2012 thoroughbred racing schedule rema...
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Arlington Park will be open for business in ’12Sep 26, 2011 12:00 am - Arlington Park will race in 2012. GM Tony Petrillo said Monday that the local oval will open again, even as racetracks across the state face an uncertain future while Go...
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Uncertain future on the Arlington Park backstretchSep 18, 2011 12:00 am - Horse racing represents all Dee Poulos knows and loves. An Arlington Park mainstay for 38 years, the Palatine woman and former Northwest Suburban High School District 21...
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Hey, Phil, enough already on Dubsdread drubbingSep 16, 2011 12:00 am - Enough already: OK. OK. We get it, Phil Mickelson. You don't like the redesign of Cog Hill's Dubsdread. Well, it looks like you won't have the course to kick a...
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2 big stakes races today at Arlington ParkSep 10, 2011 12:00 am - Two-year-olds of both sexes take the spotlight today at Arlington Park with the 77th editions of the Grade III $100,000 Arlington-Washington Futurity and the Grade III $...
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Spellman’s Scorecard: Changes ahead for White SoxSep 08, 2011 12:00 am - Imagine the scenario: Both Ozzie Guillen and Kenny Williams are shown the door at the end of the season. And now that Tyler Flowers has shown some promise, the...
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Movement afoot to ban horse drugSep 03, 2011 6:00 am - SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — At The Jockey Club Round Table earlier this month, leaders of the racing industry gathered to discuss the well-known problems issues facing the ...
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As distractions go, this was a busy Bears preseasonAug 31, 2011 11:00 pm - A (pre) season to remember: It's already been an entertaining Bears season and it hasn't even begun, Let's review: Draft night snafu. Olin Kreutz goes by...