Articles filed under Horse Racing
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Awesome Gem strikes Gold at HawthorneOct 02, 2009 11:00 pm - Awesome Gem, the 3-1 second choice, scored a length-and-a-quarter victory in Saturday's $500,000 Grade 2 Hawthorne Gold Cup. Under a confident ride by veteran reinsman ...
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Hawthorne's family tradition hits century markSep 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Who says there aren't any more family-owned businesses anymore? When Hawthorne Race Course kicks off its fall thoroughbred meet Thursday (1:20 p.m. first post), it will ...
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Racetracks work together to set 2010 scheduleSep 24, 2009 11:00 pm - A rare spirit of cooperation between thoroughbred tracks led to an unusual result following Thursday's 2010 racing dates hearing: all sides leaving happy. "This is a gre...
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Rolling Meadows resident places in track's contestSep 18, 2009 11:00 pm - Dave Flanzbaum, a 42-year-old resident of Rolling Meadows, captured second-place honors in last weekend's Arlington qualifier for the Daily Racing Form-National Thorough...
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Ind. track quarantines 59 horses in illness worrySep 13, 2009 11:00 pm - ANDERSON, Ind. -- Fifty-nine horses have been quarantined because of a suspected contagious infection at central Indiana's Hoosier Park race track. Hoosier Park official...
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Graham's patience leads to Pucker Up Stakes victorySep 07, 2009 11:00 pm - A masterfully patient rail ride by James Graham resulted in a trip to the winner's circle for Hot Cha Cha (5-1) in the Grade III, $200,000 Pucker Up Stakes and capped a ...
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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...