Articles filed under Horse Racing
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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...
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Despite heat, 28,000 turn out to see favorite win the MillionAug 08, 2009 11:00 pm - The biggest name in the 27th annual running of the Arlington Million Sunday turned out to be Gio Ponti, as the favorite recovered from an early stumble to take the lead ...
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Take The Points takes the Secretariat StakesAug 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Don Lucarelli said he has always been the contrarian when it comes to picking sports games. "I've always liked the underdog," said the upstate New Yorker. "My partner (J...
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Dynaforce makes owner proud with victory in Beverly D.Aug 07, 2009 11:00 pm - It was 1989 when John Chandler watched his mare Aleeta Maria win an Arlington Park allowance turf race. Little did he know 20 years later he would be watching that mare'...
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Take the Points wins Grade I Secretariat Stakes at ArlingtonAug 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Take the Points overtook Black Bear Island in the final strides to win the Grade I Secretariat Stakes by a head Saturday at Arlington Park. Black Bear Island (7-2), ridd...