Articles filed under Horse Racing
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Arlington Million for racing pros, amatuer fansAug 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Track regulars are easy to spot. They're the ones with "Daily Racing Form" rolled up under one arm. From behind sunglasses, they watch horses warm up and know how many y...
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Kirby gets his chances in Festival at ArlingtonAug 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Not too many trainers can say they won titles at the same race track 30 years apart. But that's exactly what Frank Kirby did at Arlington Park in 1974 and 2004. Not too ...
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History lesson: Million has attracted the best in racingAug 07, 2008 11:00 pm - The past two years, Arlington Park's new polytrack surface has received all kinds of attention. But since 1981, when the first Arlington Million was run, it has been the...
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Contenders, long shots for the big dayAug 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Those readers who have given my selections even a casual glance during my eight-year tenure as Daily Herald handicapper will tell you that on most occasions I am not a C...
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Well-traveled Archipenko draws rail for MillionAug 06, 2008 11:00 pm - According to his South African trainer Michael F. de Kock, the morningline favorite for Saturday's 26th Arlington Million is a very intelligent horse. That horse, Archip...
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Trainer Nafzger, jockey Prado enter Racing HallAug 04, 2008 11:00 pm - SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Jockey Edgar Prado and trainer Carl Nafzger, who between them have three Kentucky Derby wins, led a group of six new inductees into the National...
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Sky Mom flies by, wins Arlington OaksAug 02, 2008 11:00 pm - A thoroughbred owner since 1986 and daughter of the Bill and Corrine Heiligbrodt racing family of Houston, Heather Stark made her first trip to Arlington Park on Saturda...
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Dutrow granted continuance on appeal of suspensionJul 28, 2008 11:00 pm - LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Trainer Rick Dutrow has been granted a continuance by Kentucky horse racing officials, pushing back his appeal of a drug suspension. Dutrow is the trai...
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Layoff perfect for KarelianJul 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Jockey James Graham and Kentucky-based trainer Rusty Arnold have this pattern down pretty well. Give the horse a long layoff, then run in a stakes race at Arlington Park...
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Curlin runs 2nd to Red Rock in Man o'WarJul 12, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - Curlin made it close but finished second in his first test on the turf. Red Rocks took the lead in the stretch and held off the reigning Horse of the Year by ...