Articles filed under Horse Racing
-
O'Donnell: Decision day appears to be June 18 for Arlington ParkJun 08, 2020 1:00 am - THE CHARADE HAS DEVOLVED into numbingly repetitive bad theater. Bill Carstanjen and Churchill Downs Inc. have no contract with the Illinois Thoroughbred Horseman's Assoc...
-
Amid lingering contract dispute, decision on live racing at Arlington delayedJun 08, 2020 1:00 am - Still without a contract between Arlington International Racecourse and horsemen in hand, the Illinois Racing Board on Monday delayed a decision on the track's request t...
-
No agreement Saturday in stalemate between Arlington Park and horsemenJun 06, 2020 1:00 am - THE BALL OF CONFUSION continued Saturday regarding live 2020 racing at Arlington Park. During an extraordinary five-hour meeting, no agreement was reached on a new contr...
-
Arlington Park OK with racing without fans, but it still needs a deal with horsemenJun 05, 2020 1:00 am - While Arlington Park's president says the track now is willing to race without fans, members of a state agency Friday delayed a vote to grant meet dates for this year as...
-
O'Donnell: Cavalry arriving at Arlington? Emergency Racing Board meeting FridayJun 03, 2020 1:00 am - ARE THOSE SKELETONS rattling at Northwest Highway and Wilke a renewed possibility of some sort of live thoroughbred racing at Arlington Park this summer? Or is it merely...
-
O'Donnell: Arlington mouses behind as Pritzker OKs resumption of racingMay 29, 2020 1:00 am - LIVE HORSE RACING in Illinois is being given the green light to resume next week. But not a creature will be stirring at Arlington Park. Not even an out-of-state corpora...
-
Two horse racing tracks at the starting gates, but will Arlington scratch?May 27, 2020 1:00 am - It'll be post time for live horse racing without spectators at two of Illinois' three racetracks as soon as next week, but some fear the third - Arlington International ...
-
O'Donnell: Fate of summer at Arlington Park still unknownMay 22, 2020 1:00 am - "THE LITTLE RASCALS" always seemed to have one surefire plan: Spanky, Alfalfa and Darla would put on a show - and the whole gang would come. Apparently, that's how manag...
-
Pritzker casts doubt on Arlington plan for spectators at track this summerMay 22, 2020 1:00 am - The president of Arlington International Racecourse said Friday the plan to reopen this summer "is not possible" without spectators in the grandstand, but Gov. J.B. Prit...
-
Amid concerns with backstretch, Arlington Park won't open 'anytime soon'Apr 24, 2020 5:00 am - Arlington International Racecourse won't start its 2020 racing season "anytime soon," officials said Friday, but they're still holding out hope for some type of shortene...