Articles filed under Horse Racing
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'On life support': How Illinois' horse racing industry is trying to survive after Arlington's closureMay 06, 2023 1:00 am - The entry of Two Phil's into Saturday's Kentucky Derby may have been a bright spot in an otherwise bleak landscape for the Illinois horse racing industry. The 3-year-old...
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Kentucky Derby favorite Forte scratched from raceMay 06, 2023 1:00 am - LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The early favorite for the Kentucky Derby was scratched Saturday hours before the race. Forte was declared out of the 149th Derby, according to Churchi...
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Mage wins 149th Kentucky Derby; Two Phil's comes in secondMay 06, 2023 1:00 am - LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Mage won the 149th Kentucky Derby on Saturday. Two Phil's trained by North Barrington's Larry Rivelli was second. Mage had only one victory in three ...
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Where did the Arlington Park regulars go? Many ended up at a Prospect Heights OTBMay 05, 2023 5:30 am - Casual horse racing fans watching Saturday's Kentucky Derby might download a phone app to bet on the nation's marquee race while they watch the nationally televised broa...
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Jim O'Donnell: Rivelli now a new kid on the Louisville block with an old Kentucky Derby dreamMay 03, 2023 1:00 am - THE SUN WAS SHINING BRIGHT on Larry Rivelli's brief Kentucky home Wednesday. That home is Barn 1, Stall 1, on the Churchill Downs backstretch. Saturday, the North Barri...
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Arroyo, former jockey and steward, joins Illinois Racing BoardApr 24, 2023 1:00 am - Longtime Illinois horse racing official Eddie Arroyo is the newest member of the Illinois Racing Board. Arroyo, of Wheaton, attended his first meeting last Thursday foll...
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With Two Phil's, North Barrington trainer Rivelli takes aim at his first Kentucky DerbyApr 23, 2023 5:00 am - LARRY RIVELLI SAYS HE STILL gets misty-eyed when he drives past Arlington Park. He has every right to. The 51-year-old North Barrington resident won nine training titles...
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Former Arlington Park marketing chief appointed to racing boardFeb 24, 2023 12:00 am - Arlington Park's former marketing director has been appointed to the Illinois Racing Board. Alyssa Ali Murphy, currently director of marketing for @properties, was chose...
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Jim O'Donnell: Online series about Arlington Park auctions is Kleenex reading for someFeb 05, 2023 4:30 am - AS A GENERAL RULE, autopsy reports are not recommended reading for the "Headspace"/meditation crowd. And some might say that Patti Davis did not produce merely a summary...
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Jim O'Donnell: Churchill Inc. moving Arlington Million from Kentucky to Virginia - but why?Dec 25, 2022 12:00 am - BEFORE THE MAIN BUILDING at Arlington Park is taken down, Bunker Bill Carstanjen and cohorts at Churchill Downs Inc. may want to sift through all of the cinders on the m...