Futurity has lost its luster
Three winners of the Arlington Washington-Futurity during the last 30 years have gone on to excel in Triple Crown races: 1985 Kentucky Derby winner Spend A Buck, 1987 Belmont winner...
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Little Mike makes Vaccarezza proud in Million
The latest chapter in the fairy tale life story of 61-year-old Carlo Vaccarezza was written Saturday at Arlington Park. The Italian immigrant who groomed horses during an Aqueduct winter meeting...
Willcox Inn out to make history in Million
Mike Stidham is asking Willcox Inn to do something in Saturday's Arlington Million that no other Chicago-based horse has done. If the trainer's 12-1 shot outruns his 10 opponents he...
English jockey 1st female to win Beverly D
A 29-year-old jockey from England made history Saturday at Arlington Park when she became the first woman to ride the winner of one of America's richest and most prestigious grass...
Crackerjack King could gain respect for Italian racing
If Crackerjack King reigns in Saturday's Arlington Million perhaps he should enter the record book with an asterisk designating him as the first Italian winner in the 30-year history of...
Tacos cement relationship that helps La Tia to victory
Brian Williamson loves tacos so when the trainer's assistant, Armando Delacerda, touted a Mexican restaurant in Chicago he decided to sample the cuisine. After trying the tacos Williamson decided he...
La Tia stepping up in class in Arlington Oaks
La Tia has been transformed from wallflower to belle of the ball since Brian Williamson started training the 3-year-old filly this spring. After victories by 9 lengths in a maiden...
Rahystrada beats Boisterous by neck
Rahystrada, who didn't succeed the first two times he tried to win the Arlington Million, will try again Aug. 18 after a front-running neck victory over stretch-running 19-10 favorite Boisterous...
Catalano hopes Vertiformer looks like a Million
Wayne Catalano has won nine Arlington Park training titles and set the track's single-season record when he saddled 74 winners in 2007. But he never has run a horse in...
Saint Leon wins $100,000 Arlington Sprint
Front-running Saint Leon, a 2010 refugee from the $5,000 claiming ranks in West Virginia, made his stakes racing debut Saturday in the $100,000 Arlington Sprint, and two of America's most...