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Contract accord ensures Kentucky Derby wagering in Illinois

December 24, 2018 at 10:09 a.m.

Arlington Park and the Illinois Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association agreed to a 2012 contract shortly before midnight Wednesday, ensuring that patrons of Illinois racetracks and off-track betting parlors will be able...

Arlington Park gets its way on race days

December 24, 2018 at 1:58 a.m.

After much discussion during an emergency meeting, the Illinois Racing Board voted 4-3 Monday to excuse a statutory snafu by Arlington Park and grant the track's request to race Wednesday...

Horsemen, Arlington squabble coming down to wire

December 24, 2018 at 1:25 a.m.

With the May 4 start of the Arlington Park racing season looming, the track and the Illinois Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association have a major disagreement over terms of a new contract....

Illinois Champions Day Saturday at Hawthorne

December 24, 2018 at 1:23 a.m.

Giant Oak's three-year reign as king of the Illinois-breds has ended and he has left the racetrack to lead a life of romance as a stallion at Millenium Farms in...

She’s All In wins Sixty Sails Handicap at Hawthorne

December 24, 2018 at 12:52 a.m.

The answer was instantaneous when trainer Donnie Von Hemel was asked if Saturday's Grade III $200,000 Sixty Sails Handicap was the best race of She's All In's 23-race career. "Without...

Arena Elvira looking for 6th straight in Sixty Sails at Hawthorne

December 24, 2018 at 12:33 a.m.

It seems as though middle-aged mare Arena Elvira is getting forgetful. Evidently, she doesn't remember how to lose. The 4-1 second choice on the morning line for Saturday's Grade III...

Done Talking states case in Illinois Derby

December 23, 2018 at 11:03 p.m.

Done Talking made a powerful argument in Saturday's Grade II $500,000 Illinois Derby. Barging between horses down the Hawthorne Race Course stretch, his body talk convinced trainer Hamilton Smith that...

Lukas looking for Kentucky Derby edge at Hawthorne

December 23, 2018 at 10:49 p.m.

D. Wayne Lukas didn't have a horse in the 2002 Illinois Derby. Nevertheless, it's a race he never will forget. A few days after War Emblem won it by 6...

Horsemen’s president claims Arlington discriminating against him

December 23, 2018 at 10:40 p.m.

More fuel has been poured into the fire in the feud between Arlington Park Chairman Dick Duchossois and Illinois Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association President Mike Campbell. The tentative stall list for...

Illinois’ Gonzalez pulls off upset in Big Ten wrestling tournament

December 23, 2018 at 9:27 p.m.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Fifth-seeded Mario Gonzalez of Illinois pulled off the biggest upset of Sunday's Big Ten wrestling championships when he recorded a 10-4 decision over Indiana's second-seeded Matt...

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