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Jockeys compete in the third race of the day prior to the Arlington Million at Arlington International Racecourse on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2014, in Chicago.

Deauville looks to be first 3-year-old winner of Million since 1983

June 11, 2018 at 9:12 p.m.

If the Irish 3-year-old colt Deauville wins Saturday's Arlington Million it will be only the second time in the 34-year-old history of the international race that youth has been served....

Jockey Florent Geroux and The Pizza Man won last year's Arlington Million race at Arlington International Racecourse.

Tryster favorite over defending Million champion The Pizza Man

June 1, 2019 at 4:25 a.m.

It didn't faze The Pizza Man's owner-breeder, Rich Papiese, to see his defending champion projected as a 10-1 outsider when the morning line came out Wednesday for Saturday's 34th running...

Timothy Jones, an innovative hip-hop DJ and radio personality known as Timbuck2, died Saturday of complications from kidney cancer, his family said. He was 34. <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/obituaries/ct-timothy-jones-dj-timbuck2-obituary-20151224-story.html" target="_blank">Read the obituary.</a>

Bill Thayer, longtime general manager at Arlington Park, dies at 89

August 19, 2019 at 12:14 a.m.

Secretariat was the hottest commodity in sports in the summer of 1973 after putting on what is regarded as the finest performance in racing history, winning the Belmont and becoming...

Clouds move in over the grandstands before the Arlington Million.

The Pizza Man delivers Arlington Million’s 1st Illinois-bred winner

August 23, 2019 at 6:28 p.m.

Financially devastated Illinois racing has deteriorated into the Greece of the thoroughbred world, but The Pizza Man returned it to the glory days of yesteryear Saturday when he defeated a...

Jockey Florent Geroux is atop The Pizza Man in this 2014 file photo.

The Pizza Man adds local flavor to field for Arlington Million

August 23, 2019 at 6:27 p.m.

Rich Papiese's Midwest Thoroughbreds Inc. racing stable has become one of the strongest ownership dynasties in American thoroughbred history in a span of six years. But the south suburban tycoon...

Quiet Force becomes a force on grass

August 23, 2019 at 6:26 p.m.

Having a 15-1 morning-line long shot in Saturday's Arlington Million XXXIII doesn't daunt Quiet Force's owner, Kevin Warner, in the least. Brain tumor surgery changes the way one looks at...

Stablemates Big Blue Kitten, Slumber set to duel again in Arlington Million

August 23, 2019 at 6:25 p.m.

The 13-horse lineup for Saturday's Arlington Million XXXIII was announced Wednesday, and the scouting report says trainer Chad Brown will have the two heaviest hitters at the betting windows. Big...

Attorney William McKenna, left, listens as William
"Duke" Johnston, President of Maywood Race track, speaks at the Illinois Racing Board at the Thompson Center on Tuesday.

Lawsuit leaves horse tracks facing bankruptcy, attorney says

August 18, 2019 at 6:27 p.m.

Facing a $78 million lawsuit judgment for involvement in an extortion scandal involving former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, Illinois' only two pari-mutuel standardbred tracks are prepared to file for bankruptcy to...

Red Rifle wins $250,000 Hawthorne Gold Cup

August 19, 2019 at 7:47 a.m.

After beginning the month by winning the $1.5 million Breeders' Cup Sprint aboard Work All Week, jockey Florent Geroux ended the month by winning the Grade II $250,000 Hawthorne Gold...

Cary Street likes long, grinding road

June 18, 2018 at 5:10 a.m.

A 91/4-length victory in the 13/4-mile Las Vegas Marathon at Santa Anita on the first day of last month's Breeders' Cup races suggests Cary Street isn't going to have an...

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