Neil Milbert

The 21st Arlington Million will be run on Saturday and Neil Milbert picks his 5 favorite races: 1) 1985: The Miracle Million Twenty-six days after Arlington's grandstand and clubhouse were...

Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens feels like "an apprentice who got to ride in the Kentucky Derby" after portraying late jockey George Woolf in the movie "Seabiscuit." Stevens, who...

Sulamani, the world's No. 2-ranked grass horse, is scheduled to arrive Sunday from Europe on a private charter to contest the Arlington Million on Aug. 16. The 4-year-old colt is...

The state's racetracks Thursday made their annual requests to the Illinois Racing Board for next year's racing dates. As often is the case, some of the requests are unlikely to...

Rene Douglas put on one of the finest riding performances in Arlington Park history Thursday afternoon when he took seven of his nine mounts to the winner's circle. The track's...

Before Saturday's 135th Belmont Stakes, Neil Milbert picks the best of the oldest Triple Crown race 1) 1973: Secretariat completes his sweep of the Triple Crown by winning by a...

Hawthorne Race Course will begin its harness meeting Tuesday, featuring 49 straight nights of racing. Post time will be 7:30 every night except Sundays, when the races will begin at...

Full Mandate, a hitherto underachieving $3.2 million yearling acquisition, finally made his stakes racing debut Saturday in Arlington Park's $100,000 Black Tie Affair Handicap and won by a neck in...

They don't make Kentucky Derby horses the way they used to. The iron horse of yesteryear, who had pre-Derby races galore, is virtually obsolete. The prevailing philosophy among trainers is:...

Seven months after being removed from the Illinois Racing Board by former Gov. George Ryan, long-time member Lorna Propes is returning as the new chairman of the regulatory commission. The...