Contact: David Zenner
Dzenner@arlingtonpark.com

‘THE FIELD’ IS WINNING TICKET IN INAUGURAL JOCKEY CHALLENGE WAGER

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (May 28, 2007) – With three wins for a total of $33.20, “all other jockeys” was the winning bet in Arlington Park’s Jockey Challenge Wager. “All other jockeys” (a.k.a. “the field”) was sent off as the 8-5 wagering favorite and returned $5.40. There was only win wagering in the Jockey Challenge Wager.

The innovative wager required bettors to select the jockey that would accumulate the highest combined win payouts during Monday’s fourth through ninth races. The number of winning mounts during the sequence was inconsequential – only combined win payouts mattered. Arlington Park offered wagering on seven individual jockeys and an eighth option consisting of all other riders.

The winners of the six races included in the Jockey Challenge Wager, riders and payoffs were:

Race 4 – #4 – Xcellent Thunder (Israel Ocampo, $5.60)
Race 5 – #10 – Seattle Splash (Rafael Mojica, Jr.*, $6.60)
Race 6 – #1 – Proud and Bold (E. T. Baird*, $6.80)
Race 7 – #4 – Rey Del Sol (Eduardo Perez, $9.00)
Race 8 – #3 – Tom Archdeacon (Larry Sterling, Jr.*, $19.80)
Race 9 – #7 – Sanguinity (James Graham, $9.20)

* - denotes jockey part of the “all other jockeys” wagering interest

The total pool on the Jockey Challenge Wager was $6,201. The Jockey Challenge Wager will be offered four more times during the 2007 Arlington Park meet – on Father’s Day (June 17), July 4, Arlington Million Day (Aug. 11) and Labor Day (Sept. 3).

Arlington Park – the Chicago area’s premier Thoroughbred racetrack located in Arlington Heights, Ill. – will run a 94-day meet in 2007 from Friday, May 4 through Sunday, Sept. 16. Arlington Park, whose parent company is Churchill Downs Incorporated (Nasdaq: CHDN), also operates nine off-track, simulcast-wagering facilities: Trackside Arlington Park (Arlington Heights), Trackside Chicago, Trackside Quad City Downs (East Moline), Trackside Rockford, Trackside Waukegan, Fat Sam’s Bar & Grill featuring Trackside OTB in Lockport, Lucky’s featuring Trackside OTB in South Elgin, Nicolino’s featuring Trackside OTB in McHenry and The Inferno featuring Trackside OTB in South Beloit. Information on Arlington Park can be found online at www.arlingtonpark.com.