Illinois Racing Board

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IRB assigns 2011 race dates

On September 28, 2010, the Illinois Racing Board approved the following racing schedule for 2011:

THOROUGHBRED

Track	Dates	Live Race Programs	Host Simulcast Programs
Hawthorne Race Course	February 11 through February 28 - racing 2 days per week on Fridays and Saturdays; and March 1 through March 26 - racing 4 days per week on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays; and March 27 through April 30 – racing 5 days per week, dark on Mondays, Thursdays, April 24 (Easter); and October 1 through December 31 - racing 5 days per week, dark Mondays, Tuesdays, November 24 (Thanksgiving), December 24 (Christmas Eve) and December 25 (Christmas). Live racing on December 26.
	HAWTHORNE TOTAL	110	171
Arlington Park Racecourse	Dark “host” periods: January 1 through February 10, May 1 through May 5 and September 26 through September 30 – No Live Racing.
	May 6 through September 5 - racing 4 days per week, dark Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays except live racing on May 30, July 4 and September 5.
	ARLINGTON TOTAL	86	194
	TOTAL UPSTATE THOROUGHBRED	196	365
Fairmount Park	March 15 through September 30, racing 2 and 3 programs per week, Tuesday afternoons, Friday and Saturday evenings.	75	N/A
	TOTAL THOROUGHBRED	271	365

HARNESS

Track	Dates	Live Race Programs	Total Host Programs
Balmoral Park	January 1 through December 31 - racing 3 nights per week, Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, dark on February 6 (Super Bowl), April 24 (Easter), December 24 (Christmas Eve) and December 25 (Christmas).
	BALMORAL TOTAL	153	261
Maywood Park Trotting Association	January 6 through December 30 - racing 2 nights per week, Thursdays and Fridays, dark on November 24 (Thanksgiving).
	MAYWOOD TOTAL	103	104
	TOTAL HARNESS	256	365
	TOTAL THOROUGHBRED AND HARNESS	527	730