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Hawthorne Racecourse
Illinois Derby
Hawthorne Gold Cup
Added purses, racing days lead to increases in handle for Hawthorne fall meet (12/31)
Final day of fall Thoroughbred meet at Hawthorne (12/31)
Full fields at Hawthorne (12/29)
Closing week at Hawthorne (12/28)
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Balmoral Park
$8,360 carryover and $30,000 guarantee at Balmoral Wednesday (1/31)
Sunday Players Guide for Balmoral Park (1/29)
Saturday Pick 4 players have big advantage with $11,662 carryover (1/27)
Wednesday Players Guide for Balmoral Park (1/24)
Sunday night racing averaging over $100,000 per race (1/22)
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Maywood Park
Maywood Park cancels live racing program for January 20 (1/20)
RIP Bob Larry (1/13)
Rich N Fancy sweeps Incredible Finale Series (12/16)
He’s So Hot scorches rivals in Cole Muffler Stake (11/26)
Betterthancheddar romps in Windy City Pace (11/19)
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Fairmount Park
Fairmount Park launches 2011 Thoroughbred racing season (3/9)
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Arlington Park
Arlington Million 2011
Arlington to run 26 stakes in 2012 worth $5.8 million (1/24)
Arlington Park transition to United Tote complete (1/6)
Stacelita and Gio Ponti top list of 20 Arlington-raced horses on list of Breeders’ Cup pre-entered horses (10/26)
Trackside Fall 2011 Thoroughbred handicapping series announced (10/4)
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Arlington Park Blogs
Dan Pavlik picks five, wins Vegas trip for fall, 2011 (12/20)
Arlington Fall Series of Handicapping Contests begins October 22, 2011 (10/21)
Steve Taylor high-fives way to Vegas (8/27)
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Illinois County Fairs
Illinois State Fair races cancelled on Wednesday (8/19)
Monday’s Springfield card postponed (8/17)
Jordan’s Jewell named Illinois County Fair Horse of the Month (7/18)
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Inter-Track Partners
Stretch Run Sporting Club & Grille opens (11/20)
Lucky Magee’s Racino Grill and Sports Lounge crosses the finish line in record time (4/27)
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Racing Medication and Testing Consortium
RMTC committees provide updates (10/10)
RMTC approves new policy recommendations based on reports from its race day medication committees (8/4)
RMTC makes therapeutic withdrawal time recommendations (10/20)
RMTC eagerly anticipates NSAID discussion when RCI Model Rules Committee convenes in July (6/11)
RMTC recommends new phenylbutazone threshold level (4/15)
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Racing Officials Accreditation Program
ROAP Apprentice Program announces first host track (1/6)
ROAP approves strategic plan and apprentice program (9/2)
Bowker re-elected chairman of ROAP; 2010 stewards’ points of emphasis set (4/16)
ROAP announces upcoming continuing education seminars (2/12)
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Illinois Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association
Congratulations Richard and Karen Papiese (1/17)
ITHA focused on successful 2012 (1/17)
January training hours at Hawthorne (12/28)
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Illinois Horsemen's Benevolent & Protective Assn.
Horsemen Helping Horsemen
Reason for Fairmount purse adjustment (7/7)
Wainwright re-elected Illinois HBPA president (6/9)
Fairmount Park, HBPA institute anti-slaughter policy (1/9)
End of season auction at Fairmount Park (9/10)
2 year old filly being raffled to benefit Irion children (9/9)
ILHBPA responds (7/13)
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Illinois Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Foundation
Giant Oak named 2010 Illinois Horse of the Year (2/15)
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Illinois Harness Horsemen's Association
Mike Paradise's harness line
Mike Paradise's Notes & Quotes
Illinois gambling market not saturated according to report (11/23)
Illinois horsemen support revised gambling bill (11/9)
Illinois gaming bill is about agriculture, jobs (6/8)
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Illinois Standardbred Owners & Breeders Association
July 3 ISOBA harness racing Summer Preview added (6/29)
Post time for ISOBA Preview delayed until 3 pm (6/19)
Post time change for ISOBA Summer Previews (6/9)
Announcing new ISOBA June race program (6/5)
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Illinois Quarter Horse Race Association
Szymski and Bohlman to Illinois Quarter Horse Race Association (1/11)
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Illinois Racing Board
January IRB meeting summary (1/31)
January IRB meeting agenda (1/19)
December IRB meeting summary (12/20)
December IRB meeting agenda (12/12)
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On TV
Racing television schedule
Road to the Kentucky Derby TV series announced (11/8)
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NTRA
Breeders' Cup
Eclipse Awards updates
Racing television schedule
2011 Eclipse Award finalists are announced (1/5)
Hawthorne Race Course to host DRF/NHC Super Qualifier (10/28)
Arlington Park earns re-accreditation from the NTRA Safety and Integrity Alliance (7/8)
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USTA
Racing television schedule
The Hambletonian
Willis hopes for top 2012 campaign with GJ Photo Victory (1/6)
Owner proposes certification plan for horsemen (12/6)
ASAP seeks transport for horse at Balmoral (11/16)
Miller’s time arrives in Chicago (11/15)
Stan Bergstein, 87, dies (11/2)
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Chicago Sun-Times
Orland Hills lands OTB parlor (12/20)
Link: Wait until next year on gaming bill (11/30)
A racetrack deal? (11/23)
Owner: Someone tried to kill horse (11/21)
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Harness
Man pleads guilty in fatal drunken driving wreck at Balmoral (1/9)
Horsemen urged to tell Quinn to OK slots at tracks (6/13)
Illinois House OKs casino for Chicago (5/30)
Injured woman reflects on friend’s death at Balmoral Park (5/27)
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Chicago Tribune
Barbaro: A champion's fight for recovery
Filly Havre de Grace wins Horse of the Year (1/16)
Quinn optimistic about odds for Chicago casino agreement this year (1/6)
Elmer Polzin: Longtime horse-racing handicapper for the Tribune (1/5)
Charlie Springer: Chicago-area horseman worked with '02 Kentucky Derby winner (12/9)
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The Blood-Horse
Fairmount Park purses to jump 20% in 2012 (1/27)
Arlington boosts stakes; adds St. Leger (1/24)
Grade I winner Never Retreat retired (1/2)
Giant Oak retired to Millennium Farms (1/2)
Hawthorne ties purse money to field size (12/26)
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Daily Racing Form
The Inside Post
Arlington Park: Casino windfall boosts stakes schedule; new $400K race added (1/24)
Fair Grounds: Real Power out to show his grass form (1/24)
Churchill Downs Inc. and Jockeys' Guild reach agreement (1/23)
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Thoroughbred Times
Arlington Park to run 26 stakes, adds new race (1/24)
Chicago handicapper Polzin dies (1/5)
Jockeys’ Guild takes battle with Churchill to Illinois (12/3)
Plan calls for slight reduction in graded stakes next year (12/1)
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The Handicapper's Edge
Arlington St Leger a new addition to Arlington stakes slate (1/24)
Gio Ponti retired to Castleton Lyons (11/8)
Gio Ponti seeks to continue brilliance in Breeders' Cup (10/27)
Stacelita readies for Filly & Mare Turf (10/27)
Willcox Inn monster of the Midway in Hawthorne Derby (10/15)
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Midwest Thoroughbred Magazine
The “Racetracker’s Journalist” (1/9)
A preview of Saturday’s Jim Edgar Futurity at Hawthorne (12/9)
Class Break wins the Pat Whitworth Illinois Debutante (12/3)
A big weekend at Hawthorne (10/22)
It’s all about Willcox Inn in the TVG Hawthorne Gold Cup (10/16)
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Illini Harness Racing
Super Night and Breeders Crown Champ trying to rebound (9/4)
Records fall at Charleston in Illinois Stallion Stakes (7/28)
Delong making a name for himself (5/13)
Maywood stewards make accurate calls (4/29)
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Harness Link
Father-son duo to receive Excellence Award (1/11)
RCI appoints several new committee chairs (12/16)
Sports degree swapped for a driving career (12/14)
Who exactly is Balmoral Park's Tom Kelley? (12/10)
Tom T. - the oldest of the 3 Tetrick brothers (12/8)
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HarnessRacing.com
Balmoral adds day of racing in 2012 (9/27)
Good news in Illinois! Purses to receive boost (8/10)
Still hope for slots at Illinois tracks (5/27)
Tragedy at Balmoral Park (4/11)
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The Harness Edge
Backstretch brush propels Mojito Hall (3/12)
Fox Valley Absolut goes right down the road (1/8)
ISOBA Stake won by Power Of A Moment (10/15)
Fox Valley Oracle delivers in ISOBA Stake (10/14)
Southern Maebelle scores In ISOBA Stake (10/10)
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Daily Herald
Could Arlington Park get cash from casinos instead of slots? (1/20)
Rivers Casino buoys state tax take — but for how long? (1/9)
Cullerton: Trying for gambling expansion again (1/3)
Failing gambling proposals: An annual rite of Springfield (11/14)
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Pioneer Local
Village Board scolds OTB, eatery (12/7)
A Million stories: A season at Arlington Park (10/11)
Patience rewarded at International Festival of Racing (8/22)
Tough enough: Veteran jockeys ride for the cause (8/20)
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ESPN Chicago
Hawthorne Gold Cup scouting report (10/2)
Arlington meet closes, debate continues (9/21)
Arlington Futurity scouting report (9/4)
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Chicago Suburban News
At season’s end, horses need a home (8/13)
Union strike ends at Hawthorne (7/16)
At racetrack, all bets are off due to strike of local IBEW union (6/24)
Man killed at race course (6/24)
Trainer admits cruelty (6/14)
Off-track betting venture proposed in Mundelein (6/13)
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Daily Southtown
Gambling bill coming but problems remain (11/10)
Horse tracks hope to hit on slots (11/9)
Venues offer March Madness of a different kind (3/6)
First comes a record, then a replica (2/28)
Ryan Anderson, harness driver (11/6)
Horsemen renew call for slots at tracks (10/19)
Crestwood feeling strain as nearby betting parlors gain popularity (10/7)
Plans under way for new OTB, grill location (9/18)
Jockey Meier earns 4,000th career win (9/17)
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News from Europe
Jockey Silvestre de Sousa aims to be leading rider (10/14)
Jockey Hughes takes a stand against the whip rule (10/14)
Frankel is the talk of the racing world as Champions Day at Ascot draws near (10/13)
Danedream dominates Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (10/3)
Christophe Lemaire seeks first Arc win with Sarafina (9/29)
Fallon USA ban likely (7/22)
Sir Percy wins Epsom Derby in a photo (6/7)
Darsi takes French Derby (6/7)
Alexandrova gives Kieren Fallon his fourth English Oaks (6/6)
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News feeds
The Kentucky Derby trail begins (1/21)
UPI Thoroughbred Racing Roundup (1/21)
Tetrick named harness driver of the year (11/29)
UPI Thoroughbred Racing Roundup (11/25)
UPI Thoroughbred Racing Roundup (11/18)
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Other media
Father-son duo from Clinton win harness racing award (2/1)
Chicago Heights police seek help identifying woman found dead in snow (1/22)
J.R. Smith Sr. should claim a spot in the Fair Grounds Hall of Fame (1/13)
Lloyd Arnold passes (1/9)
Fire reported above barn at Hawthorne Race Course (1/3)
Giant Oak retired after four-year career, will stand at Millennium (1/2)
A Blagojevich focused on horse racing, not horse trading (12/28)
The $300,000 crapshoot (12/27)
Two Bucks To Show: More than a wager (12/20)
Racing Board OKs OTB for Orland Hills (12/20)
Illinois Racing Board to consider Trackside OTB for Orland Hills (12/12)
Block takes top two spots in Edgar Futurity (12/11)
Wintering with juvenile statebreds Part 2 (12/9)
Interesting mix in Jim Edgar Illinois Futurity (12/8)
Sarno, Silver and Zenner re-elected to Turf Publicists posts (12/6)
Churchill Downs Inc. explains stance on Jockeys' Guild payments (12/6)
Suntracer, Friendly Banter Vie in Friday's Woodchopper (11/23)
Fat Sam's wants OTB in southwest burbs (11/20)
TrackNotes: Lost faith in a ruined sport (11/11)
Carter trainees top Am-Nat contenders (11/6)
TrackNotes: Whither Illinois' Giant Oak? And other pressing issues (10/28)
UPI Thoroughbred Racing Roundup (10/24)
OTB on the move, but where? (10/22)
Lifeline: R Gauwitz Hanover (10/15)
TrackNotes: See you at the Haw (10/7)
Balmoral Park hosts inaugural Oktoberfest today (10/1)
Fairmount Park unveils 2012 season with historically high purses (9/29)
Fairmount Park gets 67 racing dates for 2012 (9/28)
Illinois 2012 schedule left unchanged; Arlington "bewildered" (9/27)
Fairmount's top jockey rides with a Zen-like calm (9/23)
Horse racing tracks fighting for their lives as local casinos pull away gamblers (9/2)
NFA grad’s horse runs Saturday in Chicago stakes race (9/2)
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The Jockey Club
Hansen, Union Rags are high weights on 2011 Experimental Free Handicap (2/2)
The Jockey Club launches incentive program for Thoroughbred sport horses (10/14)
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Legislation
Amendment to Senate Bill 2291 - (merger bill)
Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975
Features
Fine Art
Secretariat fine art print released (10/20)
Riverfront Times
One-track mind -- on top of old Fairmount
Citation
Citation: In a Class by Himself
The Pedigree Post
Caressing, champion pouring it on
England's Legend
Silvano, a German with Cal-bred roots
Seabiscuit: An American Legend
Seabiscuit - the movie
Seabiscuit movie trailer
Seabiscuit biography promotional appearances
Seabiscuit biography released
Salon.com
An equine renaissance
The Backstretch
Toddlin' town
Newcity Chicago
Arlington 101
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Hawthorne Diary
The off-season blaaahgs (6/5)
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Hawthorne Features
Meet driver Sam Widger (7/12)
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