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The Board enjoys jurisdiction, supervision, powers, and duties over every person who holds or conducts any race meeting within the state of Illinois where horse racing is permitted for any stake, purse, or reward. Toward this end, the Board enforces rules and regulations to ensure the honesty and integrity of Illinois horse racing and wagering.
Richard Louis Duchossois (pronounced DUCH-ah-swah [needs IPA]; October 7, 1921 – January 28, 2022) was an American businessman and racehorse owner.He was the founder and chairman of The Duchossois Group, Inc., a family-owned company headquartered in Elmhurst, Illinois that had ownership stakes in Arlington Park and Churchill Downs race tracks, and did rail car and defense manufacturing.
Lucy Reum from the 1969–1970 Illinois Blue Book.. Lucy Reum (July 15, 1914 – July 18, 2005) was a delegate to the Sixth Illinois Constitutional Convention and a horse racing industry reformer.
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The first horse to work out was Camden's mare Rothermel. Miss Rosedale won the first race contested. The inaugural card featured the $5,000 Joliet Stakes for 2 year-old colts and geldings. The certificate system of wagering was used since pari-mutuel wagering was not made legal in Illinois until July 1, 1927.
Chuck Winner, former chairman of the California Horse Racing Board, who set the stage for reforms in the state after the Santa Anita fatality crisis in 2019, died Thursday of natural causes.He was 81.
Fanduel Sportsbook and Horse Racing, formerly Fairmount Park Racetrack, is a horse racing track in Collinsville, Illinois, a part of the St. Louis metropolitan area. The track hosts Thoroughbred flat racing. It is one of two horse racing venues currently active in Illinois, and the only one outside the Chicago, Illinois metro area.
In 2015, The Pizza Man became the lone horse bred in Illinois to win the Million. No races were held at Arlington International Racecourse in 1998 or 1999, as the Illinois horse racing authorities did not authorise dates for the track. Starting in 1991, timing was arranged to hundredths.