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Articles relative to the now-defunct Arlington Park racetrack in Arlington Heights, Illinois, United States. Pages in category "Arlington Park" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total.
Arlington Park looking west in 2022. Arlington was the first track to install a public-address system and employed the pioneering race caller Clem McCarthy to describe the action. It added the first electric totalizator which allowed a credible tote board and decreased time between races, in 1933. In 1936 it added a photo finish camera.
Phil Georgeff (/ ˌ dʒ ɔːr ˈ dʒ ɛ f /) (January 1, 1931 – November 7, 2016) was a racetrack announcer from the Chicago area.. Known as "the voice of Chicago racing," he called races at venues including Arlington Park, Hawthorne Race Course, and Sportsman's Park from 1959 to 1992.
The race was inaugurated in 1941 at Arlington Park as the Equipoise Mile in honor of the great colt Equipoise. It was raced under that name from 1941 through 1963 and in 1966 and 1967. In 1964 and 1965 it was raced as the Equipoise Handicap then from 1968 through 1997. The race was hosted by the Washington Park Race Track from 1943 through 1945 ...
The Isaac Murphy Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in late June at Arlington Park racetrack in a suburb of Chicago, Illinois.The race is run on Polytrack synthetic dirt and is open to fillies and mares, age three and older who were bred in the State of Illinois.
Held annually in mid August, it was held on the same racecard as the Arlington Million, Beverly D. Stakes and Secretariat Stakes and on the same turf course at Arlington Park, Arlington Heights, Illinois. The race was upgraded to Grade 3 status in 2015. It was dropped from Arlington Park's calendar in 2018. [1]
The Pucker Up Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race for 3-year-old fillies held annually in early September at Arlington Park race track near Chicago, Illinois. A Grade III event, it is contested over a distance of 9 furlongs (1 1/8 miles) on turf. [1] In 2022, it will be moved to Churchill Downs. [2]
The Arlington Million Trophy is one that was commissioned in 1984 and stays on display at Arlington Park in Arlington Heights, Illinois year round. Arlington Park is owned by Churchill Downs Incorporated and the parent company lists the Arlington Million as one of the country's most important races behind the Kentucky Derby and the Kentucky Oaks .