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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.
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.
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 event is a supporting stakes race on the Arlington Million racing program. Churchill Downs, whose parent company owns the land of the defunct Arlington Park racetrack, hosted the Beverly D. Stakes in 2022. [1] The 2023 race was run at Churchill-owned Colonial Downs in Virginia. [2]
The Secretariat Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds over a distance of one mile on the turf.The event was originally raced at Arlington Park in Arlington Heights, Illinois as a supporting stakes race on the Arlington Million racing program.
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 is the first thoroughbred race to offer a purse of US$1,000,000. It is part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series, and the winner automatically qualifies for the Breeders' Cup Turf. [2] Churchill Downs, whose parent company owned the land of the defunct Arlington Park racetrack, hosted the Arlington Million in 2022. [3]
The Sea o'Erin Stakes was American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in early September at Arlington Park racetrack in Arlington Heights, Illinois.A Grade III event open to horses age three and older, it was contested on turf over a distance of one mile (8 furlongs).