ILLINOIS DERBY 2012

Grade III - $500,000
April 7 - 1 1/8 M - 3 year olds
Hawthorne Race Course

Done Talking a first for trainer, 67, and jockey, 24 (5/1)
Done Talking silencing critics (4/24)
Done Talking breezes half-mile in preparation for Kentucky Derby (4/21)
Hawthorne: Done Talking may find himself on bubble for Kentucky Derby (4/8)
Enough said (4/8)
Done Talking wins Illinois Derby (4/7)
Done Talking wins Illinois Derby (4/7)
Done Talking wins Illinois Derby (4/7)
Illinois Derby: Done Talking silences skeptics (4/7)
Illinois Derby recap - Are you Done Talking? (4/7)
Done Talking speaks loudest in Illinois Derby (4/7)
Done Talking upsets $500,000 TVG Illinois Derby (Gr. III) at 13-1 (4/7)
Done Talking delivers Illinois Derby upset (4/7)
Illinois Derby: Done Talking finishes fastest to take Illinois Derby (4/7)
Illinois Derby AM notes (4/7)
Repole looks to sneak in Kentucky Derby back door with Our Entourage (4/6)
Huge field for Saturday’s Illinois Derby (4/6)
Meyerhoffs go for Illinois Gold (4/6)
Illinois Derby updates (4/6)
Derby dreaming at Hawthorne (4/5)
Lukas looking for Kentucky Derby edge at Hawthorne (4/5)
Neil Milbert's Illinois Derby analysis (4/5)
Illinois Derby: Distance, class questions for much of field (4/5)
Illinois Derby could be Pletcher's stepping stone (4/5)
Currency Swap and Our Entourage headline the 2012 Illinois Derby (4/5)
Illinois Derby has spillover 17 entries at Hawthorne (4/4)
Currency Swap heads overflow Illinois Derby field (4/4)
Wide-open Illinois Derby draws 14 (4/4)
Grade III TVG Illinois Derby preview (4/4)
Illinois Derby: A Recent History (4/2)
Hawthorne: Illinois Derby attracting plenty of interest (4/2)
Factoids - 2012 Illinois Derby (4/1)
Illinois Derby sneak peak (3/30)
Two weeks until Illinois Derby (3/23)
Paynter to make next start in Illinois Derby (3/15)
Hawthorne: Illinois Derby on WGN (3/6)
For first time ever, WGN-TV to air Illinois Derby at Hawthorne Race Course (3/6)
Tailgate—Illinois Derby and Hawthorne thinking BLUE (2/21)
Hansen, Union Rags headline list of early Illinois Derby nominations (2/7)

Illinois Derby early nominees
Illinois Derby past performances

Illinois Derby facts and figures

Chicago Barn to Wire Triple Crown updates

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