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$2.1 million in 6-figure stakes at Sportsman's Park in 2002 (11/13)

$500,000 Illinois Derby (GRII) gets $1 million bonus (11/13)

Illinois Champions Day 2002 enriched to $600,000 (11/13)

Simulcast at Sportsman's Sept. 1 - Oct. 30 (8/21)

Meier looks back on successful meet (4/30)

License Fee wires Sixty Sails Handicap (4/29)

Top trainers take Illinois-bred stakes (4/28)

Daylight for Reavis (4/28)

Meandmyloveman sets track record at Sportsman's (again) (4/27)

Lady Melesi -- sticking with the tried and true (4/27)

Reavis double leads to two-win advantage (4/27)

Chris Valovich wins 2,000th race (4/26)

Lady Melesi favored in $300,000 Sixty Sails Handicap (4/26)

Pair of Illinois Sires Stakes top Saturday card (4/24)

Chicago Six in fine fettle after NJC 'Cap victory (4/23)

Illinois-Bred Chicago Six upsets NJC 'Cap field (4/22)

Second leg of Illinois Sires Stakes series on tap Saturday (4/22)

Secret Romeo wins Shamrock Stakes (4/21)

Twenty-six nominated to $300,000 Sixty Sails Handicap (4/21)

Jan Ely earns meet's first training triple (4/20)

Guided Tour heavily favored in Sunday's NJC 'Cap (4/19)

Guided Tour -- a work in progress (4/19)

Lively Minister sets track record at Sportsman's (4/17)

California, New York contribute to Sportsman's big day (4/17)

Meandmyloveman sets track record at Sportsman's (4/16)

Guided Tour likely NJC highweight (4/16)

Scoop upsets Unbridled Lassie in NJC Oaks (4/14)

Graded stakes winners abound in NJC 'Cap nominations (4/14)

Sportsman's Park purses increased (4/13)

Devereux scoring at high percentage (4/13)

Unbridled Lassie, Courageous Maiden top NJC Oaks (4/10)

Rocky Robyn's track record short lived (4/9)

Lady Melesi earns gutsy Lady Hallie victory (4/8)

National Jockey Club Oaks up next (4/8)

Distilled wires field in Illinois Derby (4/7)

Asher, Lady Melesi vie for favoritism in Lady Hallie (4/6)

Illinois Derby Notebook (4/5)

Dream Run, Distilled top $500,000 Illinois Derby (4/3)

Distilled works toward Illinois Derby (4/2)

Sixteen nominated for Lady Hallie Handicap (4/1)

Silva steals show on Illinois Champions Day (3/31)

Meier works Dream Run for Illinois Derby (3/31)

Illinois Derby coming into focus (3/30)

Chicago Six tops Illinois Champions Day races (3/27)

Illinois Champions Day races starting to take shape (3/26)

Chicago Six: good claim wins another stakes (3/25)

Illinois-bred Chicago Six takes Sportsman's Breeders' Cup (3/24)

Illinois Champions Day nominations released (3/24)

Late Illinois Derby nominations close (3/23)

Willowbrook Lane, Chicago Six top Sportsman's Breeders' Cup (3/20)

Lighthouse Lass to have big rooting section (3/19)

Vinci assessing options for Brassy Babe, Adam's Time (3/18)

Remembering Jimmy Powell (3/17)

Sportsman's Park racing canceled Saturday (3/17)

Sportsman's BC draws 22 nominations (3/16)

Eight entered for Saturday's Shamrock Stakes (3/13)

Q. P. Cat: bargain purchase pays big dividends (3/12)

Q. P. Cat nails Capitol View for Cicero win (3/11)

Fifteen nominated for Shamrock Stakes (3/11)

Beasley has rooting interest in Florida Derby (3/10)

Seven to go in Sunday's Cicero Handicap (3/9)

Fan forum scheduled for Friday (3/6)

Opening weekend lucrative for Illinois breds (3/5)

Meier's milestone (3/4)

Tic N Tin pulls upset in Lost Code Handicap (3/3)

Meier on verge of Sportsman's Park record (3/3)

Keeping up with the action - Sportsman's on TV (3/2)

Willowbrook Lane favored in Lost Code (3/1)

Capitol View is ready (2/28)

Lost Code Handicap highlights opening weekend (2/27)

Super Bet heads exotics menu (2/26)

Dooley, Brennan co-host Sportsman's Park replay show (2/23)

Another fast start for Lupe Macias? (2/21)

Matt Garcia makes fresh start in Chicago (2/19)

Agent Fedor hopes for another winning exacta (2/16)

Zoe Cadman to ride entire Sportsman's meet (2/15)

All smiles at the Brueggemann barn (2/14)

Sportsman's, statewide numbers up (1/31)

Sportsman's Park is really 'back on track' (1/24)

Successful start at Sportsman's (1/16)

On-Track Rewards expanded (1/10)

Sportsman's 2001 simulcast season opens Jan. 2 (12/28)

Introducing On-Track Rewards at Sportsman's Park (12/28)

Illinois Derby becomes Kentucky Derby prep (11/14)

Sportsman's announces multi-million dollar improvements (9/18)

Safety concerns allayed by vet (8/21)