Illinois Derby 2008
Hawthorne Gold Cup 2007
Driven to Succeed in “Chicago” shocker (6/28)
Chicago and Lady Chicago highlight Saturday card (6/27)
Summer survivor contest at Hawthorne Race Course (6/26)
Curtain rises on Hawthorne harness meet (6/23)
Big money, new stakes for Hawthorne’s 2008 harness meet (6/17)
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Diary
The off-season blaaahgs (6/5)
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Features
Meet driver Sam Widger (7/12)
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Illinois County Fairs
April’s Wil named Illinois County Fair Harness Horse of the Month (9/6)
Mrs Grant Ten named Illinois County Fair Harness Horse of the Month (8/5)
Longshot prevails in Taser Gun Pace (8/3)
Field set for Taser Gun Pace (7/30)
Three-year-olds commit to Brown County Fair (7/25)
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Balmoral Park
Balmoral heads into summer break with a pair of trotting stakes (6/22)
2008 Hanover Stakes season underway at Balmoral (6/21)
North & South Side racetracks bet on Crosstown Classic (6/20)
Favorites cruise in Incredible Tillie Stake splits (6/19)
Trotting colts star in Plesac Stake splits (6/18)
Fox Valley Saphron impressive in Mini Me Stakes win (6/16)
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Inter-Track Partners
Stretch Run Sporting Club & Grille opens (11/20)
Lucky Magee’s Racino Grill and Sports Lounge crosses the finish line in record time (4/27)
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Racing Medication and Testing Consortium
RMTC sponsors androgenic anabolic steroids workshop (5/7)
RMTC endorses December 31 deadline for anabolic steroids rule (1/31)
Guidelines for withdrawal times for therapeutic medications now available on RMTC website (6/13)
RMTC board announces model rule on anabolic steroids (2/22)
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Illinois Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association
Purses reduced by ITHA spending (3/6)
ITHA responds (2/9)
Questions for the ITHA (9/7)
An open letter to ITHA Board Members (2/3)
ITHA audit reveals misuse (1/26)
ITHA to provide records (1/17)
Chicago horsemen protest (1/6)
ITHA Backstretch News - May/June
Illinois Horsemen's Benevolent & Protective Assn.
End of season auction at Fairmount Park (9/10)
2 year old filly being raffled to benefit Irion children (9/9)
ILHBPA responds (7/13)
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Illinois Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Foundation
Leading Illinois sire Unreal Zeal dies (10/5)
Friendly Lover moves to Fairberry (10/5)
Summer Mis named Illinois Horse of the Year
ITBOF 2-Year-Old Sale results
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Illinois Harness Horsemen's Association
IHHA & track management sign agreement for 2007 (12/19)
IHHA elects board members (8/21)
11 candidates file for IHHA Board (6/30)
IHHA Announces Hall of Fame Person & Caretaker of the Year Inductee (5/22)
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Illinois Standardbred Owners & Breeders Association
ISOBA accepting 2008 ICF foal photos for website gallery (3/21)
Midwestern Amateur Driving Association Championship Final (9/17)
Amateur driving final at Balmoral Park (10/4)
Lets Get It Started tops Cottonwood Farm yearling sale (9/11)
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Illinois Racing Board
Adopted rules (6/30)
July meeting agenda (6/27)
No June meeting scheduled (6/2)
Proposed rule (5/29)
May meeting results (5/13)
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On TV
Racing television schedule
ABC and ESPN to broadcast 2008 Breeders’ Cup (6/2)
Comcast SportsNet to feature Dan Plesac (2/6)
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NTRA
Breeders' Cup 2007
Eclipse Awards updates
Racing television schedule
Breeders’ Cup Friday is Ladies Day (2/27)
141 horses pre-entered for Breeders’ Cup World Championships (10/17)
Breeders’ Cup Challenge swings into Chicago August 11 (8/1)
Whitney winner Lawyer Ron becomes first Breeders’ Cup Challenge winner to qualify for Breeders’ Cup Classic (7/30)
Good energy is back at Arlington Park (6/29)
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USTA
Racing television schedule
The Hambletonian
Illinois purse subsidies again on hold (7/1)
Candidates file for IHHA Board seats (6/27)
HHYF Summer Camp a huge succcess (6/25)
This Father's Day has special meaning for Brandon Simpson (6/13)
Leo Burns, 93, wins again (6/10)
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Chicago Sun-Times
Legislative special session sparks call for study to impeach Blagojevich (7/2)
Congress eyes horse racing intervention (6/20)
Brown has plenty left to foal around (6/9)
Breaking down (6/8)
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Harness
Blagojevich: A horse is a horse, of course (6/29)
Casinos must pay racetracks (6/5)
Gaming events listings (5/29)
World Cup at local tracks (5/16)
Record night for Oosting (5/12)
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Chicago Tribune
Today's Arlington Line
Mike Paradise's harness line
Barbaro: A champion's fight for recovery
Mike Paradise's harness racing notes (7/2)
Trample steroids (6/28)
Arlington adds Wednesday to racing schedule (6/16)
No answers from Big Brown's camp (6/8)
Balmoral record eight wins for Mike Oosting (6/8)
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The Blood-Horse
Old versus young in Stars in Stripes (7/1)
Arlington riders greet aspiring jockey (6/29)
Leah's Secret scores Chicago Handicap (6/28)
Pletcher sends out trio in Chicago 'Cap (6/26)
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Daily Racing Form
Cloudy's Knight has tough act to follow - his own (7/2)
Stall brings Lattice for Stars and Stripes (7/1)
Cloudy's Knight tries again in Stars and Stripes (6/30)
Leah's Secret ends long drought (6/30)
Shorter trip perfect for Leah's Secret (6/28)
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Thoroughbred Times
Distance specialists square off in Stars and Stripes (6/30)
Leah’s Secret halts winless stretch in Chicago Handicap (6/28)
Calder sale-topper set for Arlington debut (6/19)
Duchossois approves of Churchill’s direction (6/19)
Dreaming of Anna makes all the pace to win Mint Julep (6/14)
Fires moves past Hawley on list of all-time winning jockeys (6/8)
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The Handicapper's Edge
Arlington Park notebook (7/3)
Leah's Secret gets up in time for Chicago (6/28)
Arlington Park notebook (6/26)
Arlington Park notebook (6/19)
Arlington Park notebook (6/12)
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Harness Link
Tony 'the Capo' Verruso notches first win (6/16)
Harness racings greatest traveling sideshow (6/14)
Joe Mazzone's harness racing picks (6/13)
Draw makes Cook County wide-open (6/12)
$100,000 Maywood Colt Pace on tap (6/12)
Welch-entry too tough in Kadabra stake (6/9)
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HarnessRacing.com
IHHA reacts to Illinois riverboat surcharge appeal (7/1)
HHYF camps begin today near Chicago (6/18)
Dewey heads list of 50 eligibles for World Trotting Derby (3/14)
Tetrick is USHWA's Rising Star, Elliott top trainer (12/20)
Before He Cheats rallies to Chester victory (12/14)
Illinos Democrats propose slots for racetracks (12/10)
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The Harness Edge
American National fields set (8/23)
New EPO testing rule introduced today in Illinois (8/21)
Fast times on tap in American-National (8/21)
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Daily Herald
Like father, like son at Arlington Park (7/2)
Leah's Secret 'the one' for Pletcher in Handicap (6/29)
Big Brown trainer: I made drug error (6/27)
Big Brown trainer in trouble over drugs again (6/25)
Santa Anita to rebuild surface (6/24)
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Chicago Suburban News
At season’s end, horses need a home (8/13)
Union strike ends at Hawthorne (7/16)
At racetrack, all bets are off due to strike of local IBEW union (6/24)
Man killed at race course (6/24)
Trainer admits cruelty (6/14)
Off-track betting venture proposed in Mundelein (6/13)
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Daily Southtown
Venues offer March Madness of a different kind (3/6)
First comes a record, then a replica (2/28)
Ryan Anderson, harness driver (11/6)
Horsemen renew call for slots at tracks (10/19)
Crestwood feeling strain as nearby betting parlors gain popularity (10/7)
Plans under way for new OTB, grill location (9/18)
Jockey Meier earns 4,000th career win (9/17)
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News from Europe
Fallon USA ban likely (7/22)
Sir Percy wins Epsom Derby in a photo (6/7)
Darsi takes French Derby (6/7)
Alexandrova gives Kieren Fallon his fourth English Oaks (6/6)
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News feeds
The Kentucky Derby trail begins (1/21)
UPI Thoroughbred Racing Roundup (1/21)
Tetrick named harness driver of the year (11/29)
UPI Thoroughbred Racing Roundup (11/25)
UPI Thoroughbred Racing Roundup (11/18)
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Other media
Casinos continue legal fight against horse tracks (7/2)
Careful, that wire is LIVE! (7/1)
Trainer dedicates life to Thoroughbred racing (6/29)
Horse injury critics need to wake up (6/28)
Speedy send off for Jolly Lester at Midwest Pace (6/26)
Two-year-olds get their turn at Martinsville harness racing (6/25)
Fairmount hopes to sit taller in saddle (6/25)
Three drivers lead pack at Martinsville harness racing (6/24)
A trip around the horse racing track: Trainer, coaxed to Iowa, makes most of his move (6/17)
Miller racing for a great cause (6/16)
Shes So Hot just that at Maywood (6/14)
Father-son jockeys to face off in Father's Day race (6/12)
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The Jockey Club
The Jockey Club announces formation of Thoroughbred Safety Committee (5/8)
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Legislation
Amendment to Senate Bill 2291 - (merger bill)
Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975
Features
Fine Art
Secretariat fine art print released (10/20)
Riverfront Times
One-track mind -- on top of old Fairmount
Citation
Citation: In a Class by Himself
The Pedigree Post
Caressing, champion pouring it on
England's Legend
Silvano, a German with Cal-bred roots
Seabiscuit: An American Legend
Seabiscuit - the movie
Seabiscuit movie trailer
Seabiscuit biography promotional appearances
Seabiscuit biography released
Salon.com
An equine renaissance
The Backstretch
Toddlin' town
Newcity Chicago
Arlington 101
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