Archive for the ‘Horse Racing Tracks – USA’ Category
Alameda County Fairgrounds
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Alameda County Fairgrounds
4501 Pleasanton Avenue
Pleasanton, California 94566-7001
United States
Telephone: (925) 426 7600
Anthony Downs
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Anthony Downs
521 East Sherman
Anthony, Kansas 67003
United States
Telephone: (620) 842 3796
Apache County Fairgrounds
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Apache County Fairgrounds
825 West Fourth Street North
St. Johns, Arizona 85936
United States
Telephone: (928) 377 4887
Arapahoe Park
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Arapahoe Park
26000 East Quincy Avenue
Aurora, Colorado 80016-0370
United States
Telephone: (303) 690 2400
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (wikipedia.org)
Arapahoe Park is a horse-racing track in Arapahoe County, just outside Aurora, Colorado that is (as of 2011) for sale by the broker Cushman-Wakefield. The track hosts Thoroughbred, Quarter Horse, Paint Horse and Arabian horse racing.
The 2011 season opened Saturday, May 28 and is scheduled to continue through Sunday, August 21. There is live racing every Friday, Saturday and Sunday. There is no racing the Fridays before Memorial Day and Independence Day, but there will be live racing both of those Mondays.
Arlington Park
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Arlington Park
2200 West Euclid Avenue
Arlington Heights, Illinois 60006
United States
Telephone: (847) 385 7500
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (wikipedia.org)
Arlington Park is a horse race track in the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights, Illinois. Horse racing in the Chicago region has been a popular sport since the early days of the city in the 1830s, and at one time Chicago had more horse racing tracks (six) than any other major metropolitan area. Arlington Park was the site of the first thoroughbred race with a million-dollar purse in 1981. It is located conveniently near the Illinois Route 53 freeway.
Arlington Park was founded by California businessman Harry D. “Curly” Brown who would later serve as president of Oriental Park Racetrack in Havana, Cuba. The track officially opened in 1927 to 20,000 spectators. Jockey Joe Bollero, who later became a successful trainer, rode Luxembourg to victory in the first race ever run at Arlington.
Benjamin F. Lindheimer acquired control of Arlington Park in 1940 and owned it until his death in 1960. Long involved with the business, adopted daughter Marjorie Lindheimer Everett then took over management of the racetrack. Widely respected Hall of Fame trainer Jimmy Jones of Calumet Farms was quoted by Sports Illustrated as saying that Lindheimer “was the savior of Chicago racing” and that “Arlington Park became the finest track in the world—certainly the finest I’ve ever been on.” Benjamin Lindheimer is well remembered as the person who promoted the 1955 match race broadcast by CBS Television in which Preakness and Belmont Stakes winner Nashua defeated Kentucky Derby winner, Swaps.
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 totalisator which allowed a credible tote board and decreased time between races, in 1933. In 1936 it added a photo finish camera. It introduced the first electric starting gate in 1940, the largest closed circuit TV system in all of sports in 1967 and the introduction of trifecta wagering in 1971.
In 1981 Arlington was the home of the world’s first million dollar thoroughbred race: The Arlington Million. The result of that race is immortalized in bronze at the top of the paddock at Arlington, where a statue of jockey Bill Shoemaker riding John Henry to a thrilling come-from-behind victory over 40-1 long shot The Bart celebrates Thoroughbred racing’s inaugural million dollar race.
Arlington entered a new era when Richard L. Duchossois led an Illinois investment group to purchase the track from its former owners and made a pledge to continue presenting championship racing. That was tested on July 31, 1985, when a small fire spread quickly out of control and completely destroyed the grandstand and clubhouse.
Unsure of the future of Arlington, the meet was moved to Hawthorne Race Course. Yet it was announced that the Arlington Million would still be held at Arlington Park. On August 25, 1985 they did just that by using temporary bleachers. The track fully reopened in 1989.
In 2000, Arlington reopened after a two-year shutdown. In September of that year, Churchill Downs Incorporated completed its purchase of the track.
Arlington hosted the 2002 Breeders’ Cup World Thoroughbred Championships at their track.
The track has a one mile and one-eighth dirt oval and a one mile turf oval. The track is capable of seating at least 50,000 with extension. There is stabling on the backstretch for over 2,000 horses.
Arlington Park replaced its dirt course with a synthetic track prior to the opening of the 2007 season.
The following graded stakes are run at Arlington Park:
Grade I
- Arlington Million
- Beverly D. Stakes
- Secretariat Stakes
Grade II
- American Derby
Grade III
- Arlington Classic Stakes
- Arlington Handicap
- Arlington Matron Handicap
- Arlington Oaks
- Arlington-Washington Futurity Stakes
- Arlington-Washington Lassie Stakes
- Chicago Handicap
- Hanshin Cup Handicap
- Modesty Handicap
- Pucker Up Stakes
- Sea o’Erin Stakes
- Stars and Stripes Turf Handicap
- Washington Park Handicap
Listed
- Arlington Sprint Handicap
- Isaac Murphy Handicap
- Lincoln Heritage Handicap
- Round Table Stakes (on hiatus)
- American 1000 Guineas Stakes
