Robert Scarborough’s Mauralakana sat comfortably in fourth place throughout the early stages, then swung out with a powerful three-wide move turning for home to capture the Grade I, $750,000 Beverly
The International Festival of Racing, featuring the 26th running of the Grade I Arlington Million tops a 2008 schedule that includes 27 stakes races worth $5,575,000 during 96 days of racing at Arling
Reigning “Horse of the Year” Curlin successfully complete the first step in what could be a journey to Paris to run in the famed Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe with a solid work u
Sassafras Racing & Gulf Coast Farm’s Meal Penalty skimmed the rail, took the lead on the turn and drew off to win the $53,700 Shecky Greene Stakes by two lengths on Saturday at Arlington Park, g
Sassasfras Racing & Gulf Coast Farms’ Meal Penalty dashed to the front right at the start of the $150,000 Arlington Classic and never looked back en route to a three-quarters of a length tally i
Heather Stark’s Sky Mom rallied wide into the stretch to engage front running Dreaming of Liz at the furlong marker, battled that one for a sixteenth of a mile before drawing clear to a one-length v
Jockey Earlie Fires, at age 61 likely in the final season of a brilliant career, is riding like a man half his age and showed again why he was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall o
Frank Calabrese’s Dreaming of Liz wore blinkers for the first time and led every step of the way en route to a neck victory in the $53,300 Sweetest Chant Stakes at Arlington Park on Saturday.
Air France flew first, but European runners also finished second and third when Kamel Chehboub’s French-bred Spirit One stole Chicago’s biggest racing show with an unexpected wire-to-wire win in A
The Fit For a Queen Stakes was named for one of the fastest distaff sprinting fillies to have graced the old dirt track at Arlington Park so it seems only fitting that a track
A patient ride by Arlington Park leading jockey Rene Douglas was instrumental in getting WinStar Farm LLC's Leah's Secret up in the final strides to capture the Grade III $144,500 Chicago Handica
Multiple graded stakes winners Lael Stables’ Precious Kitten, Robert Scarborough’s Mauralakana and locally-based Eclipse Award champion Frank Calabrese’s Dreaming of Anna plus the
Eighty-two different horses, including Millenium Farm’s Rolling Sea, reigning Illinois Horse of the Year, have been nominated to the six stakes races that compr
Michael Cooper & Pamela Ziebarth’s Tizdejavu, winner of consecutive graded turf stakes at Churchill Downs, invades from his Kentucky homebase as the 2-1 morning line favorite in Saturday’s $25
The Breeders' Cup Challenge, a series of automatic qualifying races for the Breeders' Cup World Championships, will be expanded from 24 races to a minimum of 49 races at 12 of North America's pre
Louie Roussel III and Ronnie Lamarque’s Recapturetheglory, fifth behind Triple Crown hopeful Big Brown in the Kentucky Derby four weeks ago, will treat guests with a public half-mile workout Sunday
Trainer Chris Block, the leading conditioner in Prairie State Festival history, added to his win total with two tallies in the ninth edition of the six
Two-time defending champion Cosmonaut, who races in the colors of Flying Zee Stable, has accepted top impost of 118 pounds and will head to post Saturday as the 7-5 morning-line favorite in the 73
J David Banks & Hondo Ranch Inc.'s Lord Carmen circled the field entering the stretch, took the lead inside the furlong grounds and drew clear to win the $100,000 James B.
Lewis Lakin’s Day of Victory, third in the $250,000 Iowa Derby when racing against male rivals last time out, faces foes of her own sex when she heads to post as the 5-2 mor
Jim Tafel LLC’s Coragil Cat, who set an Arlington Polytrack record mile of 1:33.55 in his last start, burst through in mid-stretch and drew off to win the Grade III $100,000
With reigning Horse of the Year Curlin no longer in the mix, South American-bred but North American-based Einstein, hero of Churchill’s Grade I Woodford Reserve Turf Classic on Kentucky
