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Rare cars park it at Arlington
A little rain—OK, some good downpours—didn't dampen the spirits of classic-car enthusiasts who turned out Sunday for the second annual Barrington Concours d'Elegance, Legends & Legacies at Arlington Park. The event featured 100 rare and...Tags: Oak Brook, Chevrolet, Vehicles, Concours d'Elegance
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Horse racing was his passion
Chicago Tribune reporterAfter John Brown received his bachelor's degree from Ohio State University in the mid-1950s, he went into an unconventional line of work for a college graduate. He got a job grooming horses at a small racetrack in his native Ohio. Then he decided he...Tags: John Brown, Ohio State University, Therapies, Arlington Heights, Washington Park
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Brothers Nicholas will race at Gold Cup
Chicago Tribune reporterBrothers Nicholas will make his open-company stakes racing debut Saturday for trainer Jerry Calvin when the 4-year-old gelding runs in the Grade II $500,000 Hawthorne Gold Cup, the Chicago circuit's richest and most prestigious main track race. It's a...Tags: Bill Walsh
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Big night starts on inside
Chicago Tribune reporterMaxter and My Birthday both took advantage of their inside post positions to gain early leads and went on to win the first two of Saturday's eight Super Night championship races for Illinois-breds at Balmoral Park. But that's where the similarity ends....Tags: 5K Run, Athletics, Track and Field
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Hall of Famer jockey Fires retires
Tribune staff reporterEarlie Fires didn't win the race, but he went out a winner Sunday at Arlington Park. The Hall of Fame jockey announced his retirement in a winner's-circle ceremony after guiding his mount, Manchu Prince, to a fifth-place finish in the fifth race. Fires,...Tags: Gulfstream, Hialeah, Churchill Downs
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Arlington Heights cops warn car owners after string of burglaries
Arlington Heights police are warning residents and commuters not to leave valuables in their vehicles in the wake of 19 car burglaries reported during the first eight days of September. Most of the burglaries involved thieves breaking car windows and...Tags: Metra, Vehicles, Arlington Heights, Theft
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C.S. Silk, Closeout winners at Arlington Park
Chicago Tribune reporterThe $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies will be run Oct. 24 on Santa Anita's synthetic surface, so trainer Dale Romans decided to give C.S. Silk a trial in Saturday's Grade III $150,000 Arlington-Washington Lassie Stakes on Arlington Park's...Tags: Churchill Downs
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Hawthorne in race to keep its dates
Chicago Tribune reporterRival tracks will be ganging up on Hawthorne Race Course at Monday's 2009 racing dates hearings before the Illinois Racing Board. Arlington Park is applying for a slice of Hawthorne's fall thoroughbred schedule, and the Balmoral Park/Maywood Park...Tags: Kentucky Derby
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Arlington gets extra week of racing in 2009
Chicago Tribune reporterArlington Park's pitch to host the 2011 Breeders' Cup got it an extra week of thoroughbred racing next year and Hawthorne Race Course lost its harness meeting as the Illinois Racing Board awarded 2009 dates Monday. The decision to eliminate the Hawthorne...Tags: Government, National Government
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Classes Contemporary/Classical Kathak and Modern Dance: Dancer Archana Kumar leads a workshop on the North Indian dance form, with choreographic structures that interweave contemporary Kathak and modern dance inspired by the narrative quality of Indian...Tags: One Hour Run, Lincoln Park Conservatory, Jackson Park, Lake Shore Drive, Frank Lloyd Wright
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Big Brown gets Breeders' Cup warmup
Tribune reporterTrainer Rick Dutrow believes a financially enhanced race on the grass Saturday at Monmouth Park is tailor-made to prepare Big Brown for the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic on Santa Anita's new Pro-Ride synthetic surface Oct. 25. "I wanted a race 40 days...Tags: Kentucky Derby, Equestrian, Big Brown
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My Dominick James looks like winner
Chicago Tribune reporterAfter coasting to victory in the first three races of his career at three different tracks, My Dominick James has a steep hill to climb to the Breeders' Cup. The Illinois-bred gray gelding will be pitted against 13 opponents in his first graded stakes,...Tags: People, Teen-agers
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