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Arlington Park (formerly known as Arlington International Racecourse) is a former horse race track in the Chicago suburbs of Arlington Heights, Illinois. Once called the Arlington Park Jockey Club , it was located adjacent to the Illinois Route 53 expressway and serviced by the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad .
The Arlington-Washington Breeders' Cup Lassie Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in mid September at Arlington Park Racetrack in Arlington Heights, Illinois. Raced on Polytrack synthetic dirt over a distance of seven furlongs, it is open to Two-Year-Old Fillies and currently offers a purse of $75,000. [1]
The race was hosted by the now defunct Washington Park Race Track in 1943, 1944 and 1945, and by the Hawthorne Race Course in 1985. The Arlington Handicap was run on dirt in 1929–1940, 1942–1953, 1963, 1965–1972, and in 1975. There was no race held in 1940, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1988, 1998, or 1999. In 2022, the event was moved to Churchill ...
The race was first run in 1987, but was not run the following season due to refurbishment at Arlington Park. It became a Grade I race in 1991. [3] It was also not run in 1998/99 as the track was closed during this time. The event was a Breeders' Cup Challenge "Win and You're In" qualifier for the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf. [4]
The race is designed to be a prep for the Breeders' Cup Classic. Inaugurated at the now defunct Washington Park Race Track, in 1958 it was moved to Arlington Park. In 1978 and 1979 it was contested on turf. In 1935 the race was run as the Washington Park Championship Stakes and from 1980 through 1985 as the Washington Park Stakes.
One year and one day after Secretariat's performance at Arlington Park, track management scheduled a race to honor him. The inaugural event was held 30 June 1974 over a distance of 1 + 1 ⁄ 16 miles on the turf. The race was won in an upset with the 39-1 longshot Glossary winning. [6] The event was set with Grade II status.
Arlington Park (29 P) Pages in category "Defunct horse racing venues in Illinois" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. ... Washington Park ...
Articles relative to the now-defunct Arlington Park racetrack in Arlington Heights, Illinois, United States. Pages in category "Arlington Park" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total.