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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 North Western Railway .
Washington Park Handicap began 1926, moved to Arlington Park in 1958 [30] Washington Park Futurity Stakes - inaugurated in 1937, it was a race for two-year-olds. In 1959, the race was moved to Chicago's Arlington Park race track, [31] and in 1962 was merged with the Arlington Futurity Stakes to create the Arlington-Washington Futurity Stakes. [32]
"John Henry, at 11, is returning to races" New York Times May 1, 1986 "No Comeback" New York Times August 13, 1986; John Henry's page in the United States' Hall of Fame, with photo and videos; 2005 Bloodhorse.com article Fans Celebrate John Henry's 30th Birthday; Haskin, Steve. John Henry Eclipse Press (2001) ISBN 978-1-58150-150-6
The event was originally raced at Arlington Park in Arlington Heights, Illinois as a supporting stakes race on the Arlington Million racing program. Churchill Downs , whose parent company owns the land of the defunct Arlington Park racetrack, originally planned to run the Secretariat Stakes in 2022, [ 1 ] but the race was not run due to issues ...
John J. Mooney (September 7, 1924 - December 3, 1994) was a Canadian horse racing executive and breeder who served as president of the Ontario Jockey Club, Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society, Laurel Park Racecourse, and Arlington Park.
The Arlington Classic was run at the now defunct Washington Park Racetrack from 1943 through 1945. It was known as the Grand Prix Stakes in 1971, 1972 and 1973 and in 1977 it was made open to horses three-year-olds and up as was labelled as the Arlington Classic Invitational Handicap. There was no race held in 1974, 1975, 1976, 1988, 1998 and 1999.
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Walter Blum (September 28, 1934 – March 14, 2024) was an American jockey who won 4,382 races in a 22-year career. [1] [2] Blum received the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award for being the best jockey of 1964. He won the 1971 Belmont Stakes as the jockey of 34-1 long shot Pass Catcher, which prevented Canonero II from winning the Triple Crown.