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Arlington Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Arlington Park is a horse race track in the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights, Illinois. Arlington Park was the site of the first horse race with a million-dollar purse in 1981. Arlington was the first track to install a public-address system and employed the pioneering race caller Clem McCarthy to describe the action. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Arlington_Park   (447 words)

Arlington Heights, Illinois - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Arlington Heights is a village in Cook County, Illinois and a northwestern suburb of Chicago, Illinois. Arlington Heights is known for Arlington Park Race Track, home of the Arlington Million, a Breeders' Cup qualifying event; also hosted the Breeders' Cup Classic in 2002. A decision of the Arlington Heights Village Board to reject a rezoning request in 1971 was appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, in Village of Arlington Heights v. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Arlington_Heights,_Illinois   (1062 words)

Arlington Park Racetrack. Horse Racing. Betmaker.com Arlington sincerely believes that a clean floor is as much a marketing tool as an advertised premium giveaway; that a smiling and forthcoming guest relations staff is as much a marketing tool as a radio commercial; that flowers and landscaping are as much marketing tools as television commercials. With the future of Arlington in doubt after the fire, the meet was shifted to Hawthorne racetrack and it was announced that the Arlington Million would be held at Arlington on August 25, 1985 by using temporary bleachers. A living and growing symbol of the relationship between Arlington and Japanese racing is a commemorative cherry tree planted in the Arlington paddock by the Japan Racing Association, to commemorate Golden Pheasant as the first thoroughbred ever to win both the Arlington Million and the Japan Cup. www.betmaker.com /horse-racing/racetracks/ARL.asp   (2225 words)

Arlington Virginia FY 2006 Proposed Budget Arlington is once again extremely fortunate to have a thriving economy that has resulted in high incomes, low unemployment, and increased values in all classes of property. As directed by the County Board, this increase is supported by using all the revenues from the increase in the recordation tax: $1.9 million in the current year and $2.6 million projected for FY 2006. Historically, Arlington has used unanticipated revenue and expense surpluses to fund the pay-as-you-go capital budget, the primary purpose of which is to provide the maintenance necessary to preserve the County's capital assets. www.co.arlington.va.us /Departments/ManagementAndFinance/budget/fy06proposed/FY06ProposedBudgetManager.aspx   (1053 words)

International Racing Bureau Fixtures   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) The 22nd Arlington Million, which annually attracts some of the best grass horses throughout the world, will be run at its classic mile and a quarter distance as one of three Grade I event that make up Arlington Park's one-day International Festival of Racing this summer. Also run that afternoon over the Arlington lawn will be the 15th running of the $750,000 Beverly D. for fillies and mares, and the 28th running of the $400,000 Secretariat, restricted to 3-year-olds of international caliber. German-bred Paolini, also a contestant in the 2002 Arlington Million when beaten less than a length for all of it, began his 2004 campaign with a dead-heat for the win in the United Arab Emirates' Grade I Dubai Duty Free at Nad al Sheba March 27. www.irbracing.com /site/news_story.asp?ID=1698   (591 words)

Arlington Million Tickets - Sells - Buys Arlington Million Ticket - 20 Years of Reliability   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) Arlington Million Ticket prices and availability are subject to change at any time. Arlington Million Ticket deliveries are guaranteed no later than the day before the event unless stated otherwise, however every effort will be made to deliver Arlington Million tickets as early as possible. All Arlington Million tickets will be delivered by federal express overnight unless stated otherwise. www.nwtixx.com /Arlington_Million_Tickets.html   (749 words)

Arlington Capital Partners Arlington plans to utilize the remaining capital to invest in the Company’s organic growth and to make strategic acquisitions. Arlington Capital Partners (www.arlingtoncap.com) is a Washington, DC-based private equity fund with over $450 million of committed capital focused on middle market buyout investment opportunities in growth industries including the business services and outsourcing, aerospace/defense, IT and engineering services, media, education and training, healthcare services, and specialized manufacturing and related industries. Arlington invests in companies in partnership with high quality management teams that are motivated to establish and/or advance their company‚s position as leading competitors in their field. www.arlingtoncap.com /pr_apogen_its.html   (1054 words)

ESPN.com - Arlington Park still international ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. -- After the merger with Churchill Downs Incorporated on September 8, 2000, Arlington Park was renamed and returned to its roots. Arlington again prepares to host the world with Saturday's 22nd running of the Arlington Million the centerpiece of the three Grade I turf races of the International Festival that also includes the Beverly D. Handicap for fillies and mares and the Secretariat for 3-year-olds. Both the Beverly D. and the Arlington Million will be seen live as part of ABC Sports' NTRA Super Saturday two-hour telecast beginning at 4 p.m. sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=1856426&type=columnist   (747 words)

German Connections Seek Arlington Million Repeat - bloodhorse.com The Arlington Million is the fifth leg of the WSRC, a 14-race series contested on four continents. Peter S. Willmott's Cheshire, another British-bred expected to vie in the Arlington Million, won the Group II Grand Prix de Vichy July 24 at that oval in central France. Remaining as possible starters in the Arlington Million are Tanaka's Falcon Flight, winner of the Arlington Handicap (gr. handicapping.bloodhorse.com /viewstory.asp?id=10841   (813 words)

washingtonpost.com: Arlington Capital Enters New Phase With Second Fund Arlington Capital Partners, the Washington buyout group formed in 1999 by retired Bell Atlantic Corp. chief executive Raymond W. Smith and Paul G. Stern, a private equity veteran, recently began raising its second, $500 million buyout fund. Arlington's first fund was raised by the old private placement group at the erstwhile BT Alex. Arlington came close to being a co-investor in a 2001 deal to buy Verizon's Midwest wireless communications infrastructure, but it never came to fruition because debt financing never came together. www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A45364-2004Aug29?language=printer   (1101 words)

Inaugural Arlington Million Turf Challenge Begins Aug. 9 | bloodhorse.com Arlington Park will offer for the first time in 2006 the "Arlington Million Turf Challenge," an online fantasy sports game that allows racing fans to select a stable of International Festival of Racing starters, which will open for registration Aug. 9. "Arlington Million Turf Challenge" players earn points based on how well their fantasy stable performs during the Arlington Million, Beverly D. Stakes, and Secretariat Stakes, the three grade I races that comprise Arlington's International Festival of Racing Aug. 12. "The Arlington Million Turf Challenge is free to play, and is a fun and challenging way for fans to participate in the excitement of the International Festival of Racing," said Arlington Park president Colonel Roy Arnold. www.bloodhorse.com /rss/article.asp?id=34690   (242 words)

Northwest Herald - Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) ARLINGTON HEIGHTS – Because of the field's increased strength and a poor draw, Powerscourt jockey Kieren Fallon questioned whether his horse could duplicate his 2004 performance at the Arlington Million. The past two Millions were marred with inquiries, an injury in 2003 to Stevens, and disqualification – including Powerscourt's, under jockey Jamie Spencer. Powerscourt was third at the Breeders' Cup, but first at the Million, becoming the first English horse to win it since Teleprompter in 1985 – the year of the "Miracle Million," which was run 25 days after a fire destroyed old Arlington Park. www.nwherald.com /SportsSection/18994028637243.php   (510 words)

Horse Racing: Arlington's reopening is worth a Million Duchoissois' gorgeous track would reopen and the running of the Arlington Million -- the world's first million-dollar race -- would resume with a $2 million purse and as part of the Arab Emirates' global racing series for handicap horses. Except for the fact that the festival and the Million used to be held over Labor Day, everything is pretty much back to normal. Arlington has been averaging 8,000 fans daily, and those numbers include attendance in May, when the weather wasn't always so nice. www.post-gazette.com /sports_headlines/20000820pohla6.asp   (802 words)

Powerscourt wins Arlington Million again - Horse Racing - MSNBC.com ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - Powerscourt got his revenge, finishing first in the Arlington Million for the second year in a row — and this time it counted. It was all her,” said winning jockey Gary Stevens, who two years ago was injured when he was thrown off Storming Home in the 2003 Arlington Million. Arlington Park was celebrating the 20th anniversary of the “Miracle Million.” The track burned to the ground on July 31, 1985, but after furious work to remove rubble and set up temporary seating, the race that year was run 3½ weeks later. www.msnbc.msn.com /id/6448213/did/8940805   (722 words)

ESPN.com - Horse Racing - Arlington Million draws field of 13 ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. -- Thirteen horses were entered Wednesday in the Arlington Million. Mile-and-a-quarter turf races at Arlington start at the end of the far turn, just before the stretch, offering plenty of time for riders to get position. Magistretti is one of four Europeans in the Million, but he is not the best of them. espn.go.com /horse/news/2004/0811/1857320.html   (752 words)

Autotote News ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (August 10, 2005)-Ken and Sarah Ramsey's Kitten's Joy, hero of Arlington's Secretariat Stakes one year ago on his way to an Eclipse Award as Male Turf Horse of the Year, is set to match strides with Mrs. Arlington Million XXIII, contested at 10 furlongs on the grass since its inception in 1981, also serves as the fourth leg in this year's World Racing Championships. Leading the charge of Million invaders from Southern California is Red Oak Stable's Sweet Return, last year's morning line Arlington Million favorite, who subsequently finished eighth after being steadied on the first turn. www.ctotb.com /newstory.asp?id=4530   (644 words)

Arlington International Festival of Racing Arlington Park will showcase their International Festival of Racing on Saturday with three Grade 1 races on the turf. At a distance of 10 furlongs on the turf, the Arlington Million is the crown jewel of the Festival and attracts top grass horses from the US and around the world. Last year's winner, England's Legend, is making only her second start of the year but she won her first start back in the Modesty Handicap at Arlington as a prep for the Beverly D. Free past performances for the Beverly D. are available from BRIS. www.horse-races.net /library/apmil-entries.shtml   (659 words)

Big Events On The Way For Arlington Park   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) Arlington Park has existed for 75 years and has an outstanding "track record," (pun intended). Friday, in downtown Arlington Hts., it will be the Mane Event, with performances by the Metropolis Youth Symphony and a group called Noise Pollution, plus the Beatles tribute band. Arlington has proved for years that it can present high quality thoroughbred racing. www.journal-topics.com /ah/02/ah020815.1.html   (431 words)

Powerscourt wins Arlington Million   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) For the second year in a row the Aidan O’Brien trained Powerscourt won the Arlington Million, but this is the first time that he has stood in the winners circle. After crossing the finish line 1 ½ lengths ahead of the field last year, his connections watched his number fall from first to fourth after being disqualified for lugging in near the wire. Besides his official victory this year, as well as being first across the wire in 2004, he is only the second horse in Arlington Million history to achieve that. www.mopsquad.com /artman/publish/article_3175.htm   (212 words)

The Million: Arlington's day of drama Twenty-three Augusts ago, the Arlington Million burst upon the Chicago sports landscape with all of the energy and topspin of a permanent anchor event, primed to rival the legacy and marquee command of the PGA's Western Open for seasonal prominence. Still, for those keenly tracksided, Million XXII on Saturday at Arlington Park will anchor the most prestige-laden afternoon of the northwest suburban oval's long summer meet. The race, at any level, quite rightly was deemed, ''one of the most competitive of the year,'' by Arlington chieftains. www.suntimes.com /output/horse/cst-spt-arl11.html   (670 words)

ESPN.com - Horse Racing - Beat Hollow beats 'em in Arlington Million ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. -- Beat Hollow wouldn't allow himself to be beaten Saturday, winning a thrilling three-horse finish at the Arlington Million over Sarafan and Forbidden Apple. In the stretch, Beat Hollow was sandwiched between Forbidden Apple on the rail and fast-closing Sarafan -- who'd beaten him twice earlier this season -- on the outside, but Beat Hollow didn't relinquish the late lead he'd taken near the eighth pole. Two years ago, Bailey and trainer Bobby Frankel teamed up for an Arlington Million win on Chester House, a much easier victory than the one they produced Saturday. espn.go.com /horse/news/2002/0815/1418256.html   (628 words)

Turf'n'Sport:News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) Million XXIV with a wire-to-wire one-length tally in front of 29,979 fans on hand for Chicago’s showcase Thoroughbred event. The Tin Man’s Arlington Million initial success after a three-year absence from the race was exceeded by Dotsam Stable’s John Henry, who won the inaugural Arlington Million in 1981 and returned to the winner’s circle three years later. Arlington Park, whose parent company is Churchill Downs Incorporated (Nasdaq: CHDN), also operates eight off-track, simulcast-wagering facilities – Trackside Arlington Park (Arlington Heights), Trackside Quad City Downs (East Moline), Trackside Chicago, Trackside McHenry, Trackside Rockford, Trackside South Beloit, Trackside Waukegan and Lucky’s featuring Trackside OTB in South Elgin. www.turfnsport.com /news.html   (3825 words)

German-Bred Silvano Wins Arlington Million | bloodhorse.com German-bred Silvano ran away from the field in the stretch to post a three-length win in Saturday's $1-million Arlington Million (gr. Bienamdo, who was also a losing favorite in last year's Million, may not have handled the soft turf, according to jockey Chris McCarron. Silvano came into the Million out of a fifth-place finish in the Singapore Airlines International Cup in May which followed his first group I win in the Audemars Piguet Queen Elizabeth II Cup in Hong Kong in April. www.bloodhorse.com /articleindex/article.asp?id=5460   (392 words)

Thoroughbred Racing Communications Notebook - August 11, 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) Sweet Return comes to the Arlington Million with a two-race win streak after capturing Del Mar's Grade I Eddie Read Handicap by a length and a half July 24, as well as Hollywood's Grade I Charles Whittingham Memorial Handicap June 11. Another highly regarded European Arlington Million invader is Gary Tanaka's Touch of Land, a French-bred who won the Group III Grand Prix de Vichy-Auvergne over France's Vichy course July 20 and was fourth in the Group I Prince of Wales's Stakes during the Royal Ascot-at-York session June 15. The Arlington Million and Beverly D. Stakes, along with the Sword Dancer Invitational and the Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap from Saratoga, can be seen live on Emirates Airline Super Saturday from 4:00-6:00 p.m. www.webcom.com /alauck/trc/trc05/trc0811.html   (2688 words)

WDSU.com - Horse Racing - Better Talk Now And The Tin Man Return In Arlington Million After a two year break from the Arlington Million, The Tin Man is back and primed for a big effort. Completing the field for Arlington Million XXIV are Major Rhythm, Ace, Touch of Land, Soldier Hollow, Phoenix Reach, Cosmonaut, Go Deputy and English Channel. The Arlington Million will be broadcast on ABC with a post-time of 5:42 p.m. www.wdsu.com /horseracing/9656441/detail.html   (566 words)

North Dakota Horse Park - Fargo, ND Hopelessly beaten at the top of the lane in the Inaugural Million of 1981, he thundered down the lane to catch 50-1 longshot The Bart and win the race by a nose. John Henry would return to win the Million in 1984 at the age of nine and once again be crowned Horse of the Year. Powerscourt received a elaborate blanket emblazoned with the words "Arlington Million Champion" and was led back to the barn. www.northdakotahorsepark.org /index.php?action=news_single&story_id=95   (1329 words)

ESPN.com - HORSE - Arlington Park set to remember the 'Miracle Million' ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. -- This weekend, just outside Chicago, Arlington Park will host the 23rd running of its signature event the Arlington Million, the world's first million dollar thoroughbred race. Firemen from Arlington Heights and twenty-four other suburban communities battled the fire that was now a five-alarm blaze. As the Arlington Park racing family watched helplessly while the track went up in flames Thayer said only one man, the track's principal investor and now Arlington's Chairman, Richard L. Duchossois, could see the beginning of what was to become known as "The Miracle Million". sports.espn.go.com /sports/horse/news/story?id=2129581   (592 words)

Arlington Park Three-year-old fillies are in the spotlight for the $150,000 Arlington Breeders' Cup Oaks, a Grade III race at a mile and an eighth on the main track. On Friday, September 8, join us for the final Party on the Patio of the season at Trackside Arlington Park where we'll be will be grooving to great rhythm and blues by The Amoreys. Arlington Park will offer handicappers from throughout the Midwest and nationwide one more chance to qualify for one of three berths into the DRF/NTRA National Handicapping Championship to be held in Las Vegas in January 2007. www.arlingtonpark.com   (1598 words)

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