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.

2023年11月3日 · This iconic track has been a fixture of Midwest horse racing for generations, hosting prestigious races like The Arlington Million and drawing crowds nearing 60,000 in its heyday. But a steep decline in attendance and handle, along with massive losses in 2020 due to COVID-19, led to the decision to shutter its doors.

2021年8月18日 · Curly Brown, a California businessman who would eventually run a racecourse in Cuba, opened Arlington Park on a remote site 25 miles northwest of Chicago. More than 20,000 people showed up on that cold Wednesday afternoon to see …

2023年5月31日 · Heavy equipment is now in place and in motion, tearing apart the inside of the former racetrack pavilion.

2023年5月27日 · A spectacular daylong fire on July 31, 1985, destroyed the historic Arlington Park Race Track grandstand and clubhouse. The track still ran the Arlington Million less than a month later....

Racing from May to September, the Arlington Park Race Track is home to some of America’s finest turf races (the Beverly D., Secretariat, American Derby), as well as two of the first real tests for young horses in the Arlington-Washington Futurity and Arlington-Washington Lassie.

2021年9月25日 · Arlington Park closes after nearly a century of horse racing in the Chicago area, with some bettering on the Chicago Bears moving in.

2021年9月24日 · Saturday will be the final day of racing in Arlington Park's history after its owners, Churchill Downs, announced plans to close the track and sell the massive 326-acre property.

Arlington Park Racetrack began Thoroughbred horse racing on October 13, 1927, when more than 20,000 fans braved the cold weather to celebrate the event in high style. Jockey Joe Bollero guided...

The main track at Arlington Park is left-handed, Polytrack oval, a mile and a furlong in circumference with a one and a half furlong home straight. The turf track, which runs inside the Polytrack, is a mile in circumference.