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Neil Milbert

Reporter · US

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Aug 29, 2026
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  1. Article · Aug 29, 2026 · Neil Milbert

    Forty years ago, the International Festival of Racing put Arlington Park on the world stage (opens the original)

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    Chicago-area horse racing died in July when Hawthorne Race Course shut down, and it’s sadly ironic that its passing came 40 years after Arlington Park held the richest and most prestigious meeting in Illinois racing history. Known as the International Festival of Racing, this 13-day extravaganza was held from Aug. 19-Sept. 1, 1986, in a country fair setting with tents and temporary bleachers. Graded races — known in Europe as group races — are those at the highest level, and the Festival had 13

  2. Article · Aug 16, 2026 · Neil Milbert

    What led to horse racing’s ultimate demise in Chicagoland? Fiscal irresponsibility and mismanagement. (opens the original)

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    Now that Chicago-area horse racing has been pronounced dead, the time has come to perform an autopsy. The fiscal irresponsibility and mismanagement of bankrupt Hawthorne Race Course President Tim Carey was the immediate cause of death. But in the wake of the impending sale of the 135-year-old track to the Delaware shell corporation Allimac 23 LLC, which intends to develop the 119-acre property for real estate purposes, it must be said that in the past 28 years, other racetrack owners made decisi

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