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Sunday marks the anniversary of the final day of horse racing at Arlington Park. The Arlington Heights oval is expected to remain dormant next year, too, after the Illinois Racing Board's formal award this week of 2023 race dates to Hawthorne Race Course in Cicero -- the owners of which are touting grand plans to start building a casino.
Arklow won this race in 2018, was second in 2019, won in 2020 and came up a neck short of victory last year.
The Grade 2, $1 million Kentucky Turf Cup Stakes drew a full field of 12, plus one also-eligible entrant, all vying to win an automatic entry into the Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf in November.
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Colonial Downs kicked off its "More Racing, More Money, More Fun" summer racing season in grand fashion Monday