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The Illinois Racing Board's chairman is hoping for better things to come for horse racing in the state in 2023.

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.

Illinois racing officials are challenging a request to allow off-track betting by Arlington International Racecourse, even though it is not licensed for racing next year, as the statute appears to

Arlington owner Churchill Downs Inc. shut the track down permanently in September and has a preliminary agreement to sell the site for $197 million to the Chicago Bears.

Horsemen call on Illinois Attorney General to launch antitrust probe of Churchill Downs   The association representing horse owners and trainers in Illinois is asking the state's attorney general to launch an antitrust investigation into the dealings of Arlington Park owner Churchill Downs Inc. Joe Lewnard | Staff Photographer, May 2021 Mike Campbell Updated 5/26/2021 3:57 PM The association representing horse owners and trainers at Arlington Park has called on the Illinois attorney general to launch an antitrust investigation into track owner Churchill Downs Inc. The request...