horse racing — Sport of running horses at speed. Typically, Thoroughbreds are raced with a rider astride and Standardbreds with the horse pulling a conveyance with a driver. Though racing has an ancient lineage, the first regularly organized national races were … Universalium
Horse Racing's Revolutionary Running Surfaces — ▪ 2008 The trend toward replacing traditional dirt tracks with synthetic surfaces at Thoroughbred race tracks in the United States grew significantly in 2007, lending momentum to one of the most revolutionary concepts in the long history of … Universalium
List of horse racing venues — This is a list of horse racing venues, sorted by country. In the United States they are usually called horse racing tracks, and in most other English speaking countries they are usually called racecourses. In many non English speaking countries… … Wikipedia
Synthetic racetrack surfaces for horse racing — A synthetic racetrack surface is any kind of surface substance that replaces grass, dirt or sand as the racing surface on a horse racing track. Synthetic surfaces may be desirable over traditional surfaces for several reasons, most prominently… … Wikipedia
Arlington Park — is a horse race track in the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights, Illinois. Horse racing in the Chicago region has been a popular sport since the early days of the city in the 1830s, and at one time Chicago had more horse racing tracks (six) than … Wikipedia
Arlington Million — Turf race infobox class = Grade 1 horse race = Arlington Million caption = location = Arlington Park Arlington Heights, Illinois inaugurated = 1981 race type = Thoroughbred website = [http://www.arlingtonpark.com/ Arlington Park web site]… … Wikipedia
Racing UK — Infobox TV channel name= Racing UK logosize=200px logofile=Racinguk.png logoalt=Racing UK logo launch=01 September 2004 closed date= share= no data available share as of= share source= owner= Racing Post/ 31 UK racecourses former names=| The… … Wikipedia
Arlington Heights — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago. 66,116. * * * ▪ Illinois, United States village, Cook county, northeastern Illinois, U.S. It lies about 30 miles (50 km) northwest of downtown Chicago. Settled in 1836, it was known as Dunton for William … Universalium
Arlington Classic — Turf race infobox class = Ungraded stakes horse race = Arlington Classic Stakes caption = location = Arlington Park Arlington Heights, Illinois Flagicon|USA inaugurated = 1929 race type = Thoroughbred Flat racing website =… … Wikipedia
Arlington Handicap — Turf race infobox class = Grade III horse race = Arlington Handicap caption = location = Arlington Park Arlington Heights, Illinois, flagicon|USA inaugurated = 1929 race type = Thoroughbred Flat racing website = [http://www.arlingtonpark.com/… … Wikipedia
