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A Pair of Stakes Headline Arlington's Saturday Racing

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  • May 25, 2012 2:02 AM

In an attempt to do something completely different I completed a preview of this weekend's Arlington Matron and Arlington Classic in video format. Two very good stakes races kick off Memorial Day weekend at Arlington Park!  Check it out!

 

The first preview is of the Grade 3 Arlington Matron run at a distance of 9 furlongs on Arlington's all-weather track. A very good field of 7 take to the track in a race for fillies and mares three years old and upward.

 



Next up is the preview for the Arlington Classic. This race is run at 8 1/2 furlongs on the expansive Arlington turf course for three year old colts and geldings. This is also the first race of the Mid-America Triple (which trainer Mike Stidham has owned over the years.)

 



Well there you have it, the first video blogs in Chicago Dark Horse history. Check them out! Also let me know which format you prefer (the PP's or my shiny happy face!)

 

And stay tuned for more exclusive coverage of racing from Arlington! 

(Past performances courtesy of Daily Racing Form) 

 

What the Nation is saying about A Pair of Stakes Headline Arlington's Saturday Racing...

It turned out to be a great day actually, turf was 'good' for a while but then was upgraded to 'firm'
Nice job, Chris. I like LaBailladora in the Matron. I'm up in the air about the classic. For one thing it's raining outside as I type this (I'm in the northern Chicago suburbs); will they move off the turf?
darned letter h gets stuck down on my keyboard causing me to stutter-type horses...
The PPs are better looking.....j/k CS - I like both formats - actually if there was a was you could do "cut aways" and give the viewer a glimpse of the PPs while you were describing the hhhhorses that would be pretty cool. Regardless, nice job! GB
That's good because I had no clue what I was doing!
Nice job Chris! I've been messing around with my webcam to do a video blog, but nothing comes out how I want it, but your stuff was great!
This is pretty good, you would do well on Hrtv.

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 (Hey it's me - the DARK HORSE)
 
Greetings and welcome to my "dark" blog!  I have been a fan of horse racing since I was about 12 years old.  Growing up in Minnesota, my dad would take me and my brothers to Canterbury Downs and I would practically beg to go every weekend!!  I made my first "big" score there hitting the win, place, and exacta in the same race at age 14 (pulled in $84 with horses named Railroad Red and Racers Dream!).  I also had a poster in my bedroom of Lost Code winning the 1987 St. Paul Derby!

I followed racing all through the remainder of high school and college in Illinois, paying close attention to the likes of Lost Code, Alysheba, Cryptoclearance, Risen Star, Sunday Silence, and Tabasco Cat.  I spent every possible moment at Arlington Park with my dad, taking time to develop computer programs (on Lotus 1-2-3 for DOS) to try to find patterns and handicap races more accurately.  My dad taught me a lot about handicapping races, paying particular attention to class moves!

I'm more of a fan of racing now than ever before, and have made a lot of friends in, and because of, the industry.  For that I am eternally grateful!  Once being deemed the second best racing ambassador in Chicago (hey I've been called worse), I now reside in the Richmond, Virginia area and will be covering many different aspects of racing - DARK HORSE STYLE!  My goal for this blog is to get people more interested in horse racing while focusing on my home(s) away from home, the race tracks of America! My favorite tracks are Arlington, Colonial, Canterbury, Del Mar, Gulfstream, and Keeneland!
 
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