Stars and Stripes

Frank Mancari’s Free Fighter took the lead in mid-stretch and drew off to win the $100,000 Stars and Stripes Stakes Saturday at Arlington Park.  The Mike Reavis-trained son of Out of Place was ridden by Tim Thornton and covered the mile and a half over Polytrack in a track record of 2:31.98 for...Read More

Mr. and Mrs. Bertram Firestone’s Winchester was still expected to be the star attraction in Saturday’s 80th anniversary edition of the Stars and Stripes Stakes as of late morning even after Arlington’s traditional 12-furlong marathon was taken off the grass following heavy overnight storms in northw...Read More

Millionaire and multiple Grade I stakes winner Winchester, who races in the colors of Mr. and Mrs. Bertram Firestone, heads a field of seven grass runners entered for Saturday’s Grade III Stars and Stripes Stakes, a mile and a half turf contest that headline’s the track’s Military Appreciation Day. ...Read More

It’s Stars and Stripes Day at Arlington Park this Saturday, and since the turn of the 21st century, no horse has demonstrated the courage needed to perform at the top level necessary for Arlington’s traditional mile and a half marathon than S J Stables’ Cloudy’s Knight.   The chestnut gelding, ...Read More