Chicago's Horse Racing Venues

By Kimberly A. Rinker

The popularity of horse racing in Chicago has yet to be rivaled in any other metropolitan area. Since the 1800s, the Windy City s enthusiasm for both harness and Thoroughbred racing led to 10 major racetracks being built in the Chicago area. Four of those raceways Balmoral, Maywood, Hawthorne, and Arlington are still racing and thriving today. From Washington Park, Lincoln Fields, and Worth Raceway on the city s South Side, to the Near West Side venues of Hawthorne Race Course and Sportsman s Park, to Arlington Park s northwest locale and Aurora Downs to the west, Chicago s racing community has enjoyed a long and sometimes scandalous history. Chicago s Horse Racing Venues provides insight into Chicago s rich racing history and a behind-the-scenes look at the people and horses involved.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
• Release date: Jun 8, 2009
• ISBN: 9781439621158

Kimberly A. Rinker

Kimberly A. Rinker is both an award-winning writer and horse racing participant. An Ohio State University graduate and licensed trainer-driver of Standardbreds, Rinker represented the United States in the 1995 International Drivers Championship in Moscow, Russia. Her features have appeared in The Horseman & Fair World, Hoof Beats, Illinois Racing News, Sports Eye, Midwest Thoroughbred, and Illinois Standardbred. She is also the author of Chicago's Horse Racing Venues, An Adventure Guide to Switzerland, Immigration from the Dominican Republic, and Buckeye Side Wheelers & Keystone Tail Sitters.

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