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In what could be the track s final horse racing season, Arlington International Racecourse released their stakes schedule Thursday.
The Arlington Heights racetrack announced 18 stakes races, with three Grade I races named for the family of longtime racecourse owner 99-year-old Dick Duchossois. Get the answer to your most-asked COVID vaccine questions on our mobile NBC 5 Chicago app. Download it here for iOS or Android.
With races beginning April 30, the chief day of the track s 68-day race meet will be Aug. 14, which has been long known as Million Day. The formerly known Arlington Million race will this year be a Grade I Mister D race, named for Duchossois and run at 1¼ miles for a $600,000 purse.