CDI Reportedly Asks for 22 Illinois Dates Application Sunday, July 18, 2021 at 3:18 pm | Back to: Shared News
Updated: July 18, 2021 at 3:22 pm
The Week in Review, by T.D. Thornton Two months before Arlington International Racecourse is scheduled to run what is feared to be the historic track s final race, Churchill Downs, Inc. (CDI), the gaming corporation that owns the up-for-sale landmark, has reportedly requested an application for 2022 race dates from the Illinois Racing Board.
But as columnist Jim O Donnell of the
Daily Herald in suburban Chicago put it in his Friday scoop of this story, “What the carnivorous CDI will do with the application remains to be seen.”
Jockey Killed in Fall at Oregon Fair Thursday, July 15, 2021 at 4:28 pm | Back to: Top News
Updated: July 15, 2021 at 4:29 pm
T. D. Thornton
Jockey Eduardo Gutierrez-Sosa, who rode primarily on the mixed-meet circuit in the Pacific Northwest, was killed in the first race of the season at the Crooked River Roundup July 14 when his Quarter Horse mount hit the inner rail and catapulted Gutierrez-Sosa headfirst into the infield, possibly after first hitting the rail.
The
Central Oregonian news outlet reported that the fairgrounds grandstand was packed with enthusiastic fans cheering on the return of racing, which had been cancelled last year because of the pandemic. Most were at first unaware that a fatality had occurred. The second race proceeded after a delay of 51 minutes.