Arlington Winds Up 2002 Season with Sprint Stakes
Date Posted: 10/25/2002 8:04:56 PM
Last Updated: 10/28/2002 3:42:34 PM

One day after the Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships showcase, Sunday's final racing program of the 2002 season at Arlington Park offers two $100,000 sprint stakes.

The $100,000 Smile Handicap, for 3-year-olds and upward at five and a half furlongs on the grass, and the $100,000 Eliza Stakes, for 2-year-old fillies at seven furlongs on the main track, serve as the 2002 curtain closers.

Folly Quarter Stable LLC's Bop, a winner of four in a row before disappointing in Keeneland's $75,000 Nureyev in his last start Oct. 4, heads a field of 10 in the Smile 'Cap, to be contested as the sixth race of the day.

Charles J. Reed's Home Run Hitter, a daughter of Grand Slam who is undefeated in two starts, tops six juvenile distaffers in the Eliza, to be run as the eighth event of a 10-race program.

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