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Block Doubles in Prairie State Festival

Block Doubles in Prairie State Festival

Trainer Chris Block, the leading conditioner in Prairie State Festival history, tallied two more stakes victories in the ninth Illinois-registered series at Arlington Park June 21.

 Saturday, June 21, 2008

Fort Prado Steals Show at Prairie State Festival

Team Block's Fort Prado grabbed all the headlines at this year's Prairie State Festival when the 6-year-old gelding became the first horse to be a four-time Festival winner by capturing the $84,150 Black Tie Affair Handicap for the third straight year.

 Saturday, July 07, 2007

Emigh Takes Three in Illinois' Georgeff Festival

Hawthorne's leading jockey Chris Emigh entered Saturday's Phil Georgeff Festival of Racing named to ride the morning-line favorite in all six stakes events, with Christine Janks slated to saddle four of them. Emigh didn't disappoint, capturing three stakes races, two for Janks, moving within one victory of 2,500 for his career.

 Saturday, November 11, 2006

Emigh to Ride All Six Favorites in Illinois Stakes

Hawthorne's leading rider Chris Emigh has been named to pilot the morning-line favorite in all six $100,000 Illinois stakes for Saturday's Phil Georgeff Festival of Racing card Saturday.

 Thursday, November 09, 2006

Janks Shipper Wins Calder's Spend A Buck

Carson Springs Farm's Nkosi Reigns took the lead entering the first turn and never looked back en route to a one-length score in the Spend A Buck Handicap (gr. III) at Calder Race Course Saturday.

 Saturday, October 14, 2006

Chic Dancer Takes Modesty On Favored Lawn

Arlington Park turf specialist Chic Dancer produced her first graded stakes victory in Saturday's $150,000 Modesty Handicap (gr. IIIT), holding off the late-charging favorite Louve Royale and Minge Cove by a half-length Saturday.

 Saturday, July 22, 2006

Sterling, Janks Highlight Prairie State Festival

Jockey Larry Sterling Jr. scored a double in the seventh annual Prairie State Festival, Arlington Park's six-race showcase for Illinois-bred Thoroughbreds. Both of the the veteran local rider's victories came on horses he was not originally slated to ride.

 Saturday, June 24, 2006

Fifteen Rounds Goes Distance in Arlington BC Sprint

Ken Meeker and Carson Springs Farm's Fifteen Rounds emerged victorious after engaging Elusive Jazz in a stretch-long duel to win the $150,000 Arlington Breeders' Cup Sprint by a neck in stakes-record time of 1:08.51 under jockey Chris Emigh.

 Saturday, August 27, 2005