Opened
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October 13, 1927
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Last Race Date
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Still in Operation
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Racing Type
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Thoroughbred
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Abbreviation
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AP
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Purse Value Index
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47
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Signature Race
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Arlington Million (G I)
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- 10/13/1927 Opens for racing.
- 07/04/1941 A holiday crowd of 50,568 sets all time attendance record.
- 08/30/1981 John Henry captures the first Arlington Million.
- 07/31/1985 Arlington park is destroyed by an early morning fire.
- 08/25/1985 35,000 under tents watch the Miracle Million at burned out Arlington Park.
- 08/20/1988 Arlington Million is shifted because of construction, to Woodbine Racecourse.
- 06/28/1989 Arlington Park reopens as the Arlington International Racecourse.
- 07/13/1996 34,000 jam Arlington to see Cigar win his sixteenth consecutive race.
- 10/10/1997 Arlington International Racecourse closes its doors.
- 05/14/2000 Arlington International Racecourse reopens.
- 06/24/2000 Arlington International is acquired by Churchill Downs Inc.
- 06/13/2001 The tracks opens under it's old name Arlington Park.
- 10/26/2002 Arlington Park host the Breeders Cup.
- 10/26/2002 The Breeders Cup fans wager $116,059,574, a record that may never be broken.
- 08/13/2005 Fans wager $20,630,186 second most wagered at Arlington Park.
- 05/04/2007 Arlington Park's becomes the fifth track in the country to install polytrack.