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Stars Showcased In Southland Festival

A mix of Illinois’s top youngsters shared Saturday night’s spotlight at Balmoral Park as the Crete oval presented five big money finals as part of the Southland Festival of Racing.

Balmoral Hosts Southland Festival Elims

The countdown to the Southland Festival of Racing, one of the biggest weekends of the season for Illinois conceived and foaled pacers and trotters, began in earnest on Saturday, July 18 with a bevy of...

Favoured Freshmen Deliver At Maywood

With a total of 13 freshmen pacing colts entered for Friday’s Fox Valley Barzgar Stake at Maywood Park, race secretary Doc Narotsky was forced to split the youngsters into a pair of $6,000 divisions.

Illinois Freshmen Tested At Maywood

After opening their careers on the mile oval at Balmoral Park, this season’s two-year-old pacing crop had their first tests on the tight turns of a half-mile oval as Maywood Park played host to a pair...