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Originally Posted by Hedevar
Where once we watched Shoemaker, Hartack and Day we now watch Loveberry, Roman and Bowen. Where once Dr. Fager, Buckpasser and Secretariat ran we now watch low level claiming horses. Where once general admission was a couple of bucks, there is no general admission. AP was a great track in the sixties, seventies and early eighties. Then Dick bought it. It now has some of the worst racing in the country and the worst ownership. How can you absolve Dick?
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Without Duchossois there would be no Arlington at all. Any other owner after the fire would have taken the insurance money and redeveloped the land à la Washington Park.
