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FIRE BURNS DOWN MY FAVORITE RACE TRACK BALMORAL UP IN SMOKE
« on: May 17, 2026, 01:20:50 PM »
Great memories
Favorite place to watch races in Chicago
Won a few stakes there

🥲🥲.  Very sad to see this

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Re: FIRE BURNS DOWN MY FAVORITE RACE TRACK BALMORAL UP IN SMOKE
« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2026, 02:04:24 PM »
Great great memories. First yearling sale early 70's I went to there was held in the indoor jogging track.
It was small run down, the roof in places was coming down, and I think only the flats used it. Soon after it was torn down.
No lights on the mile track.
We raced harness on a half mile track.
Then they made it a 5/8s.
On Sundays afternoons we would race on the mile track till it started to get dark then switch to the 5/8s.
Then they finally put lights on the mile track.


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Re: FIRE BURNS DOWN MY FAVORITE RACE TRACK BALMORAL UP IN SMOKE
« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2026, 02:36:32 PM »
insurance?
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Re: FIRE BURNS DOWN MY FAVORITE RACE TRACK BALMORAL UP IN SMOKE
« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2026, 02:39:07 PM »
Jewish Lightning!
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Re: FIRE BURNS DOWN MY FAVORITE RACE TRACK BALMORAL UP IN SMOKE
« Reply #4 on: May 17, 2026, 02:40:30 PM »
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Re: FIRE BURNS DOWN MY FAVORITE RACE TRACK BALMORAL UP IN SMOKE
« Reply #5 on: May 17, 2026, 03:20:52 PM »
Before it was known as Balmoral it was called Lincoln Fields way back in the 1930's. TBred track originally, stared harness on a half mile oval in 1968. A distant relative of mine use to run a tack shop on the backside. Fond memories. I had my biggest wagering night at Balmoral when I hit a $ 600 daily double.
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Re: FIRE BURNS DOWN MY FAVORITE RACE TRACK BALMORAL UP IN SMOKE
« Reply #6 on: May 17, 2026, 04:22:11 PM »
    I always looked forward to American National night at Balmoral.    Top horses shipped in
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Re: FIRE BURNS DOWN MY FAVORITE RACE TRACK BALMORAL UP IN SMOKE
« Reply #7 on: May 17, 2026, 05:18:48 PM »
Quote from: Cashout on May 17, 2026, 04:22:11 PM
    I always looked forward to American National night at Balmoral.    Top horses shipped in
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Re: FIRE BURNS DOWN MY FAVORITE RACE TRACK BALMORAL UP IN SMOKE
« Reply #8 on: May 17, 2026, 05:39:34 PM »
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Re: FIRE BURNS DOWN MY FAVORITE RACE TRACK BALMORAL UP IN SMOKE
« Reply #9 on: May 17, 2026, 08:31:41 PM »
Quote from: Kirby's Ace on May 17, 2026, 02:39:07 PM
Jewish Lightning!
More than likely. HITS lost their ass even after buying for a bargain price. Odds On was trying to buy a couple years ago and convert back to 5/8. Not sure if they actually bought it. Now looking like the Decatur racino may be a go
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Re: FIRE BURNS DOWN MY FAVORITE RACE TRACK BALMORAL UP IN SMOKE
« Reply #10 on: May 17, 2026, 09:08:28 PM »
Decatur will never be a go. The politicians in Illinois suck big donkey cock.
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Re: FIRE BURNS DOWN MY FAVORITE RACE TRACK BALMORAL UP IN SMOKE
« Reply #11 on: May 17, 2026, 09:12:39 PM »
How in the hell do you think Illinois horsemen will stay in that state? I can give you over a dozen insitenes of trainers/ drivers and owners who have left the state. Want in correngial order?
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Re: FIRE BURNS DOWN MY FAVORITE RACE TRACK BALMORAL UP IN SMOKE
« Reply #12 on: May 17, 2026, 09:21:39 PM »
No but I would like it in 'CHRONOLOGICAL' order. ngc3 ngc3
Another one of many of PLOP misspelling 'INCIDENTS'. ;D
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Re: FIRE BURNS DOWN MY FAVORITE RACE TRACK BALMORAL UP IN SMOKE
« Reply #13 on: May 17, 2026, 09:31:48 PM »

 Just an insurance play

 
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Re: FIRE BURNS DOWN MY FAVORITE RACE TRACK BALMORAL UP IN SMOKE
« Reply #14 on: May 17, 2026, 10:11:14 PM »
There was a tout at Balmoral named Ira Smolin who use to give blowjobs on the backstretch. He gobbled the goo for a winner.
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