The Arlington Sprint Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse race

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 run annually during the second week of July at Arlington Park Racetrack

Arlington Park

Arlington Park is a horse race track in the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights, Illinois. Horse racing in the Chicago region has been a popular sport since the early days of the city in the 1830s, and at one time Chicago had more horse racing tracks than any other major metropolitan area...

 in Arlington Heights, Illinois

Arlington Heights, Illinois

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. A non-graded stakes open to horses age three and older, it is a sprint

Sprint (race)

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 race contested on turf over a distance of 5½ furlong

Furlong

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Part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series, the winner of the 2009 Arlington Sprint automatically qualifies for the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint

Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint

The Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint is a Weight for Age stakes race for thoroughbred racehorses three years old and up. As its name implies, it is a part of the Breeders' Cup World Championships, the de facto year-end championship for North American thoroughbred racing...

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Inaugurated in 1990 as the Arlington Sprint Championship, the name was changed to the Arlington Breeders' Cup Sprint for the 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, and 2004 through 2006 editions. It was given its present name in 2007.

Since inception in 1990, the Arlington Sprint has been contested at various distances on bothg dirt and turf:

• 7 furlongs on dirt : 1990
• 6 furlongs on dirt : 1996-2007
• 5.5 furlongs on turf : 2008-present

There was no race run from 1991-1995 and 1998-1999.

Records

Speed record:

• 1:01.89 - Mr. Nightlinger (2008) (at current distance of 5.5 furlongs)

Most wins:

• 3 - Bet On Sunshine (1997, 2000, 2001)

Most wins by an owner:

• 3 - David P. Holloway Racing (1997, 2000, 2001)

Most wins by a jockey

Jockey

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• No jockey has won this race more than once.

Most wins by a trainer

Horse trainer

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• 3 - Paul J. McGee (1997, 2000, 2001)

Winners

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2011	Havelock	4	Jermaine V. Bridgmohan	Darren Miller	Silverton Hill LLC	1:02.71
2010	Chamberlain Bridge	6	Jamie Theriot Jamie Theriot Jamie Theriot is an American jockey. The son of Thoroughbred horse trainer Harold Theriot, he is a nephew of jockey Larry Melancon....	W. Bret Calhoun W. Bret Calhoun W. Bret Calhoun is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. The son of a school teacher who also owned and trained horses, he attended Texas Tech University but left before graduating....	Carl Moore	1:03.66
2009	Yankee Injunuity	5	E. T. Baird	James R. McMullen	Encore Racing & J. R. McMullen	1:02.50
2008	Mr. Nightliner	4	Jamie Theriot Jamie Theriot Jamie Theriot is an American jockey. The son of Thoroughbred horse trainer Harold Theriot, he is a nephew of jockey Larry Melancon....	W. Bret Calhoun W. Bret Calhoun W. Bret Calhoun is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. The son of a school teacher who also owned and trained horses, he attended Texas Tech University but left before graduating....	Martin Racing &	1:01.89
2007	Piratesonthelake †	3	Diego Sanchez	James P. DiVito	B. Jock Racing LLC	1:09.14
2007	In Summation †	4	Rene Douglas Rene R. Douglas Rene R. Douglas Panama is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. Born into a Thoroughbred racing family, after attending jockey school Douglas rode in his native Panama for a year and a half before moving to the United States in 1983. His first major win came in 1989 in the prestigious...	Christophe Clement Christophe Clement Christophe Clement is a Thoroughbred horse trainer in the United States.- Racing background :Christophe Clement initially acquired his training skills from father Miguel, a leading trainer in France, Christophe later worked for the prominent French racing family of trainer Alec Head...	Waterford Stable	1:09.14
2006	Gold Storm	6	Tracy Hebert	Charles W. Cascio	Keith McKinney	1:08.39
2005	Fifteen Rounds	5	Christopher Emigh Christopher Emigh Christopher Alan Emigh is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. He earned his first win as a professional at Evangeline Downs in 1989. The winner of more than 3,000 career races, he has won a riding title at Hawthorne Race Course seven times and at Arlington Park in 2006...	Christine K. Janks	Ken Meeker & Carson Springs Farm	1:08.51
2004	Gold Storm	4	Larry Taylor	Charles W. Cascio	Keith McKinney & Jack Sweesy	1:08.65
2003	Out of My Way	6	Curt Bourque Curt Bourque Curt C. Bourque is an American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. He began his riding career in 1984 at Evangeline Downs in Lafayette, Louisiana and won his first race later that year at Jefferson Downs Racetrack....	Gene A. Cilio	Crown's Way Farm et al.	1:09.82
2002	Bonapaw	6	Gerard Melancon Gerard Melancon Gerard Melancon is an American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. On April 19, 2007 he won the 3,000th race of his career at Evangeline Downs in Lafayette, Louisiana.-Year-end charts:...	Norman C. Miller III	J. & D. Richard	1:09.13
2001	Bet On Sunshine	9	Marlon St. Julien Marlon St. Julien Marlon St. Julien is an American equestrian professional in Thoroughbred horse racing.In 2000, he became the first African-American jockey to ride in the Kentucky Derby in 79 years, when he rode Curule to a seventh-place finish. St. Julien began his professional riding career in 1989 at Evangeline...	Paul J. McGee	David P. Holloway Racing	1:10.06
2000	Bet On Sunshine	8	Francisco Torres	Paul J. McGee	David P. Holloway Racing	1:09.77
1997	Hunk of Class †	4	Eusebio Razo, Jr.	Kenneth R. Spraggins	K. R. Spraggins & J. Lombardo	1:09.99
1997	Bet On Sunshine †	5	Pat Day Pat Day Patrick Alan "Pat" Day is an American jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991...	Paul J. McGee	David P. Holloway Racing	1:09.99
1996	Ft. Stockton	4	Shane Sellers Shane Sellers Shane Jude Sellers is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. At age eleven, he began working around horses and in 1983 rode his first winner at Evangeline Downs....	Ben Perkins, Jr.	New Farm	1:08.77
1990	Hammocker	6	Kerwin Clark	Harvey L. Vanier Harvey L. Vanier Harvey L. Vanier is a trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses. With his wife Nancy Aiken-Vanier, they own and breed racehorses on their Fairberry Farm in Waterloo, Illinois.-References:* *...	Nancy A. Vanier Harvey L. Vanier Harvey L. Vanier is a trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses. With his wife Nancy Aiken-Vanier, they own and breed racehorses on their Fairberry Farm in Waterloo, Illinois.-References:* *...	1:24.60

• † There were Dead Heat
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  s in 1997 and again in 2007.