THE final grandstand of a racecourse once labelled the ‘most beautiful in the world’ has come crashing down – as punters mourned the ‘soul-crushing’ loss of one of their favourite tracks.
Arlington Park hosted top class action for almost 100 years and could welcomed up to 50,000 punters every raceday.
With polytrack and turf, the Flat racing venue hosted a load of Group 1s including the Arlington Million Stakes which was won by Aidan O’Brien’s Cape Blanco in 2011.
O’Brien and Ryan Moore teamed up to win the track’s Group 1 Beverly D Stakes in 2021 with Santa Barbara too.
While Moore and Sir Michael Stoute won in 2013 with Dank and Hayley Turner and David Simcock had a brilliant victory there the year before on I’m A Dreamer.