Arlington Million and Blimp
Sure, the Arlington Million is the biggest day of year for Arlington Park and Arlington Heights (at least until the Breeder's Cup comes back) with the parties downtown and the national television coverage, but the Arlington Million means one thing to me...blimps.
Parties and high stakes races are fine, but I get a kick out of the blimp that slowly flies over our house. Every year about an hour before the race, the blimp doing aerial shots of track passes over again and again. It's not loud; sounds like a distant helicopter that steadily drones on as it slowly pushes over. This year it was the Met Life blimp, last year it was Sanyo. There are usually a few low passes, but I think the winds forced them to stay higher.
The Mane Event drew an estimated 12,000 people to the party downtown.
The races went off without incident. Last year's winning jockey, Kieren Fallon, was denied his racing license application. His license was revoked in England because of a charge of 'conspiring to defraud bettors'. Gorella won the Beverly D. Showing Up won the Secretariat. Eight year old Tin Man won the Arlington Million.
