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Maywood Park, the Glossary

Maywood Park was a horse racing venue located in Melrose Park, Illinois, United States, about 12 miles from downtown Chicago.^[1]

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Amazon (company)

Amazon.com, Inc., doing business as Amazon, is an American multinational technology company, engaged in e-commerce, cloud computing, online advertising, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.

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Backstretch

Backstretch refers to either: (1) the portion of an oval racetrack on the far side of the grandstand, parallel to the homestretch, or, (2) particularly in North America, the area near the racetrack where horses are stabled and the daily work of maintaining the horses occurs.

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Breeders Crown

The Breeders Crown is an annual series of harness races in the United States and Canada covering each of the sport's twelve traditional categories of age, gait and gender.

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Chicago

Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.

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Harness racing

Harness racing is a form of horse racing in which the horses race at a specific gait (a trot or a pace).

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Horse racing

Horse racing is an equestrian performance activity, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition.

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Illinois

Illinois is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Melrose Park, Illinois

Melrose Park is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States.

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Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.; January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer and activist.

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NBC

The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.

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Oregon

Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

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Provident Hospital (Chicago)

Provident Hospital of Cook County (formerly Provident Hospital and Training School) is a public hospital in Chicago, Illinois that was the first African-American-run hospital in the United States.

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Rod Blagojevich

Rod Blagojevich (born December 10, 1956), often referred to by his nickname "Blago", is an American politician who served as the 40th governor of Illinois from 2003 to 2009.

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The Tonight Show

The Tonight Show is an American late-night talk show that has been broadcast on NBC since 1954.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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Washington Park Race Track

Washington Park Race Track was a popular horse racing venue in the Chicago metropolitan area from 1884 until 1977. Maywood Park and Washington Park Race Track are Defunct horse racing venues in Illinois.

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Windy City Pace

The Windy City Pace was a harness race for 3-year-old Standardbred pacing horses.

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See also

1946 establishments in Illinois

2015 disestablishments in Illinois

Defunct horse racing venues in Illinois

Demolished sports venues in Illinois

Sports venues demolished in 2019

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maywood_Park