Ralph Ross, the last surviving member of the four partners who purchased the Arlington Park from Gulf & Western in the summer of 1983. Ross is refusing to extinguish the last flicker of hope that live thoroughbred racing could ever return to the Arlington grounds. 'I completely understand how fans feel because I'm one of them' he said. 'When we did that big build back in '88-'89, we built it like a fortress. By then it was all Dick's money and he wanted elegance and he wanted permanency. He got both. What's going on out there right now is terrible.'
It's far too crushing.
"An awful lot would have to fall right," said Ross, always a sharp, affable and direct man."But as long as they don't mess with the racing surfaces , we could certainly still have a festival meet up and running once the Bears let it be known what they're going to do with the land."If they decide to forge ahead and build on the AP land, Ross's vision is diminished.
THE CORE THOUGHT OF ROSS centers on an annual festival of approximately 30 days beginning in mid-June. He projects that licensing from the Illinois Racing Board"would probably take about 20 minutes." ROSS IS ALSO WELL AWARE that the faintest glimmer of hope that there could be live thoroughbreds again at Arlington will send thousands of local pulses racing.
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