In Episode 79 of Chicago Race of the Day, let’s take a look at the first stakes race of the season: the Illini Princess Handicap! It’s a mile and a sixteenth turf stakes for Illinois-registered fillies and mares — and between the top three finishers from the Spellman this summer, the venerable Lovely Loyree, and the visiting Bramble Queen, it promises to be both classy and intriguing.

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