Tags: Horse Race, Race.
The Washington Park Futurity Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at the now defunct Washington Park Race Track in Woodlawn Chicago. A race on dirt for two-year-olds it was first run in 1937 as a six furlong event. Placed on hiatus for two years it returned as an annual feature in 1940.From 1959 through 1961 the race was hosted by Chicago’s Arlington Park race track where it was run at a distance of six and a half furlongs.