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Keep business cards close with a nod to Balmoral Park, an Illinois landmark with a story rooted in racing and change. First opened as Lincoln Fields in 1926 near Crete, the track later hosted thoroughbred racing, became a harness-racing destination, and eventually welcomed horse shows. Its many chapters make this Metal Business Card Holder a distinctive desk or meeting accessory for racing enthusiasts, local-history supporters, and collectors. Remember a notable name in the Chicago-area sporting landscape while making a polished impression at work or on the go.

Balmoral Park began as Lincoln Fields, a racetrack built on land south of Crete, Illinois, after Kentucky Jockey Club associates agreed in 1925 to purchase 1,050 acres. Racing opened on August 9, 1926. The facility closed during World War II, and its meetings shifted among Hawthorne Race Course and Washington Park before racing returned to Crete in 1954. In 1955, the Balmoral Jockey Club purchased the track and its name changed to Balmoral Park. Ownership and racing arrangements changed repeatedly: Chicago Thoroughbred Enterprises later included Balmoral, and William S. Miller and partners bought it in 1967, converting the track for harness racing. The Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation acquired it in 1973 and enlarged the oval, allowing thoroughbred racing to return in 1978. Balmoral became an exclusive harness-racing facility in 1991. Racing ended in 2015 after a court ruling imposed a restitution burden on Illinois racetracks. In May 2017, HITS Inc. reopened the property as a horse-show facility. The horse-show operation later folded, and the facility was listed as permanently closed in 2022.