Polzin named Arlington racing secretary, director of racing

Christian A. Polzin, a longtime racing official on the Chicago circuit, has

been named director of racing and racing secretary at Arlington Park, it was

announced Friday by track president Roy Arnold.

"After conducting a nationwide search and interviewing a number of

high-quality candidates from all over the country, I am proud to announce that

the right person for the job was already here in Chicago and that we were able

to promote Chris as our new director of racing and racing secretary," Arnold

said. "Chris's many years of experience as assistant racing secretary and stakes

coordinator gives him the relationships necessary with horsemen locally,

nationally and internationally to move Arlington's stakes program and overnight

racing forward in 2010."

Polzin, a Chicago native and son of former Chicago Tribune handicapper

and turf writer Elmer Polzin, got his start in racing working in the Arlington

Park press box as a statistician in 1981. His first job as a racing official

came in 1982 at Sportsman's Park and he joined the Arlington Park racing office

in 1985 as clerk of scales. He has been the assistant racing secretary here

since 2005 and prior to that was stakes coordinator from 1991-2002. The

55-year-old Polzin has also served as assistant racing secretary at Hawthorne

Race Course and Sportsman's Park.