Richard Duchossois’ Éclair de
Lune, who will attempt to become the first back-to-back winner of the Grade I
Beverly D. on Saturday, schooled in the paddock Thursday just prior to the third
race.
Also in the paddock at the
same time was the Beverly D. runner Check the Label, who races in the silks of
Lael Stables.
All In Stable’s Willcox Inn,
who would become the fourth horse in Arlington
Park history to sweep Chicago’s
Mid-America Triple with a win in Saturday’s Grade I Secretariat Stakes,
schooled in the paddock just prior to the fourth race Thursday.
Three Festival runners trained
by Christophe Clement – Castleton Lyons’ Grade I Arlington Million candidate
Gio Ponti, Robert Scarborough’s $750,000 Beverly D. runner Cheetah and
Castleton Lyons’ $65,000 Hatoof Stakes participant Race to Urge all schooled in
the paddock Thursday before the fifth race of the
afternoon.
REMINDER: SPECIAL 12:15 P.M. POST TIME FOR ARLINGTON
MILLION DAY
Guests planning to be at Arlington
Park for Saturday’s International
Festival of Racing – as well as fans of Arlington’s
simulcast signal – are reminded that there will be a special 12:15 p.m. post
time in effect for Saturday’s Arlington Million Day program.