2010 Arlington Handicap (G3)

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Date/Track:
7/17/2010, Arlington Park
Distance:
1 1/4 m (Turf)
Age/Sex:
3+ M
Time:
2:01.26

What the Nation is saying about the 2010 Arlington Handicap (G3)...

Robert Courtney’s Rahystrada, third in the Grade II Dixie Stakes at Pimlico in his last start May 15, returned to his winning ways with a half-length victory over defending champion Just as Well in the Grade III $150,000 Arlington Handicap.  The Byron Hughes-trained son of Rahy was ridden by I...Read More
Tuscan Evening figured to get loose on the lead in the Modesty Cap, and she did, setting an exceedingly slow pace. So when she won by a half-length over 16-1 Eclair de Lune, the first response was, 'meh.' But this actually was better than merely meh. Yes, TE got a favorable setup, but she flew home....Read More
The Low-Down: The G3 Arlington Handicap is the local prep for the Arlington Million, to be run on Saturday, August 21. JUST AS WELL, the runner-up behind eventual Turf Champion Gio Ponti in last year's Million, defends his Arlington Handicap crown against a tough crowd. Other top challengers amongst...Read More
Thomas McCarthy’s General Quarters, winner of the Grade I Woodford Reserve Turf Classic at Churchill Downs in May, faces 10 rivals including Jonathan Sheppard’s Just as Well in the Grade III $150,000 Arlington Handicap Saturday at Arlington Park.   The Arlington Handicap serves as the final lo...Read More
Owner-trainer Tom McCarthy, who saddled his 4-year-old gray colt General Quarters to finish third in Churchill’s Grade I Stephen Foster Handicap June 12 on the main track, will switch surfaces once again for his next start July 17 in the Grade III Arlington Handicap over the Chicago oval’s world fa...Read More
Tom McCarthy’s General Quarters, being pointed for Arlington Million XXVIII Aug. 21 as the owner-trainer’s main summertime goal, breezed five furlongs at Churchill Downs Thursday morning with new rider Alex Solis in the irons.   “He had a real good work this morning,” said McCarthy shortly aft...Read More