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2010 Arlington Million (G1)

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Date/Track:
8/21/2010, Arlington Park
Distance:
1 1/4 m (Turf)
Age/Sex:
3+ M
Time:
2:03.01
*Rank is current Power Ranking among all active horses, based on highest HRN rating. Rating is based on HRN member voting.
FinSilksHorse / SireRatingTrainer / JockeyLast Start / Next StartHRN
1st Debussy
Diesis
6.95
J. Gosden
W. Buick
7th, 2011 Foundation Stakes (LS)
12/1
2nd Gio Ponti
Tale of the Cat
8.17
C. Clement
R. Dominguez
4th, 2011 Breeders' Cup Mile (G1) View Video
7/5
3rd Tazeez
Silver Hawk
5.12
J. Gosden
R. Hills
7th, 2011 York Stakes (G2)
6/1
4th Rahystrada
Rahy
7.21
B. Hughes
I. Karlsson
4th, 2013 Monmouth (G2)
10/1
5th Summit Surge
Noverre
4.79
L. Cumani
K. Fallon
11th, 2012 Handicap View Video
10/1
6th Tajaaweed
Dynaformer
7.38
D. Peitz
M. Baze
7th, 2013 Handicap View Video
15/1
7th General Quarters
Sky Mesa
7.51
T. McCarthy
J. Graham
13th, 2011 Clark Handicap (G1) View Video
8/1
8th Just As Well
A. P. Indy
6.48
J. Sheppard
J. Leparoux
5th, 2010 PTHA President's Cup (LS)
5/1
9th Quite A Handful
Mutakddim
4.39
A. Hansen
T. Riggs
9th, AP Claim (8/12/2012-R8)
30/1

What the Nation is saying about the 2010 Arlington Million (G1)...

This is my personal plea to trainer Christophe Clement to please bring Gio Ponti back to Chicago for the 2011 Arlington Million…Read More
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  • EricSlora · As always, enjoyed the article, Chris. Should be a stirring Million! · 686 days ago ·
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  • Zenyatta-Perfection Personified · Gio Ponti is awesome. He seems to be able to run on any surface, at any distance. I am so glad that his connections have kept him around for so long. I will be cheering for him in the Million! · 686 days ago ·
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HRH Princess Haya of Jordan’s Debussy – a 4-year-old Irish-bred son of Diesis –  scored an unexpected victory with a crescendo of a late run in Arlington Million XXVIII Saturday.    Just moments earlier Castleton Lyons’ Gio Ponti appeared to have designed a second straight tally in t...Read More
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  • railbird33 · That was an amazing stretch run after Buick's "Borel-like" trip. Another Irish shipper to put in the mix for the BC Turf race in Nov. · 1030 days ago ·
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  • mshutty · Interesting quotes from the race--William Buick (Debussy)-- "We were very tight for room. I thought 'Oh no, I'm not going to have room' but we finally got clear and he was able to run his race" Buick is Norwegian born and rides first call for John Gosden He also won the Dubai Sheema Classic aboard Dar Re Me. John Gosden--"I've been trying to win this race for 28 years" Ramon Dominguez (Gio Ponti)--"I thought I had enough to hang on. Once I got clear, the horse was idling a bit-maybe looking at the stands or something. The trip was great. I had a lot of horse turning for home." · 1030 days ago ·
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Castleton Lyons’ Gio Ponti, who captured last summer’s Grade I Arlington Million as the fans’ favorite, looms as an even stronger 7-5 choice in the morning line as he faces nine rivals in Saturday’s 28th running of the centerpiece race of the Chicago Thoroughbred racing season – run at a mile and a ...Read More
  • medlocke · The three European turf horses that will run against Gio Ponti in the Arlington Million, I have seen all three of them in their races in 2010. Debussy, if Gio Ponti is not on his "A" game, could be a real threat. He's really a bit better horse than even his numbers suggest. Debussy won the G3 Huxley Stakes at Chester back in May. Beating a very good field of rivals, and looking pretty impressive in the race. He most recently just finished 4th in the Sky Bet York Stakes won by Summit Surge. Who is also in today's field. Tazeez is also another Euro horse that could be dangerous to Gio Ponti. He seems to be improving every race. Finishing 3rd behind Byword and Twice Over in the Prince of Wales's Stakes at Royal-Ascot back in June. And most recently having again finished 3rd at Newmarket in the Princess of Wales Stakes. Beaten by Sans Frontiers and Redwood. But Tazeez has every chance to win the Princess of Wales, and also finished ahead of Spanish Moon, who was a heavy favorite to win the race. But if Gio Ponti runs to the form he capable of running? He should become a back to back winner of the Arlington Million, IMO. · 1032 days ago ·
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Looks like the Million is wide open this year. I don't think Gio Ponti necessarily has to win.
  • 3e3e · For Gio Ponti winning the Million is going to be everything for him to prove to the world that he is still his old self. · 1032 days ago ·
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William Bellew’s Summit Surge, one of three European invaders for Saturday’s Grade I Arlington Million, stepped onto Arlington’s main track at 7:10 Wednesday morning, backed up to the seven-eighths pole and cantered once around under exercise rider Marcel Koran.   On his way back to Arlington’...Read More
Pre-entries for the Grade I Arlington Million, Grade I Beverly D. Stakes and Grade I Secretariat Stakes closed at midnight Friday with 10 older horses named to the 28th running of the Arlington Million, 11 fillies and mares available for the $750,000 Beverly D. Stakes and seven sophomores slated as...Read More
Fans of multi-race wagers, particularly those involving high-quality turf stakes races, will find plenty of opportunity to partake in such bets on Arlington Million Day on Saturday, August 21 when the track will play host to three Grade I turf stakes, a Grade III turf event and an overnight stakes r...Read More
Gio Ponti giveth and Gio Ponti taketh away – especially when it comes down to the field now likely for the 28th running of the Grade I Arlington Million a little over one week away on Saturday, Aug. 21.   The suddenly likely presence of Gio Ponti, the Arlington Million’s defending champion own...Read More
  • humphrey · That turf course is different than most as they leave the grass quite a bit longer than the manicured surfaces on the West coast. · 1039 days ago ·
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Castleton Lyons’ Gio Ponti, defending champion in the Grade I Arlington Million, will try to become the first horse in history to win back-to-back renewals of the showcase event of the Chicago Thoroughbred racing season to be contested Aug. 21.   In an e-mail sent to Arlington’s racing office,...Read More
The largest group of European equine invaders in the last seven years remains on schedule for an Atlantic crossing in time for the upcoming Grade I Arlington Million now two and a half weeks away on Aug. 21.   That list is headed by Kirsten Rausing’s Lady Jane Digby, a 5-year-old mare who defe...Read More
Shadwell Stable’s Tajaaweed, third in the Grade III Arlington Handicap July 17 as the final local designed prep for the Grade I Arlington Million Aug. 21, breezed a half-mile in 46.80 Saturday morning in advance of that upcoming showcase race of the Arlington season.   Also contested on Arling...Read More
Kirsten Rausing’s Lady Jane Digby, a 5-year-old mare who drew clear late for a one-length score against male rivals in last Sunday’s Group I Grosser Dallmayr-Preis Bayerisches-Zuchtrennen at Germany’s Munich Racecourse, is now expected to challenge the boys once again in the Grade I Arlington Milli...Read More
Famous Name is also listed as a potential starter for the Celebration Mile at Goodwood on August 28th. I doubt it's very likely that Prince Khalid Abdullah would send Famous Name to America to run in the Arlington Million on August 21st. Then bring him back to Europe to race in the totesport.com Celebration Mile at Goodwood one week later. Given that Famous Name has never raced outside of Europe, and has been primarily racing in Ireland at Leopardstown in 2010. I wouldn't get my hopes up too high about Famous Name coming to America. Although I'd love it if he did. This colt has raced 18 times in his career and finished in the money in 17 of them. He has a lifetime record of 18-9-6-2 and his won his last four races in a row.
Could Shadwell Stable’s Tajaaweed be the “chosen one” to pose in the winner’s circle following the 28th running of the Grade I Arlington Million on Aug. 21?  After the way the 5-year-old son of Dynaformer closed to finish third in the Grade III Arlington Handicap July 17, beaten only a length ...Read More
Tom McCarthy’s General Quarters, winner of the Grade I Blue Grass Stakes last year and the Grade I Woodford Reserve Turf Classic this spring, returned to the track Thursday at Churchill Downs for the first time since his disappointing sixth-place finish in last Saturday’s Grade III Arlington Handic...Read More
Juddmonte Farms’ jubilation following their one-two finish in Royal Ascot’s Group I Prince of Wales’s Stakes June 16 may also allow Ireland’s all-time leading trainer Dermot Weld the chance to saddle the first Grade I Arlington Million winner of his stellar international career.   That’s becau...Read More
The British are coming – again!  Or at least that’s the plan right now regarding Peter Harris’s British-campaigned Stotsfold, who finished a very creditable third while gaining in the late stages of last season’s Grade I Arlington Million.   “It is safe to assume that Arlington Park can c...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
French-born trainer Christophe Clement hit the Big Apple with a 1-2 punch worthy of Marcel Cerdan on Belmont Stakes Day when he saddled the first and second place runners in New York’s Grade I Woodford Reserve Manhattan Handicap run over that Long Island lawn.   The Manhattan – an annual stepp...Read More
It looks like owner/trainer/one man show Tom McCarthy is sending his star colt General Quarters to contest Churchill Downs second most prestigious race; the Foster Handicap. General Quarters was last seen scoring an upset victory in the Grade 1 Woodford Reserve on the Kentucky Derby under card...Read More

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