2011 Arlington Million (G1)

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Date/Track:
8/13/2011, Arlington Park
Post Time:
5:15 PM CT
Distance:
1 1/4 m (Turf)
Age/Sex:
3+ M
Time:
2:05.39

What the Nation is saying about the 2011 Arlington Million (G1)...

Glenn Thompson has been a trainer of thoroughbred racehorses for over 30 years and his horses have never had a positive post race drug test. Thompson has been invited to be a witness at a US Congressional Subcommittee on Health hearing to be held in Kennett Square, PA, on Monday, April 30. Read More
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  • daresoar · Matt, It went well, Mcpeek was a little two faced but I expected that. · 28 days ago ·
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  • AndyScoggin · There are many different worlds in racing and some of the panelists have very little experience with the cheaper horses and the smaller racetracks. · 28 days ago ·
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Our last Eclipse Award discussion. The Dark Horse Chris Sorenson and myself will be going over both turf divisions, older male and female divisions, and we'll be crowning our Horse Of The Year!Read More
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  • rorschach1992 · Did he actually state Mission Approved and Dean's Kitten as being some of the best in the WORLD???? MmmHmm. Is he not aware that they both ran on World stages and were absolute non-factors, Mission Approved 14th out of 16 in the Japan Cup and Dean's Kitten 9th and last in the BC Turf. That's really not a glowing recommendation for Cape Blanco. · 134 days ago ·
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  • travel_vic · Micheal Veitch of the Sratogan has made a very good case for Harve de Grace today in his column · 133 days ago ·
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Who should be Champion Turf Male?Read More
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  • footlick · Mary Z.- I'm not sure he likes soft turf, which might be why they really haven't run him outside of Cal much. If the turf was to his liking, I certainly think he could have taken the Sword Dancer. The fact that he won the Pacific Classic, though has opened up even more options for him in California, so they may opt for a turf and synthetic year. · 144 days ago ·
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  • LAZMANNICK · I wouldn’t hold a dismal finish in the Charlestown race against any horse. The track is essentially a bull ring, much like Fairplex, with very sharp turns. The track was also sloppy and sealed. It’s easy to see that he didn’t like that race based on how dismal he ran and yet he bounced back and won his next five in a row. As for the Kilroe Mile, Acclamation isn’t a miler and is zero for two in that particular race. He’s a true router who likes to set a controlled pace and when he can do this is very tough to beat. In fact the only way to beat him in a route when they are planning on taking him to the front is to challenge right from the beginning. · 144 days ago ·
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Cape Blance scored another win for the Europeans, and in the process defeated Gio Ponti for the third time...Read More
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  • manila87 · new member just stumbled onto ur blog, enjoyed quite a few trips to arlington this summer and have been enjoying the large fields and competition,how about that 16.60 exacta with blanco and ponti was there ever easier money thanthat, will be out saturday and also to breeders · 284 days ago ·
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  • Chicago · Wow Manila, let me know if you'll be around next weekend the 27th, would love to meet you! · 283 days ago ·
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Experiencing Arlington Million 2011 in person is something I'll never forget. As the day went by, the crowd grew by thousands. Early in the day, A beautiful blue sky with cotton like clouds greeted the fans who entered the track. But, as we got deeper into the race card, the skies opened up, and the...Read More
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  • Winplacsho · I haven't been to all the top level tracks, but Arlington is at the top of my list for sure. I made it to the 2002 BC & the Arlington Millions won by Chester House & Marlin. I was there last summer too, but that polytrack turns me off. · 284 days ago ·
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  • Eclipse First · Nice job, Scott--I am fortunate to have AP as my home track, and Million weekend is always a highlight --here's hoping Gov. Quinn signs the gambling bill to give us slots and also that the BC comes back again! · 283 days ago ·
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They did it again. At the very instant the field for Saturday's Grade 1 Beverly D. at Arlington Park was crossing the finish line in Chicago the horses for the Grade 1 Sword Dancer at Saratoga were leaving the gate. These were two huge racing events and they happened virtually at the same time, forc...Read More
In a repeat of the Man O' War Stakes, Cape Blanco easily bested Gio Ponti in Saturday's Grade 1 Arlington Million. Read More
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  • icyhotboo · I love Gio Ponti, he runs his heart out every time. Sometimes it's hard to be a fan and a bettor but when the rains came I felt I didn't need a reversal. Strange to have a bittersweet win as money comes and goes but the horses you love always stay. · 289 days ago ·
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  • cowgirlie229 · Well, what were the rankings? All of the horses? What did they place? · 289 days ago ·
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Flat out European domination at Arlington Park today!! Treasure Beach win's the Secretariat, Stacelita win's the Beverly D., and Cape Blanco MUCH THE BEST in the Arlington Million!! Stacelita get's an automatic "win and your in birth" into the B.C. F&M Turf with this win, after failing to get the bid for the B.C. Turf in the United Nations. Although, I believe if Ramon Dominguez had been aboard Stacelita in that race instead of Joe Bravo, Stacelita would've beaten Teaks North that day. Treasure Beach is likely for the B.C. Turf now. This colt is absolutely for real!! Having beaten the King George winner, Nathaniel, in the G3 Chester Vase. Then he was mugged on the wire, beaten a nose by Pour Moi in the Epsom Derby, and then comes back to beat his stablemate Seville in the Irish Derby. Now he's also taken the premier G1 turf race for 3yr.old's in the US by winning the Secretariat. Treasure Beach was supplemented into the Breeders Cup for $25,000 by Coolmore during the early enrollment period. I'm not sure what race we might see Cape Blanco in at the Breeders Cup? But after win's in the Man O' War and the Arlington Million, I feel certain he'll be there. Well done to Coolmore-Ballydoyle Ireland, and trainer Aidan O'Brien today!!
  • yukichan · Another big day for Galileo too--TB and CB both Galileos. · 289 days ago ·
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  • Arazi · Slow pace really doomed Gio Ponti. Didnt help the others either. Wigmore Hall ran pretty well. · 289 days ago ·
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Cape Blanco scores in the Arlington Million! Gio Ponti nabbed a close 2nd! 
Arlington's International Festival of Racing brings many of the world's best grass horses to Suburban Chicago. Brian Zipse was on the scene at today's draw...Read More
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  • Winplacsho · Though Burn the Mortgage looked nice winning the 3rd race, the 1/2 brother of Keertana, Monastic, had a horrible trip. Look for him to break his maiden next out. · 289 days ago ·
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  • Winplacsho · Also, think about putting Bonnie (#5 in the first race) on your stable mail. She ran a nice 3rd and took alot of money early on for being 12-1 morning line. · 289 days ago ·
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Pasquale Vizzoni’s General Perfect, likely to be one of longer prices in the race, is slated to arrive at Arlington Park on Wednesday in advance of his start in Saturday’s Arlington Million XXIX, one day before his trainer Glenn Thompson.   The son of Perfect comes into the race off a fifth-pla...Read More
No trainer in the history of Arlington Park’s International Festival of Racing has ever saddled the winners of the Arlington Million and its sister race the Beverly D. in the same season, but French-born conditioner Christophe Clement would appear to have an excellent choice to accomplish that feat ...Read More
Eleven years ago, retired Hall of Fame jockey Jerry Bailey put his personal stamp on the International Festival of Racing at Arlington Park when he became the first and only jockey in history to win the Grade I Arlington Million and the Grade I Beverly D. Stakes in the same year.   Since then, ...Read More
MILLION DAY :)
Christophe Lorieul, assistant to trainer Christophe Clement, was pleased with the three horses the trainer has shipped from Saratoga to Arlington Park for Saturday’s races.    Castleton Lyons’ Gio Ponti, the 2009 winner of the Grade I Arlington Million, and second in last year’s edition to...Read More
  • dipak1 · Gio Ponti will win this time, he is the class of class horse, the race will be 1. Gio Ponti, 2, Cape Blanco, 3. Mission impossible. · 290 days ago ·
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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 s...Read More
All was pretty much quiet on the western front Friday morning for the European invaders who have come to America for Saturday’s International Festival of Racing at Arlington Park.   Irish-bred Cape Blanco, owned by Mrs. Fitriani Hay, Derrick Smith, Mrs. John Magnier and Michael Tabor and mornin...Read More
gio ponti has one more big one in him, terrific horse
Who was the greatest Arlington Million winner?Read More
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  • LAZMANNICK · I love this point/counter point. I am a big fan of both, but have a softness for Manila because I believe he has been vastly underrated given his accomplishments and racing record. Jolly might have thought he would have fared well on dirt, but let’s not forget his first four lifetime starts were on dirt and he broke his maiden by 8 lengths in his fourth start. Impressive as that was he switched to turf in his next race. It was on turf that his potential started to show (the opposite of Cigar who was not distinguished on turf but became a champion when switched to dirt)……..That being said, I would rate Manila ahead of John Henry as the best turf horse in N/A history, but in my rankings this would still put him second to the great Round Table. Of 66 career lifetime starts, only 16 were on turf with 14 wins (including his first eight in a row), a second by a half length and a last place finish in the Washington Birthday when he cut his front heel. His wins were from 8.5 F to 12F and included the Arlington Hdcp at 1 3/16ths in 1.53.2 carrying 132 lbs., the San Marcos at 10F in 1.58.2 again carrying 132 lbs., and the 9F Stars N Stripes in 1.47.1 again carrying 132 lbs. his biggest feat on turf though was winning the United nations under a staggering 136 lbs. and giving the second place horse, Noureddin 19 lbs. They didn’t have an Arlington Million back then, but if they would have I’m sure Round Table would have made his presence felt. · 291 days ago ·
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  • KyOaksRunner · Excellent Point/Counterpoin, I think it's the best so far. I am a wholehearted fan of John Henry, and while I think his career outshines Manila's, I think Manila would be my choice in this debate because his career was cut short ans was brilliant up to that time. · 290 days ago ·
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Horses for Saturday’s 29th running of the Arlington Million, 21st renewal of the $750,000 Beverly D. and 35th edition of the $400,000 Secretariat Stakes went through tune-ups of varying intensity Thursday morning during training hours at Chicago’s suburban oval.   Most impressive among them was...Read More

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