Arlington Million Preview

The big one! Arlington's most important race goes on Saturday as seven horses fight it out for the Arlington Million. Here is this year's field:

10th Race - Arlington Park - Saturday, August 16th, 2014

STAKES. 1 1/4 Mile Turf. Purse $1,000,000. Arlington Million XXXII S. (Grade 1). FOR THREE-YEAR-OLDS AND UPWARD. (05:36 PM) (7)

PP	Horse	A/S	M/E	Wgt	Jockey	Trainer
1	Hardest Core	4 G	L	126	Vaz Eriluis	Graham Edward L.
2	Smoking Sun	5 H		126	Pasquier Stephane	Bary Pascal F.
3	Magician (IRE)	4 C	L	126	O'Brien Joseph Patrick	O'Brien Aidan P.
4	Finnegans Wake	5 H	L	126	Moore Ryan L.	Romans Dale L.
5	Up With The Birds	4 C	L	126	Da Silva Eurico Rosa	Pierce Malcolm
6	Real Solution	5 H	L	126	Castellano Javier	Brown Chad C.
7	Side Glance (GB)	7 G	L	126	Spencer Jamie P.	Balding Andrew

Hardest Core (Hard Spun): Won the Cape Henlopen in his last and had won 2 Allowance/Optional Claimers before that. 2^nd in the Stroll in his lone other stakes try. This is his graded stakes debut. (Note: Hardest Core is also entered into the American St. Ledger)

Smoking Sun (Smart Strike): 2^nd in the International Cup in Singapore in his last. Earlier this year, was 4^th in the Prix Ganay to Cirrus Des Aigles. Won the Prix d'Hardcourt earlier this year.

Magician (Galileo (IRE)): 6^th in the King George & Queen Elizabeth and 2^nd in the Prince of Wales's before that. Last year's Turf winner also won the Irish 2000 Guineas.

Finnegans Wake (Powerscourt (GB)): Won the Arlington Handicap, 6^th in the Monmouth Stakes and 8^th in the Woodford Reserve. Faced Will Take Charge last year in the Clark and was 4^th in last year's Arlington Million also 2^nd in the 2012 Secretariat.

Up With the Birds (Stormy Atlantic): Won the Nijinsky, 6^th in the Dixie and Allowance race. Won last year's Breeders' Stakes and Jamaica after finishing 2^nd in the Queen's Plate. Canada's Champion 3yo Male and Horse of the Year.

Real Solution (Kitten's Joy): Won the Million last year after being elevated from 2^nd. Won the Manhattan, 2^nd in the Man o'War and 4^th in the Muniz in his last three. Is coming in better to the Million this year then he did last year. No horse has won the Million back to back (Powerscourt crossed the wire first, but was dq'ed in the 04 edition).

Side Glance (Passing Glance (GB)): Oldest horse in the field, 3^rd in last year's Million. 3^rd in the United Nations in his last, 9^th in the Queen Anne and 5^th in the International Cup. Finished in front of 2011 Mile winner Court Vision in the 2011 Woodbine Mile.

Picks

1^st: Real Solution

2^nd: Magician

3^rd: Side Glance

Dark Horse: Up With the Birds

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