Arlington Million Picks

I apologize for not having an Arlington Million preview tomorrow, however I'm currently out of state. That being said, I thought a pick post wouldn't out of the question.

10th Race - Arlington Park - Saturday, August 15th, 2015
STAKES. 1 1/4 Mile Turf. Purse $1,000,000. Arlington Million XXXIII S (Grade 1). FOR THREE-YEAR-OLDS AND UPWARD. (05:48 PM)
PP Horse A/S M/E Wgt Jockey Trainer
1 Up With The Birds 5 H L 126 Van Dyke Drayden Motion H. Graham
2 Slumber (GB) 7 H L 126 Ortiz, Jr. Irad Brown Chad C.
3 Bookrunner 4 C L 126 Mosse Gerald Delzangles Mikel
4 Big Blue Kitten 7 R L 126 Bravo Joe Brown Chad C.
5 Wake Forest (GER) 5 H L 126 Pedroza Eduardo Wohler Andreas
6 Legendary (GB) 6 G L 126 Russell Sheldon Saville Niall
7 The Pizza Man 6 G L 126 Geroux Florent Brueggemann Roger A.
8 Quiet Force 5 H L 126 Albarado Robby Maker Michael J.
9 Shining Copper 5 G L 126 Emigh Christopher A. Brown Chad C.
10 Triple Threat (FR) 5 H L 126 Lezcano Jose Mott William I.
11 Maverick Wave 4 C L 126 Buick William T. Gosden John H. M.
12 Elleval (IRE) 5 G L 126 Smullen Patrick J. Marnane David
13 Belgian Bill (GB) 7 H L 126 Spencer Jamie P. Baker George

The Euro's aren't the toughest that the race has seen, the best of the bunch is very likely Maverick Wave. Up with the Birds comes with the best international background out of the North Americans (after all he did start his career in Canada), and was 4th in this race last year. Slumber and Big Blue Kitten like UB are G1 winners, the latter defeating last year's champ Main Sequence in what would turn out to be his career finale.

With that being said, I love The Pizza Man. He won the American St. Ledger last year, and won the St. Ledger prep this year. Last year's winner Hardest Core also won his prep going a mile and a half. Up with the Birds for second and Bookrunner for third.