| Arlington Park in Illinois is the site for the top Grade 1 | | | | Sheppard and ridden by Julien Leparoux. Just As Well |
| thoroughbred race of the weekend with the famed | | | | last ran on July 17th in the Grade 3 Arlington Handicap |
| Arlington Million odds taking place on Saturday. The | | | | and finished 2nd. Just As Well will break out from the |
| mile and a quarter turf race has a Post Time set for | | | | 4th slot in the gate. Online racebooks had Tazeez at |
| 6:14pm EST with Gio Ponti returning to try and | | | | 6-1 taking off from the 9 hole. |
| become only the second horse since John Henry to | | | | John M. Gosden is the trainer and the jockey will be |
| be a two-time Arlington Million winner in horse betting | | | | Richard Hills. Tazeez last ran in the Grade 1 Prince of |
| odds. The field will be comprised of a total of 10 | | | | Wales and finished 3rd on June 16th. General |
| horses and Gio Ponti has opened as a 7-5 betting | | | | Quarters opened at online racebooks as an 8-1 |
| favorite at online racebooks. The defending champion | | | | longshot in horse racing odds and will start from the |
| is trained by Christopher Clement and will be mounted | | | | 3rd gate position. General Quarters is trained by |
| by Ramon Dominguez. Gio Ponti will be in the number | | | | Thomas McCarthy and will be mounted by James |
| 6 post at the starting gate. | | | | Graham. Horse betting handicappers will recall General |
| Gio Ponti is in top form with a win in his last race in | | | | Quarters ran in the 2009 Kentucky Derby and |
| the Grade 1 Man O' War at Belmont on July 10th. The | | | | Preakness and was the winner at Churchill Downs in |
| second horse betting choice in 2010 Arlington Millions | | | | the Grade 1 Woodford Reserve this year on Derby |
| odds at online racebooks is last year's runner up in | | | | Day. |
| the Million; Just As Well, who is trained by Jonathan | | | | |