Track tips for Friday, Aug. 3
Pre-entries for the Million will be released this weekend, and solid lists of possibles for all three Festival Grade I races have been released by Arlington Park's racing department.Contender bios, lifetime past performances, race videos, Road to the Million stories and ParkCasts, and eventually analysis and selections can be found in a special Festival section at www.arlingtonpark.com.
North American possibles for the Arlington Million (with trainer): After Market (Shirreffs), Cosmonaut (Biancone), Jambalaya (Day Phillips), Rob Roy (Drysdale), Silver Tree (Mott), Sky Conqueror (Banach), Stream Cat (Biancone), Sunriver (Pletcher) and The Tin Man (Mandella). Foreign possibles for the Arlington Million (with trainer): Danak (Oxx), Doctor Dino (Gibson) and Pressing (Jarvis). North American possibles for the Beverly D. (with trainer): Citronnade (Frankel), Honey Ryder (Pletcher), Jennie R. (Boyce) and Lady of Venice (Biancone). Foreign possibles for the Beverly D. (with trainer): Dalvina (Dunlop) and Irridescence (deKock). North American possibles for the Secretariat (with trainer): Going Ballistic (D. K. Von Hemel), Lattice (Mott), Mostacolli Mort (Canani), Pleasant Strike (Pletcher), Red Giant (Pletcher) and Solider's Dancer (Vivian). Foreign possibles for the Secretariat (with trainer): Admiralofthefleet (O'Brien), Axxos (Schiergen), Fleeting Shadow (Weld) and Shamdinan (O'Neill).
Best bet: Princess Marquetry (1st)Price play: Yankeessweptinfour (9th)Contact: joedakracing@aol.comCheck out Joe Kristufek's Arlington ParkCast audio files at www.arlingtonpark.com