Arlington Million

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Grade 1 race
Arlington Million

Location Arlington Park
Arlington Heights, Illinois
Inaugurated 1981
Race type Thoroughbred
Website Arlington Park web site
Race information
Distance 1 ¼ miles
Track Turf, Left-handed
Qualification 3-y-o & Up, Thoroughbreds
Weight Weight for age
Purse $1,000,000

The Arlington Million is a Grade 1 flat horse race in the United States for thoroughbred horses aged three years and upward. It is raced over a distance of 1¼ miles (approximately 2,000 metres) on the turf at Arlington Park, Arlington Heights, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago) in August. The race was introduced in 1981 by Joe Joyce, the President of Arlington at the time. The track famously ran the Arlington Million in 1985 under the shadow of a burnt out stand, the victim of a fire 25 days earlier. The horse John Henry succeeded in winning the race twice.

On August 30, 1981, Willie Shoemaker became the first jockey to win a $1 million race when John Henry took the inaugural Arlington Million by a nose over The Bart.

In 2007, Jambalaya became the first Canadian bred horse to win the Arlington Million and his trainer, Catherine Day Phillips the first female trainer to ever win the race.

[edit] Records

Time record:

  • 1:58.69 - Awad (1995)

Most wins:

Most wins by an owner:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

[edit] Past Winners

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
1981 John Henry 6 Willie Shoemaker Ron McAnally Dotsam Stable 2:07.60
1982 Perrault 5 Laffit Pincay, Jr. Charlie Whittingham Serge Fradkoff & Baron Thierry van Zuylen 1:58.80
1983 Tolomeo 3 Pat Eddery Luca Cumani Carlo d'Alessio 2:04.40
1984 John Henry 9 Chris McCarron Ron McAnally Dotsam Stable 2:01.40
1985 Teleprompter 5 Tony Ives Bill Watts 18th Earl of Derby 2:03.40
1986 Estrapade 6 Fernando Toro Charlie Whittingham Allen E. Paulson 2:00.80
1987 Manila 4 Angel Cordero Jr. LeRoy Jolley Bradley M. Shannon 2:02.40
1988 Mill Native 4 Cash Asmussen André Fabre C. N. Ray 2:00.00
1989 Steinlen 6 José Santos D. Wayne Lukas Wildenstein Stable 2:03.60
1990 Golden Pheasant 4 Gary Stevens Charlie Whittingham Summa Stable & Wayne Gretzky 1:59.60
1991 Tight Spot 4 Laffit Pincay, Jr. Ron McAnally Anderson, Winchell & Carradini 1:59.55
1992 Dear Doctor 5 Cash Asmussen John Hammond Henri Chalhoub 1:59.84
1993 Star of Cozzene 5 José Santos Mark Hennig Team Valor Stable 2:07.50
1994 Paradise Creek 5 Pat Day William I. Mott Masayuki Nishiyama 1:59.78
1995 Awad 5 Eddie Maple David Donk Ryehill Farm 1:58.69
1996 Mecke 4 Robbie Davis Emanuel Tortora James Lewis Jr. 2:00.49
1997 Marlin 4 Gary Stevens D. Wayne Lukas Michael Tabor 2:02.54
1998 no race 1998-99
2000 Chester House 5 Jerry Bailey Robert J. Frankel Juddmonte Farms 2:01.37
2001 Silvano 5 Andreas Suborics Andreas Wöhler Stiftung Gestüt Fährhof 2:02.64
2002 Beat Hollow 5 Jerry Bailey Robert J. Frankel Juddmonte Farms 2:02.94
2003 Sulamani * 4 David R. Flores Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin 2:02.29
2004 Kicken Kris ** 4 Kent Desormeaux Michael R. Matz Brushwood Stable 2:00.08
2005 Powerscourt 5 Kieren Fallon Aidan O'Brien Sue Magnier 2:03.38
2006 The Tin Man 8 Victor Espinoza Richard Mandella Ralph and Aury Todd 2:01.35
2007 Jambalaya 5 Robby Albarado Catherine Day Phillips Todd & Catherine Day Phillips 2:04.76

* Storming Home finished first in 2003 but was demoted to fourth place following a Stewards' Inquiry.
** Powerscourt finished first in 2004 but was demoted to fourth place following a Stewards' Inquiry.

[edit] Notes

  • No races were held at Arlington International Racecourse in 1998 or 1999, as the Illinois horse racing authorities did not authorise dates for the track. The 1988 race was held at Woodbine Racetrack, Ontario, Canada.
  • Starting in 1991, timing was arranged to hundredths.
  • From 1983 until 1986, the race was known as the Budweiser Million.
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