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Gio Ponti Gets 4th Straight Grade I Win In Arlington Million XXVII
Firm or yielding ground hasn’t mattered. East Coast or West Coast hasn’t mattered, and now Castleton Lyons’ Gio Ponti has won his fourth straight Grade I race – this one in the Midwest over a course rated “good” – by dominating Arlington Million XXVII against international competition.
Dynaforce Powers To Beverly D. Victory
Dr. John A. Chandler’s Dynaforce, third behind Pure Clan in the Grade III Modesty Handicap over this course four weeks ago, got revenge on that rival and six others when scoring a 1 ¼-length victory in the Grade I Beverly D. Stakes before a crowd of 28,141 at Arlington Park on Saturday. Jockey Kent Desormeaux was aboard the daughter of Dynaformer who covered the mile and three-sixteenths over a course officially labeled “good” in 1:58.29.
Take The Points Covers The Spread In Secretariat Stakes
Always within striking distance of the leaders under Kent Desormeaux, Starlight Partners’ Take the Points challenged European invader Black Bear Island in the stretch and wore down that rival by a head to capture the Grade I $400,000 Secretariat Stakes for 3-year-olds before 28,141 at Arlington Park. The win was one of two lucrative stakes wins for Desormeaux, who also accounted for the Beverly D. Stakes aboard Dr. John Chandler’s Dynaforce.
