ARLINGTON TO OFFER 20 STAKES RACES WORTH $3.4 MILLION IN 2017

By Brian Spencer —-

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (February 3, 2017) – Arlington International Racecourse has announced a 2017 stakes schedule that includes 20 stakes worth more than $3.4 million. Highlighting the schedule is the International Festival of Racing on Aug. 12 featuring the 35th running of the Grade I Arlington Million, the Grade I Beverly D., the Grade I Secretariat Stakes and the Grade III American St. Leger along with the Grade III Pucker Up Stakes and the Bruce D. Memorial.

The stakes season kicks off May 13 with the Grade III Hanshin Cup, in its 23rd year as an exchange race between Arlington and the Japan Racing Association, and is followed by the Grade III Arlington Classic the following weekend.

Six $50,000 state-bred stakes are slated to be run during the month of June, showcasing Illinois’ finest locals in the Purple Violet Stakes, the Springfield Stakes, the Addison Cammack Stakes, the Isaac Murphy Stakes, the Black Tie Affair Handicap and the Mike Spellman Memorial Handicap.

Million Preview Day will once again be held five weeks out from the International Festival of Racing on July 8 and will offer the top three finishers in each race a free starting spot in the corresponding race on Million Day. The day features four stakes worth $400,000 – the Stars and Stripes, the American Derby, the Arlington Handicap and the Modesty Handicap.

The stakes schedule conclude with a pair of listed stakes races for juveniles on Sept. 9 with the running of the Arlington-Washington Futurity and the Arlington-Washington Lassie.

The full 2017 stakes schedule can be found below.

Saturday, May 13 HANSHIN CUP (GIII) – $100,000 Guaranteed
Three-Year-Olds & Upward 1 Mile

2 Saturday, May 27 ARLINGTON CLASSIC (GIII) – $100,000 Guaranteed
Three-Year-Olds 1 Mile & 1/16 (Turf)

3 Saturday, June 3 PURPLE VIOLET STAKES – $50,000 Added
Fillies, Three-Years-Old (Illinois Registered) 1 Mile

4 Saturday, June 3 SPRINGFIELD STAKES – $50,000 Added
Three-Year-Olds (Illinois Registered) 1 Mile

5 Saturday, June 10 ADDISON CAMMACK MEMORIAL STAKES – $50,000 Added
Three-Year-Olds & Upward (Illinois Registered) Six Furlongs

6 Saturday, June 10 ISAAC MURPHY STAKES – $50,000 Added
Fillies & Mares, Three-Years-Old & Upward (Illinois Registered) Six Furlongs

7 Saturday, June 17 BLACK TIE AFFAIR HANDICAP – $50,000 Added
Three-Year-Olds & Upward (Illinois Registered) 1 Mile & 1/16 (Turf)

8 Saturday, June 17 MIKE SPELLMAN MEMORIAL HANDICAP – $50,000 Added
Fillies & Mares, Three-Years-Old & Upward (Illinois Registered) 1 Mile & 1/16 (Turf)

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ARLINGTON INTERNATIONAL RACECOURSE
2017 STAKES SCHEDULE

May 5 through September 23
Post Office Box 7 | Arlington Heights, Illinois 60006-0007

RUNNING DATE STAKES DISTANCE

9 Saturday, July 8 STARS AND STRIPES (GIII) – $100,000 Guaranteed
Three-Year-Olds & Upward 1 Mile & 1/2 (Turf)

10 Saturday, July 8 AMERICAN DERBY (GIII) – $100,000 Guaranteed
Three-Year-Olds 1 Mile & 1/8 (Turf)

11 Saturday, July 8 ARLINGTON HANDICAP (GIII) – $100,000 Guaranteed
Three-Year-Olds & Upward 1 Mile & 3/16 (Turf)

12 Saturday, July 8 MODESTY HANDICAP (GIII) – $100,000 Guaranteed
Fillies & Mares, Three-Years-Old & Upward 1 Mile & 3/16 (Turf)

13 Saturday, August 12 BRUCE D. MEMORIAL STAKES – $75,000 Guaranteed
Three-Year-Olds 1 Mile

14 Saturday, August 12 PUCKER UP STAKES (GIII) – $100,000 Guaranteed
Fillies, Three-Years-Old 1 Mile & 1/8 (Turf)

15 Saturday, August 12 AMERICAN ST. LEGER (GIII) – $250,000 Guaranteed
Three-Year-Olds & Upward 1 Mile & 11/16 (Turf)

16 Saturday, August 12 SECRETARIAT STAKES (GI) – $400,000 Guaranteed
Three-Year-Olds 1 Mile & 1/4 (Turf)

17 Saturday, August 12 BEVERLY D. (GI) – $600,000 Guaranteed
Fillies & Mares, Three-Years-Old & Upward 1 Mile & 3/16 (Turf)

18 Saturday, August 12 ARLINGTON MILLION XXXV (GI) – $1,000,000 Guaranteed

Three-Year-Olds & Upward 1 Mile & 1/4 (Turf)
19 Saturday, September 9 ARLINGTON-WASHINGTON FUTURITY (Listed) – $75,000 Guaranteed
Two-Year-Olds 7 Furlongs

20 Saturday, September 9 ARLINGTON-WASHINGTON LASSIE (Listed) – $75,000 Guaranteed
Fillies, Two-Years-Old 7 Furlongs