Arlington Million, Beverly D., Secretariat permitted to be run at Colonial with grades intact

The American Graded Stakes Committee on Thursday approved a request by Churchill Downs Inc. to allow the company to run Arlington Park's signature stakes -- the Grade 1 Arlington Million and Beverly D. and the Grade 2 Secretariat Stakes -- at its Colonial Downs property in 2023 while retaining their current grades.

Last Friday, the Graded Stakes Committee conferred grades on 440 stakes races, but deferred the grading on the three stakes due to their being relocated.

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Arlington was shuttered after the 2021 racing season and sold to be developed. Earlier this year, Churchill ran a special program on Aug. 13 that featured two of the three races, with Santin winning the Arlington Million and Dalika the Beverly D. The Secretariat Stakes, last run as the Bruce D. as a Grade 1 in 2021 at Arlington, was not run in 2022, though it had been downgraded to a Grade 2.

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