ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. -- Ten horses, headed by American grass star Domestic Spending, were entered Tuesday in the $600,000 Mister D. Stakes, the former Arlington Million, one of three Grade 1 turf races to be run Saturday at Arlington. Domestic Spending, who drew post 3, will be a short-priced favorite in the Mister D., expected to be the final renewal of a race run 37 times as the Arlington Million, which offered racing’s first seven-figure purse when it was introduced in 1981. The name change honors Arlington chairman emeritus Richard Duchossois, who turns 100 this fall, while the Million’s purse has been reduced because of hard times in Illinois racing. In order to reach a contractual agreement with the local horsemen’s group, the Illinois Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association, Arlington agreed to limit the portion of the 2021 purse account allotted to open stakes races. Those races often are won by out-of-state connections who remove precious prize money from a jurisdiction that doesn’t bolster purses with casino gambling subsidies. No contract is likely to be needed for 2022 since Arlington’s parent company, Churchill Downs Inc., is in the process of selling the 326-acre property. :: Get Daily Racing Form Past Performances – the exclusive home of Beyer Speed Figures CDI has taken bids from several entities (including the Chicago Bears), one of which wants to preserve racing at Arlington, a longshot candidate to be selected as the winning bidder. Even if that group won the right to purchase the property, at this point there can be no 2022 Arlington race meet because CDI didn’t file an application due July 31 with the Illinois Racing Board for 2022 racing dates. Another complicating circumstance: Any group interested in preserving racing presumably would want to operate a casino at the track, permission for which was granted to Illinois racetracks in expanded gambling legislation that became law during the summer of 2019. The window to apply for a casino license, however, closed two years ago and CDI, which owns a majority stake in nearby Rivers Casino, declined to submit an application. A new racetrack owner in Illinois would require a change in state law to begin the process of applying for a casino license.   CDI became Arlington’s owner in 2000 in a transaction through which the Duchossois Group, known at the time as Duschossois Industries, became CDI’s largest shareholder, controlling some 18 percent of the company’s stock. The Duchossois Group no longer holds such a prominent position in CDI, which repurchased one million shares from the Duchossois Group in February 2021. When CDI declined to apply for an Arlington casino license many believed it marked the beginning of Arlington’s endgame – which has proven prescient. And now the company with which Duchossois merged 21 years ago apparently stands ready to facilitate the destruction of the palatial racecourse Duchossois himself built following a catastrophic fire in 1985. But the key name in the inaugural Mister D. Stakes is Chad Brown. Brown trains Domestic Spending, who could give him his fourth straight win in this race and fifth overall. Bricks and Mortar won the most recent Million in 2019, with Robert Bruce victorious in 2018 and Beach Patrol the 2017 winner. Brown’s first Million came in 2013 with Real Solution. Seth Klarman’s Klaravich Stables, which campaigned Bricks and Mortar, owns Domestic Spending, a gelded 4-year-old son of Kingman bred in Great Britain. Domestic Spending comes to the 1 1/4-mile Mister D. on a four-race winning streak, having captured Grade 1 races – the Hollywood Derby, the Turf Classic (where he dead-heated with Colonel Liam) and the Manhattan -- in his last three starts. Flavien Prat comes in from California to ride. Two overseas horses were entered: Armory, Ryan Moore riding for trainer Aidan O’Brien, and Space Traveller, Daniel Tudhope named to ride. Space Traveller, who ships from England, is staying in America and will start Saturday for new trainer Brendan Walsh as a longshot starting from post 7. Armory, who drew post 9, comes off a fourth-place finish in the York Stakes and won the Group 2 Huxley at Chester in May. The other Mister D. entrants are Strong Tide, Glynn County, Two Emmys, Zulu Alpha, Another Mystery, Bizzee Channel, and Big Dreaming. Seven fillies and mares were entered in the 1 3/16-mile Beverly D., named for Duchossois’ late wife. This strong group includes Mean Mary, post 2, a seven-time winner from 11 starts and a true Grade 1-level performer, as well as Santa Barbara, post 4, another O’Brien-trained, Moore-ridden overseas shipper. Three-year-old Santa Barbara won the Grade 1 Belmont Oaks Invitational on July 10 and gets six pounds from her older rivals Saturday. Brown has won the Beverly D. six times overall and five years in a row, but his lone entrant this year, Lemista, was a distant eighth July 17 in the Diana Stakes at Saratoga. The other entrants are Bramble Queen, Joy Epifora, Naval Laughter, and Oh So Terrible. The Bruce D. is named for the late Bruce Duchossois, Richard Duchossois’s son, whose fondness for riding helped bring his father into the business. The race historically was called the Secretariat and run over 1 1/4 miles, but now it’s a one-mile race, still restricted to 3-year-olds. The nine-horse field lacks anything like a standout and includes, in post position order, Therideofalifetime, Tango Tango Tango, Mr. Universe, Ginsburned, New Year Surprise, Point Me By, Shadizaar, King of Miami, and Like a Saltshaker.