ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – With every apparently logical contender in the Modesty Handicap comes a question. Is the race too far for Faufiler? Is it too short for Al’s Gal? Is it too tough for No Fault of Mine? And is it on the wrong continent for Marypop? Those are half the entrants in the Grade 3, $125,000 Modesty, a nine-furlong grass race for fillies and mares that could scratch down to an even shorter field and thus was positioned as the first of four stakes on the Saturday card at Arlington as race 4. Secret Someone and America Mon Amie are the two horses Arlington racing officials considered uncertain runners midweek. KEY CONTENDERS No Fault of Mine, by Blame Last 3 Beyers: 91-89-78 ◗ She’s the unexposed horse in the race, a 4-year-old with only nine career starts (she’s been first or second in eight of them), only one of which has come on turf. That lone grass race in April produced an eye-catching win in a Keeneland allowance race and convinced trainer Chris Block that though she is all right on dirt and good on synthetics, turf is her best surface. ◗ Made a big turn move into a slow pace in the Matron Stakes on Polytrack but could not push past the victorious Flipcup, who did herd No Fault of Mine to the middle of the track during the stretch run. “She’s trained well between the Matron and this one,” Block said. “We got the work schedule we wanted. I’m excited about watching her run.” ◗ Her natural style is stalk-and-finish, but Block believes she can adapt if the Modesty pace turns pokey. Faufiler, by Galileo Last 3 Beyers: 96-96-96 ◗ She’s coming out of three straight races at one mile, and that’s the trip to which she’s been kept for much of her career, which began in France. She did win a nine-furlong race at Longchamp in 2014 but was eighth in the Cardinal Handicap at Churchill in her only try at the distance since being imported. “My feeling is she was probably not quite Grade 1 going a mile, so this is kind of an experiment to help decide which direction to go the rest of the year,” said trainer Graham Motion. ◗ Overcame a lousy post to win the Sand Springs at Gulfstream, but another bad draw in the Royal Heroine in May at Santa Anita might have cost her victory. ◗ Will be running a much different kind of race than when last seen June 11 in the Grade 1 Just a Game, a one-turn mile at Belmont that was run at a fast pace over a very firm, fast-playing course. Marypop, by Layman ◗ Makes her first start in the U.S. after being privately purchased in France by Dick Duchossois. ◗ She’s an improved filly this year at 4 and comes off a career-best performance in winning the Group 3 Prix Allez France at Chantilly, a flatter, turning course, though one over which she raced right-handed. “Her first couple works here, she seemed a little lost out there on our tighter turns,” said trainer Mike Stidham. “But she quickly picked it up, and her last three works have been as good as I could ask for.” ◗ Most of Marypop’s races have come on softer courses than she is likely to find Saturday. Al’s Gal, by English Channel Last 3 Beyers: 90-90-89 ◗ Seemed to hit peak form when stretched to 1 1/2 miles in her last two starts, but trainer Mike Maker thinks she can cut back effectively. “I don’t think the distance will hurt,” Maker said. “She’s a slight filly but has filled out and matured.”