All 10 pre-entered runners in the Grade 1 Arlington Million passed the entry box when post positions were assigned Tuesday, but at least one scratch was expected prior to the 1 1/4-mile race being run Saturday on the Arlington Park turf.

Trainer Arnaud Delacour said Wednesday that he most likely would bypass the Million with Argentine import The Great Day, who figured as one of the longer shots in the lineup.

“He probably will go to Del Mar next week instead,” said Delacour, referring to the Grade 2 Del Mar Handicap on the Aug. 17 Pacific Classic undercard.

Chuck Simon is still in the horse business but is no longer a horse trainer.

In 20 years with a public stable, Simon had 2,679 starters and 359 winners, starting horses at 38 different tracks. Based exclusively in South Florida in recent years, Simon has turned to overseeing the newly created Gulfstream Horsemen’s Purchasing Association, a for-profit subsidiary of the Florida Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – From all perspectives, Keep On Truckin’s runaway 7 ¾-length score in last Saturday’s $125,000 Clarendon Stakes was fast. His final time for the 5 ½ furlongs, 1:03.07, was just .37 off the synthetic track record, and his Beyer Speed Figure of 92 is the third-quickest by a 2-year-old in North America this year.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – For trainer Brad Cox, there really is something about the first weekend of August.

On Aug. 4, 2012, Cox announced he had lost virtually his entire stable after being fired by Midwest Thoroughbreds.

On Aug. 3, 2013, he won his first stakes in rebuild mode when Ms Anna Destiny won at Mountaineer Park.

On the weekend of Aug. 5-6, 2017, he set a personal record by winning five stakes – three at Louisiana Downs, one at Mountaineer, and one at Saratoga.

All 10 horses pre-entered Friday in the Arlington Million passed through the race’s final entry stage Tuesday.

The connections of Captivating Moon and Bandua still were said to be weighing options after pre-entering, but both horses wound up in Saturday’s race, one of three Grade 1s on the card along with the Beverly D. and the Secretariat.

Leader of Men is headed for the Grade 3, $300,000 Super Derby next month at Louisiana Downs after winning his fourth straight race at the Bossier City, La., track Saturday.

Leader of Men won the $60,000 Prelude Stakes to continue a win streak that started with a maiden special weight over the local turf course May 6. Leader of Men then won back-to-back allowance routes over older horses on the main track before earning a career-high Beyer Speed Figure of 80 in the Prelude.

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – Three horses pre-entered in the Secretariat Stakes are based at Arlington, but the only local among the Beverly D. or the Arlington Million pre-entries is Captivating Moon. It’s hardly a powerhouse home team, but it will have to do.

“Why not give it a shot?” Captivating Moon’s trainer, Chris Block, wondered Monday morning.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Code of Honor, winner of the Grade 3 Dwyer Stakes at Belmont on July 6, worked a half-mile in 47.96 seconds over the Oklahoma training track Sunday morning as he continues preparations for the Grade 1 Travers on Aug. 24.

Code of Honor worked outside of 2018 Discovery winner Plainsman, formerly trained by Brad Cox. The pair went their first quarter in 24.00 seconds, final quarter in 23.96, and out five furlongs in 1:01.46.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Even on a relatively quiet morning in Saratoga, the stars come out to play.

Mitole, winner of the Grade 1 Metropolitan Handicap, and Midnight Bisou, the leading older filly and mare in training, with five graded stakes wins this year, both put in workouts early Monday morning in preparation for upcoming stakes engagements, most likely at Saratoga.

DEL MAR, Calif. – Sunday’s Del Mar feature is the Grade 3, $100,000 Rancho Bernardo Handicap for female sprinters at 6 1/2 furlongs.

Anonymity, second in the race last year, is expected to be the co-highweight along with Danuska’s My Girl. Both were assigned 121 pounds, four fewer than Marley’s Freedom, who is expected to bypass the race for a start at Saratoga later in the month.

Anonymity was second and Danuska’s My Girl fourth behind Marley’s Freedom in the Grade 2 Great Lady M. last month at Los Alamitos.