For the final month of the meet, Arlington has added seven overnight stakes to the schedule.  The first pair of those, Illinois-bred races which take their names from the suburbs that Arlington International Racecourse straddles, will be run this race week.

Saturday’s card features the first running of the Arlington Heights Stakes, a $65,000, seven-furlong polytrack race for Illinois-bred sophomores.

Head over to Picks and Ponderings, read my preview of the Arlington Heights Stakes, and keep reading for a little aside from the longshot writer.