Episode 229 of Chicago Race of the Day brings us to Saturday’s opener, a N1X/$75,000 for three-year-old fillies, going six furlongs on the polytrack. It’s not a huge field, but it is a very nice one, including the local return of the most impressive Arlington Park maiden winner of 2020.

Join me for an in-depth look at the field…as well as a discussion of what you should think of when shippers come to visit Arlington, since one of the runners has raced all over the eastern half of the country, but is making her first trip to Chicago.