traight year. Hours after owner Rahal, forcing his team to change out his front wing. But he scrambled from the back for an impressive

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. -- Irish-bred Mondialiste thrives in the United States.The 6-year-old won the Grade 1 Arlington Million on Saturday, earning a berth into the Breeders Cup when jockey Daniel Tudhope guided the bay horse through a three-wide finish to edge Kasaqui by a neck.We couldnt have asked for a better run really, Tudhope said. It was perfect.Mondialiste, who went off as the 4-1 third choice, broke from the outside in the 1 1/4-mile turf race outside Chicago. He won the Woodbine Mile last year and finished second in the Breeders Mile.Now the David OMeara-trained miler has a spot in the Breeders Turf.We stepped him up to a mile and a quarter at York (in England) and he ran a really good race, OMeara said. Once we saw that he handled the trip OK, we had this race in the back of our mind. We thought wed bring him over because he performed so well this side of the water last year.The son of Galileo paid $10.80, $6.40 and $4.80. Kasaqui of Argentina returned $13.20 and $9.40 and Irish-bred Deauville paid $7.00 to show despite a poor outside draw.My horse had a pretty good run, Deauville jockey Seamie Heffernan said. He was the only 3-year-old in the race. In a lovely position, got around the two into the straight and two other horses just came and got me.OMeara said they planned to send Mondialiste to Santa Anita for the Breeders Cup on Nov. 4-5.I dont see any reasons not to come back again, he said.Take the Stand set the pace and still led into the final turn before fading.Florent Geroux rode World Approval to seventh. French jockey was attempting to sweep the day after winning the three earlier graded stakes races.Illinois-bred The Pizza Man finished sixth after winning last year.Riders faced a headwind on the stretch run in the 11-horse race on the firm grass track. Decorated Knight scratched in the morning and Dubai Sky was ordered scratched by stewards when he refused to be reshod after losing a shoe.The three other grades stakes races belonged to Geroux and his morning-line favorites.The Chicago resident rode Frances Sea Calisi to a big kick on the stretch run to take the $700,000 Beverly D. for fillies, the 4-year-olds first Grade 1 victory. Als Gal finished 1 1/2 lengths back in the 1 3/16-mile race.Geroux guided Beach Patrol, like Sea Calisi trained by Chad Brown, past Long Island Sound in a stretch duel in the $450,000 Grade 1 Secretariat for 3-year-olds. The Kentucky colt took the 1 1/4-mile race by a head for his third win of 2016 and his first career graded stakes win.Geroux rode Da Big Hoss to the lead just past the quarter pole to take the $300,000 Grade 3 American St. Leger, Arlingtons longest race at 1 11/16 miles.The Kentucky-bred thoroughbred pulled away in the final furlong to win by 1 3/4 lengths over Irelands Clondaw Warrior. 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He became the first three-time winner this season and gave Andretti Autosport its fourth consecutive victory at Iowas .875-mile oval, the shortest track on the circuit. Ryan Hunter-Reay, Hinchcliffes teammate, battled back from last place to finish second. He was followed by Tony Kanaan, Ed Carpenter and Graham Rahal. Hinchcliffe took the lead on the opening lap and ceded control only briefly during pit stops. He joined Kanaan, Marco Andretti and Hunter-Reay as Iowa winners for Andretti Autosport since 2010. But none of those runs was as dominant as the one Hinchcliffe put together this time around. "Ive watched guys win races like this on TV, and my whole career I thought I just dont get it. How do they do that? Ive never been in that position. And now I know. You have to have a hell of a good car. You have to have a hell of a good crew and just hit your marks all afternoon long," Hinchcliffe said. "Man, it feels good to do it like that." Now the next step for Hinchcliffe is consistency. Despite earning his first three career wins this season, Hinchcliffe is 66 points behind series leader Helio Castroneves because of five finishes of 15th or lower. "Hes been either feast or famine. He either wins or he has problems. But he knows hes capable of winning," team owner Michael Andretti. "If he can hopefully get through all his problems and continue to do what hes doing, he has a good shot at a championship." Series leader Helio Castroneves was eighth. His lead over Hunter-Reay was cut to nine points -- the exact number Castroneves earned Saturday by winning the pole through heat qualifying races. "We drove as hard as we could. When they told me I came in eighth, I was like What? I certainly felt we had a better car than that," Castroneves said. It was clear from the opening lap that nobody had a better car than the No. 27 of Hinchcliffe. He immediately grabbed control of the race from Will Power, who coounts just one oval among his 18 series victories.dddddddddddd Power fell behind by as much as a lap midway through the race and finished 17th. Hinchcliffe also held off a furious challenge from Rahal off a restart about 90 laps from the finish. Though Rahal technically took the lead for a lap, Hinchcliffe hung on to the low groove, running side-by-side with Rahal, before bursting clear. Hinchcliffe had only led 99 laps in his three-year IndyCar career before Sunday. He surpassed that total less than halfway through the race. "We got (Power) on lap one there and really never looked back. The car was solid," Hinchcliffe said. "When we needed it, the car was awesome. We were fast up front by ourselves. We were good in traffic." Hunter-Reay fell behind Castroneves by 25 points on Saturday after a poor showing during the qualifying heats. It only got worse for Hunter-Reay roughly 40 laps in when he rear-ended Rahal, forcing his team to change out his front wing. But he scrambled from the back for an impressive podium finish. "It was a really good day for points, to finish second after being dead last, and just (Saturday) we had the nightmare of a day," Hunter-Reay said. "Its a bummer when you have that good of a car to finish second. But considering we came from the back of the pack to finish second in such a tight field, I have to be happy about that. Somewhat pleased, I should say." The series next runs at Pocono Raceway, but not before a much-needed break. IndyCar will take next weekend off, its first true break since late April, before returning to Pocono on July 7, ending a 23-year hiatus from that track. Though its been decades since the series has run there, itll be hard to bet against Andretti. The team has now won five of 10 races in 2013. It also boasts three serious championship contenders in Hunter-Reay, Marco Andretti and Hinchcliffe, all of whom are right behind Castroneves. "Guys like Helio, with his experience and everything, is going to be really difficult. Hes going to make it go right down to the wire, I can assure you. But its always nice to have more than one bullet in the gun. And right now, we have three real legitimate shots at winning a championship," Michael Andretti said. ' ' '