Long shot will be scratched from Mister D. Stakes

Arlington Heights, Ill.

Long shot Big Dreaming, an allowance winner last out at Ellis Park, will be scratched from Saturday’s running of the Grade 1, $600,000 Mister D. Stakes at Arlington Park, his trainer said Thursday morning.

“We didn’t get a good draw,” Wayne Catalano told Horse Racing Nation. “We’ll try and come back next month at Kentucky Downs.”

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A 4-year-old colt owned by Frank Calabrese, Big Dreaming drew the outside in the 10-horse field. Saturday would have been his graded-stakes debut. He was 15-1 on the morning line.

Catalano said he would consider a $1 million race at Kentucky Downs for Big Dreaming. Although he did not say which one, the Mint Million at one mile on Sept. 6 would appear to fit the Declaration of War colt’s profile.

The nine horses left in the Mister D. are led by Domestic Spending, the Chad Brown-trained gelding who has won three consecutive Grade 1 races. He is 6-5 on the morning line.