The Tin Man wins Arlington Million

The Tin Man, an 8-year-old gelding owned by Aury and Ralph Todd and trained by Richard Mandella, stayed ahead throughout, holding off a late charge from Cacique in the stretch to win the 1 1/4-mile turf race by a length.

Irish-bred Cacique, trained by Bobby Frankel, was second. Soldier Hollow, bred in Britain, took third and pre-race favorite English Channel was fourth.

The Tin Man, which started from the No. 2 post position with Victor Espinoza aboard, went off at 5-1 odds and paid $13, $6 and $4.60. Cacique paid $5.40 and $3.80. Soldier Hollow returned $6.80 to show.

Mandella won the Million on his seventh try. He had second-place finishes with Sandpit in 1995 and 1997. The Tin Man was sixth in the 2003 Million.

"It was probably one of the easiest big races that I've ever run," Espinoza said. "I was confident when I turned for home. He was running easy and no one was coming up."

The Tin Man won the 24th edition of the race in 2 minutes 01.35 seconds.

Earlier in the $750,000 Beverly D., pre-race favorite Gorella got a slow start out of the gate and was trailing the 10-horse field before a six-wide move just before the head of the stretch allowed the 4-year-old filly to pull away on the outside and win by 1 3/4 lengths.

The French-bred Gorella, with Julien Leparoux aboard, won the 1 3/16-mile turf race for fillies and mares in 1:53.71. She paid $4.60, $3 and $2.40. Film Maker was second, paying $3.60 and $3.40. Live Life, also French-bred, led most of the race and was third, paying $5.60.

"You have to have patience with this filly. It's the only way to ride her," Leparoux said. "She's like a machine. She proved it today."