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[b]European challengers Cape Blanco and Wigmore Hall feature among the ten declarations for the Grade 1 Arlington Million (due off 23:15 BST) in Chicago on Saturday night.[/b] Aidan O'Brien's [b]Cape Blanco[/b] (Timeform rated 124), returns to America in a bid to follow up his Man o'War win at Belmont Park last month. The Ballydoyle colt defeated top American horse [b]Gio Ponti[/b] (123) by 2¼ lengths that day but will have to be at his very best to confirm that form, bearing in mind that Gio Ponti, who won the Arlington Million in 2009 and was beaten into second last year by John Gosden's Debussy, wasn't seen to best effect at Belmont having been held up off a steady pace. Jamie Spencer is again likely to take the ride on Cape Blanco for O'Brien, while Hayley Turner will be making...