OSCAR Performance continued his bid for a three-year-old championship, an unheard of premise for a turf performer but a reality in a spastic division this year, dominating the Grade 1 Secretariat Stakes on Arlington Million Day.

Owned by Amerman Racing, trained by Brian Lynch and ridden by Jose Ortiz, the son of Kitten’s Joy stalked the pace before unleashing another electric finish to score by two and a quarter lengths over Irish-bred Taj Mahal and Afandem.