ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. — Favorite Gio Ponti overcame a stumble at the start, took the lead on the final turn Saturday and won the 27th running of the Arlington Million.

The 4-year-old colt, owned by Castleton Lyons and ridden by Ramon Dominguez, captured his fourth straight Grade I race.

Two long shots took second and third. Just As Well was the runner-up and Stotsfold, bred in Great Britain, was third.

Gio Ponti, trained by Christophe Clement, had won the Grade I Man o' War and Manhattan handicaps at Belmont Park in his two previous starts. With Saturday's victory in the 1¼-mile turf race, Gio Ponti gets an automatic berth into the Breeders' Cup Turf.