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Posted on Thursday, November 27th, 2008
Stone Farm’s Wanderin Boy heads the 20th running of the $300,000 Hill ‘n’ Dale Cigar Mile Handicap (G1) ? the feature on a 9-race card that will also include the 95th running of the $200,000 Remsen Stakes (G2) and the 87th running of the $200,000 Demoiselle Stakes (G2) on Saturday, November 29, at Aqueduct Racetrack.
The Cigar Mile Handicap field of horses with jockeys and weight line up as follows:
- Visionaire under jockey Alan Garcia carries 116 lbs.
- Arson Squad under jockey Garrett Gomez, 119 lbs.
- Harlem Rocker under jockey Eibar Coa, 115 lbs.
- Bribon under jockey Rajiv Maragh, 114 lbs.
- Tale of Ekati under jockey Edgar Prado, 116 lbs.
- Monterey Jazz under jockey David Flores, 118 lbs.
- Storm Play under jockey Cornelio Velasquez, 114 lbs.
- Wanderin Boy under jockey John Velazquez, 118 lbs.
- Kodiak Kowboy under jockey Ramon Dominguez, 116 lbs.
The Cigar Mile Handicap is horse race 8 of Aqueduct’s November 29 card. Cigar Mile post time is 3:48 pm Eastern. Included in its undercard is the Remsen Stakes with post time 3:19 pm and Demoiselle Stakes with post time 2:49 pm.
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Colonel John Wins The $1-Million Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Course
Posted on Sunday, August 24th, 2008
WinStar Farm’s Colonel John, making only his 2nd start on dirt, got his nose down at the wire after a head-bobbing late stretch duel with Mambo in Seattle at Saratoga Race Course to win Saturday’s 139th running of the $1-million Travers Stakes (G1).
Colonel John ran 1 1/4 miles in 2:03.20 and earned $600,000 for WinStar Farm. The Eoin Harty-trained horse paid $10.40, $5.40 and $4.30. Colonel John had not won a race since taking the Santa Anita Derby in April.
Mambo in Seattle, ridden by jockey Robby Albarado, paid $6.30 and $5.10. Pyro, the favorite in the Travers, finished third in the race for 3-year-olds with jockey Shaun Bridgmohan riding and paid $3.70.
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Pyro Installed As Morning Line Favorite In The 2008 Travers Stakes at Saratoga August 23
Posted on Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
Pyro was installed as the 7-2 morning-line favorite for the $1-million Travers Stakes on August 23 at Saratoga Race Course.
The Steve Asmussen trainee, Pyro, will take on 11 other race horses, including Belmont Stakes winner Da’Tara. Jockey Shaun Bridgmohan will ride Pyro, who will leave from the 11th post.
The entire Travers field from the rail out is Tale of Ekati (20-1), Colonel John (8-1), Da’Tara (8-1), Tizbig (30-1), Macho Again (6-1), Cool Coal Man (15-1), Amped (30-1), Harlem Rocker (4-1), Mambo in Seattle (5-1), Tres Borrachos (15-1), Pyro (7-2) and Court Vision (12-1).
The 2008 Travers Stakes is race 11 of 12 in Saratoga’s August 23 card. Travers post time is 5:45 pm Eastern.
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Saratoga Spotlight Shines on Travers Contenders Galore
Posted on Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
By GREG MELIKOV
The 139th Travers Stakes should live up to past classics of the Midsummer Derby at Saratoga on Saturday.
This year’s $1 million edition will feature a full field for the first time in many years. One handicapping point to consider: 71 winners of the Travers scored in previous outings.
Five of the dozen 3-year-olds can match that feat, including likely favorite Macho Again, who worked four furlongs in 50 seconds on Saratoga’s training track.
The son of Macho Uno is coming off a victory in the Jim Dandy. Winners of that Saratoga prep and Monmouth Park‘s Haskell Invitational produced a record 12 Travers winners.
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Travers Could Attract Larger Field Than Usual
Posted on Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
By GREG MELIKOV
The 139th Travers Stakes could boast double-digit runners for the first time in 15 years since 1993 Kentucky Derby champ Sea Hero roared from back of the pack to defeat 10 challengers.
There could be that many 3-year-olds in the $1 million contest on Aug. 23. Winners of Triple Crown races the past 15 years have done well, winning seven times, including four that scored in the Belmont Stakes.
That’s a good omen for Belmont Stakes winner Da’ Tara, hoping to rebound from a disappointing seventh place finish in the Jim Dandy on July 27. He broke inward, went to the lead, dueled along the rail until the far turn and steadily faded to last, ending up 24 1/4 lengths behind Macho Again after 1 1/8 miles.
While Da’ Tara was capturing the Belmont Stakes, odds-on favorite Big Brown ended up ninth and last. However, he took the Haskell Invitational at Monmouth on Aug. 3 and will go into another race en route to the Breeders’ Cup Classic.
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It’s Do or Retire for Big Brown in Haskell Invitational
Posted on Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
By GREG MELIKOV
Not long ago the expected field for the Haskell Invitational was 6 or 7. Not it appears there could be as many as eight or nine 3-year-olds going in Monmouth Park‘s premier race on Sunday.
For some reason, Big Brown doesn’t scare away the opposition. In fact, the fewest challengers that took on the son of Boundary were in the Belmont Stakes on June 9 when he finished 9th and last losing for the first time in 6 starts.
The way Big Brown has been training ought to scare way some opposition because the signs point to an excellent outing. On July 26, he breezed six furlongs in a nifty 1:10 4/5 at Aqueduct.
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Horse Racing Results: Tale of Ekati Wins The Hill ‘n’ Dale Cigar Mile Handicap at Aqueduct by DQ
Posted on Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
Charles E. Fipke’s Tale of Ekati, a nose loser to Stronach Stable’s Harlem Rocker, was placed first through disqualification and was the declared winner of the 20th running of Aqueduct‘s $300,000 Hill ‘n’ Dale Cigar Mile, New York’s final Grade 1 race of 2008.
Tale of Ekati returned $19.80, $9.40 and $5.90 for his fifth win in 12 starts and is now unbeaten in 2 tries at a mile. Harlem Rocker paid $9.70 and $6.30 while Bribon showed for $7.10.
Wanderin Boy, a 7-year-old Seeking the Gold gelding who had a record of 9-6-3 from 24 career starts and earnings in excess of $1.2 million entering Saturday’s Cigar Mile Handicap horse race, fractured the sesamoids in his left-front leg and was euthanized.
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