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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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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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