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Cigar Mile Handicap

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Inaugurated
  
1988

Surface
  
Dirt

Distance
  
1 mile (8 furlongs)

Location
  
Aqueduct Racetrack Queens, New York, United States

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - Flat racing

Website
  
www.nyra.com/index_aqueduct.html

The Cigar Mile Handicap is an American race for thoroughbred horses at Aqueduct Racetrack in New York City. Run annually in late November, it is named in honor of the U.S. Hall of Fame horse Cigar, who won the race in 1994 when it was known as the NYRA Mile. Renamed in 1997 following Cigar's retirement, the Grade I race is for horses three years old and older under handicap weight conditions. It is run at the distance of one mile on the dirt. The current purse is $500,000.

There was no race held in 1993.

Records

Speed record:

  • 1:32.46 - Discreet Cat (2006)

    • Most wins:

  • 2 - Congaree (2002, 2003)

    • Most wins by a jockey:

  • 5 - Jerry Bailey (1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003)

    • Most wins by a trainer:

  • 4 - Todd A. Pletcher (2001, 2004, 2005, 2012)

    • Most wins by an owner:

  • 2 - Michael B. Tabor (2001, 2004)
  • 2 - Stonerside Stable (2002, 2003)

    • References

    Cigar Mile Handicap Wikipedia
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