The Cigar Mile Handicap – Grade I
1 Mile Dirt Stake Purse $750.000 Open 3 Year Olds And Up.

1st Rain Mane Gdp Inc Roman E A

 Wait….wasn’t it obvious? no not the fact that he won from gate 13, no not the fact that he had never won in the wet, no not the fact that out of a field bristling with grade one victories when he had just one narrow win in an ungraded stakes race, no not the fact that 6 months ago he was running in a $7.000 claimer. So what was obvious you ask that allowed this gelding to win the last purse race of the year……THE NAME. Yes when just about every horse can win a grade one and get beaten in a claimer next time out it is finally obvious. You just have to look at the name!

Joking aside this overlooked three year old took advantage of the suicidal early pace by going to last and was the one who sloshed home the best to win by a head proving that every horse has its day.

=2nd Saturday Khartoum Rousee Smith M E

The sprinter took advantage of his low weight to keep on very gamely for second in a typically blanket finish.

=2nd Edwin Drood Night Rider Stables Maragh Ro

It seems that not only can this horse not get a good draw but he also cant win for his new owner. Given every chance in the loose stalk he just lost out to the inevitable closer in a blanket finish.

4th Zombie City Eastern Equine Gallardo A A

Came with the eventual winner from the back to be fourth beaten under a length. On level weights he would’ve won so its not all doom and gloom for the trainer who spent a small fortune buying him back in the summer.

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