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With another showdown against Blind Luck just a few days away, Matt Shifman explores Havre De Grace's place ...Read More
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  • crazymomof4 · Proud Spell - Hard Spun - Grace - Eight Belles - Jenda · 6 days ago ·
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  • AndyScoggin · Hey, it is fun to look back at this question seven months later. Clearly now the answer is YES, HDG is the best horse Larry Jones has ever trained. · 6 days ago ·
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Who will be the breakout star of 2012? Racing at the Jersey Shore's Matt Shifman and Managing Editor Brian Zipse offer up Tapizar and To Honor and Serve.Read More
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  • DeadHeat · Trick, MMM, and these two all look like they are ready to have a great 2012. My personal favorite is Tapizar, and I hope he can keep up the kind of form he just displayed. · 22 days ago ·
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  • Winplacsho · How about To Honor and Serve vs. Jackson Bend in the Met Mile, how sweet would that be!?! · 22 days ago ·
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Picking ZATT's Star of the Week 52 times a year can be a mixed bag. Sometimes it is easy, with one horse dominating in such a way that I do not give the decision a second thought. In some weeks, it comes down to a pair of performances in which I need to make a difficult decision that is likely to be...Read More
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  • zatt · I agree rayjay. · 73 days ago ·
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  • Capper · He won't be up for HOY, so gotta give the Star of the Week to Rapid Redux! · 72 days ago ·
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To Honor and Serve put on a quite the display, November 26, 2011, when he rolled clear of the classy Calibrachoa. The son of Bernardini has been a puzzling this season, to say the least. After his two year old season, he had built up such a reputation that he was made the favorite of the Fountain of...Read More
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  • gocashking · I'd bet $500 he doesn't go undefeated - providing he races all year. No shot. · 74 days ago ·
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  • atamulonis · Great points, Laura. I had not realized that THAS had done his best running at Aqueduct, but you're certainly right there. Should be interesting to see what he does next year. · 73 days ago ·
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To Honor and Serve made a triumphant return to Aqueduct Saturday, taking command at the top of the stretch and going on to an impressive victory in the Cigar Mile.Read More
To Honor And Serve is the 7-5 morning line favorite against six rivals in Saturday's Grade 1 Cigar Mile at Aqueduct. Read More
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  • Mike in SB · Impressive win by To Honor and Serve, another 3 year old that looks to be better next year. 2012 could be a great year if everyone stays healthy. · 75 days ago ·
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  • shadowno · Another G-1 winner for Berni. The A.P. Indy line just keeps producing top horses. · 75 days ago ·
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Since it’s Turkey Day and football shares the day with busted bellies let’s talk a little football. There’s an old adage – play to your strength and you’ll hear it used most often by coaches or analyst during football games. And while it’s fairly straightforward four words, some miss the simplicity ...Read More
NYRA television analyst Andy Serling will conduct a live web chat on Friday, November 25 at 8 p.m. to preview the Cigar Mile Handicap, which will be one of four graded stakes and 10 total races this Saturday at Aqueduct Racetrack.   NYRA will also host a vintage Belmont Stakes glass promotion o...Read More
To Honor And Serve is expected to make his next start in the Grade 1 Cigar Mile at Aqueduct on Nov 26. Read More
When Sangaree competes in next Saturday's Cigar Mile Handicap, he'll have a tough family legacy to follow. The 6-year-old is a half-brother to Congaree, who at Aqueduct posted dominant victories in the 2002 and 2003 editions of the Cigar Mile and also captured the Wood Memorial and Carter Handicap. ...Read More
To Honor And Serve will make his next start in the G1 Cigar Mile at Aqueduct on Nov 26.   
After her neck winning thriller over Theyskens’ Theory in Saturday’s Garden City Stakes (Gr. I), I began to ponder about all of the grey and roan thoroughbreds out there today. The greats usually come few and far between but last couple years have proven different as there are a handful of them whic...Read More
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  • JWC8282 · Thank!! Glad you all like it so much!! · 99 days ago ·
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  • JWC8282 · *Thanks!! · 99 days ago ·
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Jersey Town, the longest shot in the field at 34-1, dueled with Haynesfield through the final 200 yards before prevailing by a head to win a rousing edition of the Grade 1, $250,000 Hill ‘n’ Dale Cigar Mile on Saturday afternoon at Aqueduct Racetrack.   Trained by Barclay Tagg for owner Charles...Read More
The $250,000 Hill n’ Dale Cigar Mile Handicap will be run on Saturday at Aqueduct Racetrack in Ozone Park for the 22nd time.  One of my favorite races of the year run traditionally during the holiday weekend, the Cigar Mile is named after Hall of Famer Cigar, who won the race in 1994 when it wa...Read More
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  • icyhotboo · running the BCC with an injured foot as hard as he did would take it out of any horse especially coming back after only 3 weeks. · 439 days ago ·
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  • EquiSpace · nayla1268 Apology accepted. I just ran across this and I'm no relation to Harry or Don! I wasn't too far off on this one. Just picked the wrong horse to upset. :) · 400 days ago ·
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The $250,000 Guaranteed Pick 4 at Aqueduct includes three graded stakes this afternoon as it kicks off in Race 7, the GII Remsen.  The rest of the sequence will be made up of the GI Gazelle, Race 8, the Cigar Mile, Race 9, and a N2L claimer where a baker’s dozen will scramble for the cash....Read More
Shopped until you were a little horse on Black Friday? Get your voice back in tonight's handicapping chat at Iron Maidens Thoroughbreds! We'll review graded stakes races from Aqueduct, Churchill and Hollywood Park, including some of the races included in the West Point Thoroughbreds Handicapping Cha...Read More
Saturday’s 22nd edition of the $250,000 Hill ‘n’ Dale Cigar Mile at Aqueduct Racetrack has attracted its customarily contentious field for the final Grade 1 race of the year in New York, in which 7-year-old Bribon has the difficult task of attempting to avenge his narrow defeats in 2008 and 2009. &n...Read More
Multiple graded-stakes winner Bribon breezed a half-mile Sunday morning over Belmont Park’s training track in 49.06 for next week’s Grade 1 Hill ‘n’ Dale Cigar Mile, which will be the 37th start of his career. Now 7, the Mark of Esteem gelding heads into the race off a late-running victory in the G...Read More
Girolamo and Vineyard Haven turned in separate five-furlong workouts over the Belmont Park training track Sunday morning as they gear up for next Saturday’s Grade 1 Hill ‘n’ Dale Cigar Mile Handicap, one of four graded stakes to be offered that day at Aqueduct Racetrack.   Breezing for the fir...Read More
Grade 3 Bold Ruler winner Bribon worked a half-mile Sunday morning in 47.23 over Belmont Park’s training track in preparation for his next start, the Grade 1 Hill ‘n’ Dale Cigar Mile on Saturday, November 27.   “Bribon seems to be in really good form,” said trainer Todd Pletcher of the 7-year-...Read More

Race Results & Past Performances

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View DetailsView Video11/26/11Aqu81 mileD03+ MCigar Mile-G1To Honor and ServeHymn BookCalibrachoa1:33.89
View DetailsView Video11/27/10Aqu91 mileD03+ MCigar Mile-G1Jersey TownHaynesfieldGirolamo1:34.43
View DetailsView Video11/28/09Aqu91 mileD03+ MCigar Mile-G1Kodiak KowboyBribonVineyard Haven1:35.57
View DetailsView Video11/29/08Aqu81 mileD03 MCigar Mile-G1Tale Of EkatiHarlem RockerBribon1:35.01
View DetailsView Video11/24/07Aqu81 mileD03+ MCigar Mile-G1DaaherMidnight LuteNaughty New Yorker0:00.00
View DetailsView Video11/25/06Aqu81 mileD03+ MCigar Mile-G1Discreet CatBadge Of SilverSilver Train0:00.00
View Details11/26/05Aqu81 mileD03+ MCigar Mile-G1PurgeMass MediaGygistar1:34.26
View Details11/27/04Aqu91 mileD03+ MCigar Mile-G1Lion TamerBadge Of SilverPico Central1:33.46
View Details11/29/03Aqu91 mileD03+ MCigar Mile-G1CongareeMidas EyesToccet1:34.30
View DetailsView Video11/30/02Aqu91 mileD03+ MCigar Mile-G1CongareeAldebaranCrafty C. T. 1:33.11
View Details11/24/01Aqu81 mileD03+ MCigar Mile-G1Left BankGraeme HallRed Bullet1:33.35
View Details11/25/00Aqu81 mileD03+ MCigar Mile-G1El CorredorPeeping TomAffirmed Success1:34.68
View Details11/27/99Aqu81 mileD03+ MCigar Mile-G1Affirmed SuccessAdonisHonorifico1:34.18
View Details11/28/98Aqu81 mileD03+ MCigar Mile-G1Sir BearAffirmed SuccessDistorted Humor1:34.05
View DetailsView Video11/30/96Aqu81 mileD03+ MCigar Mile-G1Gold FeverDiligenceTop Account1:34.80
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