Cigar Mile players continue to emerge

[Kasept]

Originally Posted by Kasept

Private Zone
Laugh Track
Goldencents
Groupie Doll
Forty Tales
Capo Bastone
Verrazano
Clearly Now
Saratoga Snacks
Flat Out

Alpha
Secret Circle
Gentleman's Bet

Secret Circle & Gentleman's Bet now included on Stakes Coordinator Andrew Byrne's list of probables/possibles bringing field to 12..

Goldencents, Groupie Doll, Secret Circle... Three different BC race winners assembled in a race before? You had Royal Delta/Beholder this year in the Distaff... Azeri/Pleasantly Perfect in '04 Classic... Unbridled/Fly So Free in '91 Classic... Orientate was in the '01 Classic field with Tiznow/Macho Uno, but hadn't won the Sprint yet.

[miraja2]

Originally Posted by Kasept

Secret Circle & Gentleman's Bet now included on Stakes Coordinator Andrew Byrne's list of probables/possibles bringing field to 12..

Goldencents, Groupie Doll, Secret Circle... Three different BC race winners assembled in a race before? You had Royal Delta/Beholder this year in the Distaff... Azeri/Pleasantly Perfect in '04 Classic... Unbridled/Fly So Free in '91 Classic... Orientate was in the '01 Classic field with Tiznow/Macho Uno, but hadn't won the Sprint yet.

2012 BC Distaff had Royal Delta, My Miss Aurelia and Awesome Feather

[Kasept]

Originally Posted by miraja2

2012 BC Distaff had Royal Delta, My Miss Aurelia and Awesome Feather

[OTM Al]

Better Talk Now, Red Rocks, and Curlin in 2008? Man o' War

[blackthroatedwind]

Flat Out may well be running as well.

[randallscott35]

I'm a Flat Out fan but he sure is a different horse outside of Belmont.

[Kasept]

Flat Out now a go; Alpha less likely..

Private Zone
Laugh Track
Goldencents
Groupie Doll
Forty Tales
Capo Bastone
Verrazano
Clearly Now
Saratoga Snacks
Flat Out
Secret Circle
Gentleman's Bet

Alpha**

[Kasept]

I know it's fashionable right now to dump on the DRF, but here's a trio of terrific pieces combining the NYRA Mile, the Jockey Strike/Billy Fox and Cigar.

MCGEE (Billy Fox): http://www.drf.com/news/fox-has-no-r...ural-nyra-mile

HEGARTY (Jockey Strike): http://www.drf.com/news/jockey-strikes-are-thing-past

COHEN (Cigar): http://www.drf.com/news/no-butts-abo...two-year-reign

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by Kasept

Flat Out now a go; Alpha less likely..

Private Zone
Laugh Track
Goldencents
Groupie Doll
Forty Tales
Capo Bastone
Verrazano
Clearly Now
Saratoga Snacks
Flat Out
Secret Circle
Gentleman's Bet

Alpha**

Sciacca catches the deepest field in years

[Kasept]

Originally Posted by freddymo

Sciacca catches the deepest field in years

Went ahead and entered Snacks in $150k Swatara at PEN Wednesday and will continue to consider Cigar..

[randallscott35]

Originally Posted by Kasept

Went ahead and entered Snacks in $150k Swatara at PEN Wednesday and will continue to consider Cigar..

Odds of Cigar run? 50%

[Kasept]

Originally Posted by randallscott35

Odds of Cigar run? 50%

Less with decision to enter at PEN. Rosario is taking another call in Cigar and Snacks is not the easiest mount, so that's an issue. Another contributing factor is fact they won't have Cigar draw in time to see if Snacks gets an outside draw which Gary feels is imperative for him to have any chance. Reality is that Snacks could run career best in Cigar and be 5th. Meanwhile, Swatara is $150k and a winnable spot.

[randallscott35]

Parcells doesn't need the money...Go for the glory.

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by Kasept

Less with decision to enter at PEN. Rosario is taking another call in Cigar and Snacks is not the easiest mount, so that's an issue. Another contributing factor is fact they won't have Cigar draw in time to see if Snacks gets an outside draw which Gary feels is imperative for him to have any chance. Reality is that Snacks could run career best in Cigar and be 5th. Meanwhile, Swatara is $150k and a winnable spot.

If he wins Cigar which is a huge if he gets a nice shot at being a stallion.. I would run at Penn but I am a *****

[Kasept]

Probable starters for the Cigar Mile include reigning female sprint champion Groupie Doll, Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile winner Goldencents and his stablemate, Private Zone, who won the Grade 1 Vosburgh Invitational on September 28 at Belmont Park; Grade 1 Foxwoods King's Bishop hero Capo Bastone, dual Grade 1 winner Verrazano, and graded stakes winner Forty Tales, all from trainer Todd Pletcher; Grade 1 Woodward winner Alpha; Grade 3 Bold Ruler Handicap victor Clearly Now; and Flat Out, winner of the Grade 2 Suburban Handicap. Saratoga Snacks, winner of the Empire Classic, is possible.

Supporting the Cigar Mile will be the Grade 3, $400,000 Comely for 3-year-old fillies and a pair of prestigious stakes for juveniles: the Grade 2, $400,000 Remsen and the Grade 2, $400,000 Demoiselle for fillies.

Likely for the Comely are graded stakes winner Fiftyshadesofhay, runner-up in the Grade 1 Alabama at Saratoga in her lone New York appearance; Flash Forward, winner of the restricted My Flag stakes in August; Galloping Giraffe, who took the restricted Punkin Pie stakes last time out; My Happy Face, most recently fourth in the Grade 1 Cotillion; Sheer Drama, second in the Belle Cherie overnight stakes; Grade 3 Dogwood winner Ski Girl; Teen Pauline, returning to dirt after three turf starts; Toasting, winner of the Dream Rush overnight stakes, and Wedding Toast, winner of three in a row, including the Belle Cherie. Ol Donyo and Street Girl are possible.

The 1 1/8-mile Remsen is expected to attract Grade 2 Nashua winner Cairo Prince; maiden winners Dobra Historia, Mental Iceberg and Noble Moon; Honor Code, runner up in the Grade 1 Foxwoods Champagne last time out, and Intense Holiday, fourth in the Nashua. Matterhorn and Wicked Strong are possible.

Among the anticipated starters for the Demoiselle are recent maiden winners America and Penwith along with Grade 3 Tempted winner Stopchargingmaria.

The featured race on Black Friday is the Grade 2, $300,000 Go for Wand Handicap, which is expected to feature Centring, Executiveprivelege, Fantasy of Flight, My Pal Chrissy, Royal Lahaina, and Willet. Street Girl is possible.