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Cigar Mile H. (gr. 1)

AQUEDUCT, Ozone Park, NY

  • Purse: $250,000
  • Date: November 26, 2011
  • Class: Grade 1
  • TV: HRTV/TVG
  • Age: 3 yo's & up
  • Race: 8
  • Distance: One Mile
  • Post Time: 3:20 PM
1 To Honor and Serve Margin: TrueNicks: A++ $150,000

2008 | Bay Colt | Bernardini   - Pilfer, Deputy Minister

  • Breeder:Twin Creeks Farm, Larry Byer & Rancho San MIguel
  • Owner: Live Oak Plantation
  • Trainer: William I. Mott
  • Jockey: Jose Lezcano

Sire: Bernardini  , Dark Bay or Brown, 2003. Lifetime: 305 yearlings sold, median $135,000.

Broodmare Sire: Deputy Minister, Dark Bay or Brown, 1979.

Sale History: Keeneland Association September 2009 Yearling Sale, $575,000.
Keeneland Association November 2008 Breeding Stock Sale, $250,000.

2 Hymn Book Margin: TrueNicks: A++ $50,000

2006 | Dark Bay or Brown Gelding | Arch   - Vespers, Known Fact

  • Breeder:Stuart S. Janney, III LLC
  • Owner: Stuart S. Janney, III
  • Trainer: Claude R. McGaughey III
  • Jockey: Alan Garcia

Sire: Arch  , Dark Bay or Brown, 1995. Raced 2 years. 7 starts, 5 wins, $480,969. Lifetime: 385 yearlings sold, median $50,000.

Broodmare Sire: Known Fact, Dark Bay or Brown, 1977. In 2009: 1.66 AEI.

3 Calibrachoa Margin: TrueNicks: D $25,000

2007 | Dark Bay or Brown Horse | Southern Image   - Fort Lauderdale, Montbrook  

  • Breeder:N. B. Hunt
  • Owner: Repole Stable
  • Trainer: Todd A. Pletcher
  • Jockey: Cornelio H. Velasquez

Sire: Southern Image  , Dark Bay or Brown, 2000. Lifetime: 138 yearlings sold, median $8,483.

Broodmare Sire: Montbrook  , Dark Bay or Brown, 1990.

Time: 1:33.89   Track: Fast

Others: Haynesfield, $12,500; Caixa Eletronica, $7,500; Sangaree, $5,000.

Scratched: Pretty Boy Freud.

FinishHorseJockeyTrainer
1To Honor and ServeJose LezcanoWilliam I. Mott
2Hymn BookAlan GarciaClaude R. McGaughey III
3CalibrachoaCornelio H. VelasquezTodd A. Pletcher
4HaynesfieldRamon A. DominguezSteven M. Asmussen
5Caixa EletronicaJohn R. VelazquezTodd A. Pletcher
6SangareeRajiv MaraghSaeed bin Suroor

Payoffs

HorseJockeyWinPlaceShow
5 To Honor and ServeJose Lezcano$4.10$3.00$2.10
4 Hymn BookAlan Garcia$7.60$3.20
1 CalibrachoaCornelio H. Velasquez$2.10
EXOTIC PAYOFFS:
$2.00 Exacta (5-4)$27.60
$2.00 Trifecta (5-4-1)$71.50

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