Cigar Mile Handicap

Grade I race
Cigar Mile Handicap
Location	Aqueduct Racetrack Queens, New York, United States
Inaugurated	1981
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	Aqueduct Racetrack at the NYRA
Race information
Distance	1 mile (8 furlongs)
Track	Dirt, left-handed
Qualification	Three-year-olds and up
Weight	Handicap
Purse	$300,000

The Cigar Mile Handicap is an American race for thoroughbred horses at Aqueduct Racetrack in New York. 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 three-year olds and up under handicap weight conditions. It is run at the distance of one mile on the dirt. In 2005, Hill 'n' Dale Farms of Lexington, Kentucky became the race's title sponsor.

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:

• 3 - Bob Baffert (2000, 2002, 2003)
• 3 - Todd A. Pletcher (2001, 2004, 2005)

Most wins by an owner:

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

Winners of the Cigar Mile

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2010	Jersey Town	4	Cornelio Velasquez	Barclay Tagg	Charles Fipke	1:34.43
2009	Kodiak Kowboy	4	Shaun Bridgmohan	Steve Asmussen	Fox Hill Farm/Vinery Stables	1:35.57
2008	Tale of Ekati	3	Edgar Prado	Barclay Tagg	Charles E. Fipke	1:35.01
2007	Daaher	3	Mike Luzzi	Kiaran McLaughlin	Shadwell Racing	1:33.79
2006	Discreet Cat	3	Garrett Gomez	Saeed bin Suroor	Godolphin Racing	1:32.46
2005	Purge	4	Garrett Gomez	Todd A. Pletcher	Starlight Stables et al.	1:34.26
2004	Lion Tamer	4	Jose Santos	Todd A. Pletcher	Michael B. Tabor	1:33.46
2003	Congaree	5	Jerry Bailey	Bob Baffert	Stonerside Stable	1:34.30
2002	Congaree	4	Jerry Bailey	Bob Baffert	Stonerside Stable	1:33.11
2001	Left Bank	4	John Velazquez	Todd A. Pletcher	Michael B. Tabor	1:33.35
2000	El Corredor	3	Jerry Bailey	Bob Baffert	Hal Earnhardt	1:34.68
1999	Affirmed Success	5	Jorge F. Chavez	Richard Schosberg	Albert Fried, Jr.	1:34.18
1998	Sir Bear	5	Jerry Bailey	Ralph Ziadie	Barbara Smollin	1:34.05
1997	Devious Course	5	Jorge F. Chavez	H. James Bond	Clarence Scharbauer, Jr.	1:34.80
1996	Gold Fever	3	Mike E. Smith	C. R. McGaughey III	Cynthia Phipps	1:34.98
1995	Flying Chevron	3	Robbie Davis	James J. Toner	Caesar P. Kimmel	1:34.57
1994	Cigar	4	Jerry Bailey	William I. Mott	Allen E. Paulson	1:36.10
1992	Ibero	5	Laffit Pincay, Jr.	Ron McAnally	Frank Whitham	1:33.97
1991	Rubiano	4	Jose A. Santos	Scotty Schulhofer	Centennial Farm	1:33.68
1990	Quiet American	4	Chris McCarron	Gary F. Jones	Sheikh Mohammed	1:32.80
1989	Dispersal	3	Angel Cordero, Jr.	Bud Delp	Tom O. Myerhoff	1:32.80
1988	Forty Niner	3	William Fox, Jr.	Woody Stephens	Claiborne Farm	1:34.00

References

• The Cigar Mile at Pedigree Query