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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind
Cigar ran a Beyer fig around 95 in his second career start, at 6F on the dirt, after running poorly in his debut 2 1/2 months earlier ( his debut was at SA and maiden victory was at Hollywood ). He never raced again on the dirt until the allowance at Aqueduct that began the streak. He ran some OK California grass races, a bit better than his east coast efforts, but ultimately he was a dirt horse...that's all.
Not sure what you are suggesting with your post. His dirt win at Aqueduct was only three weeks after his final turf start. Are you suggesting they were cheating?
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No, I wasn't suggesting they were cheating. I was being honest when I said I have no idea why he improved so much.
When he was in California, I thought he was in the top two or three best 3 year olds on the grass in California. I remember he ran great in an allowance race at Del Mar and I thought he was as impressive as any of the horses in the Del Mar Derby. I made a big bet on him in his next start in a stakes race on the grass up in Northern California but he didn't fire that day.
I actually made a really nice score on him in his second dirt race in New York. I saw that he had just won an allowance race by a big margin and he was stepping up into a stakes race. Since I was so high on him in California and he looked like he was back in form after that big win on the dirt, I made a big bet on him. He was a great price too. I think he was about 10-1 that day.