11/27 (AQU): Cigar (G1); Gazelle, Remsen, Demoiselle (G2's)

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Originally Posted by tjfla

Cigar Mile
1 Girolamo (KY) 4/C L A Garcia 120 S bin Suroor
2 Soaring Empire (KY) 3/C L E S Prado 114 C M Gambolati
3 Bribon (FR) 7/G L J R Velazquez 119 T A Pletcher
4 Vineyard Haven (FL) 4/C L D Cohen 119 S bin Suroor
5 Haynesfield (NY) 4/C L* J Castellano 120 S M Asmussen
6 Jersey Town (KY) 4/C L C H Velasquez 114 B Tagg
7 Friend Or Foe (NY) 3/C L A O Solis 115 J C Kimmel
8 Musket Man (KY) 4/C L* R Maragh 117 D S Ryan
9 Half Metal Jacket (FL) 5/G L F Jara 115 R R Rodriguez
A - Coupled Entries - Girolamo, Vineyard Haven

It's sort of interesting that Gayego, who ran the best of Godolphin's BC entrants should be held out of this race.

Vineyard Haven was fried by the pace, and could very well be fried here as well, with confirmed frontrunners Haynesfield and Friend Or Foe lining up.

Girolamo ran too poorly in the BC Sprint to think that it just "wasn't his day". He looked uncomfortable throughout the race. Going on 3 years now, he has made--what?--an average of 3 starts per season.

Gayego may not have the talent of those two (something that is debatable, really), but he doesn't have huge gaps in his race record and has won important races between 6f and 9f.