Cigar Mile guide: Odds, PPs, more for Aqueduct feature
The Grade 2, $500,000 Cigar Mile is the main attraction on Saturday's 10-race card at Aqueduct.
Some of the best dirt horses in training have assembled for the one-mile dirt event, including sprint stars Book'em Danno and Mullikin as well as Met Mile (G1) runner-up Post Time.
Post time for the Cigar Mile, race 9 on the program, is 3:35 p.m. EST. Both FanDuel TV and FS2 will have live coverage as well as the NYRA channel on YouTube.
Visit Horse Racing Nation’s free past performances page for downloadable PPs for the Cigar Mile and more courtesy of our partners at Brisnet.
We also have Super Screener picks and analysis for the Cigar as well as recent top speed figures for each contender.
Best speed figures
| Post | Horse | ML | Beyer | TimeformUS | HRN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Book'em Danno | 4-1 | 104 | 126 | 109 |
| 2 | Nelson Avenue | 30-1 | 94 | 117 | 104 |
| 3 | Repo Rocks | 30-1 | 93 | 120 | 102 |
| 4 | Vinsanity | 50-1 | 81 | 105 | 101 |
| 5 | Mullikin | 3-1 | 105 | 129 | 109 |
| 6 | Law Professor | scr | |||
| 7 | Locked | 9-2 | 96 | 109 | 104 |
| 8 | Pipeline | 20-1 | 92 | 118 | 102 |
| 9 | Señor Buscador | 6-1 | 105 | 128 | 107 |
| 10 | Coastal Mission | 12-1 | 98 | 118 | 110 |
| 11 | Post Time | 7-2 | 105 | 125 | 113 |
Looking at the pace
Long shot Nelson Avenue is expected to be pressed by Repo Rocks and Pipeline in the Cigar Mile through fast early fractions.
Pace projector appears courtesy of TimeformUS.
HRN picks
This week's Super Screener is calling for Fortuna Mia to upset the Demoiselle on the Cigar Mile undercard.
"This filly has moved forward in each of her three starts following her debut victory," Super Screener creator Mike Shutty notes. "In her first route attempt – albeit a one-turn mile – she moved forward against tougher rivals than she faces here. She'll be reserved early but has demonstrated the kind of balance you want to see from a filly who needs to make this kind of run. Form-cycle analysis is predicting a big move forward."
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For more Demoiselle analysis, check out Ashley Tamulonis and Laurie Ross's head-to-head analysis.
Ed DeRosa's Cigar Mile fair odds prefer Locked in a wide-open renewal of this race.
DeRosa also has Remsen Stakes fair odds, and he believes likely heavy chalk Keewaydin will be tough to beat, though Studlydoright may end up being the best value on the board.
If you're looking for horse-by-horse analysis of either or both of those races, read Matt Shifman's Cigar Mile and Remsen Stakes analysis.
J. Keeler Johnson's latest Horses to Watch column gives you three runners to keep a close eye on across the Cigar Mile Day card at Aqueduct.
The Cigar is in the spotlight on the latest edition of the Ron Flatter Racing Pod, featuring an appearance from Fox Sports and New York Racing Association racing analyst Richard Migliore and Mullikin's trainer Rodolphe Brisset.