Cigar's maiden win...

[KirisClown]

Ramon Perez came pretty close to riding him in his first dirt start for Mott... gotta wonder what might have been...

[Scav]

I'll never forget that Arlington race of his, it was so manufacturered, yet not a sole in the area gave a ****. I was a junior in high school and my friends and I were the 2nd people in line, behind some nut job that drove their RV all the way from Minnesota to see Cigar that day. Sat on Euclid Ave until about 8:30am where I couldn't take it anymore, so I opened the gate myself and we all poured in and sprinted up the Clubhouse hill to get in line. I got a finish line seat and didn't move the whole f'n day, first and last time in history that will happen.

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by Scav

I'll never forget that Arlington race of his, it was so manufacturered, yet not a sole in the area gave a ****. I was a junior in high school and my friends and I were the 2nd people in line, behind some nut job that drove their RV all the way from Minnesota to see Cigar that day. Sat on Euclid Ave until about 8:30am where I couldn't take it anymore, so I opened the gate myself and we all poured in and sprinted up the Clubhouse hill to get in line. I got a finish line seat and didn't move the whole f'n day, first and last time in history that will happen.

I was in seventh grade when that happened!

My mom took me and my brother out to see the race, I wasn't that into it then but had been watching him on TV so I was okay with going.

I've always wanted to find a video of that race, but never have.

[GBBob]

Originally Posted by brianwspencer

I was in seventh grade when that happened!

My mom took me and my brother out to see the race, I wasn't that into it then but had been watching him on TV so I was okay with going.

I've always wanted to find a video of that race, but never have.

I've got it on VHS..Taped the entire Channel 2 coverage that day

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by GBBob

I've got it on VHS..Taped the entire Channel 2 coverage that day

I wonder if it's on tape somewhere in my house. I have no clue. I do know, though, that Polar Expedition was in the race and he was the very first horse I remember really really liking.