Cigar's maiden win...

[RolloTomasi]

Originally Posted by CSC

Wasn't Lure supposed to be a Derby horse until they found out his best surface was the turf. Even hall of famers can get it wrong at times.

Lure was a stakes winner on dirt, dead-heating with Devil His Due in the Gotham. I think he was also favorite in the Champagne as a 2yo after an impressive maiden win.

It's interesting to note that Cigar was run above his condition in his first few turf races for Bill Mott (thanks to Kiris for the PPs). And whereas DrugS uses his mid-80s Beyers in those races to validate his distaste for grass, note that he was running turf Beyers in the high 90s as a 3yo in CA. Maybe he should have stayed at Arlington for the Million to secure the win streak record instead of shipping to San Diego to get his ass kicked.