This may be a stretch no pun intended, but I was at the race in Del Mar when Cigar failed in his bid to break the record when he lost to Dare and Go. There were grown Men crying that day when the race course stood still for a moment in time and Del Mars most exciting day ever when a record crowd comes aboard to watch the mighty Cigar attempt to break Citation's 16 consecutive-wins mark in the sixth Pacific Classic. But the roar turns to a hush of disbelief as unheralded Dare And Go upsets the champ.
It was at a track in San Diego and Dare and Go had NO CHANCE according to the whole horse racing world the out come is history, but as we have seen in the past history does repeat itself ???
The story does have a happy ending for Cigar as he retired to stud at the end of the 1996 racing season !!!
It was at a track in San Diego and Dare and Go had NO CHANCE according to the whole horse racing world the out come is history, but as we have seen in the past history does repeat itself ???
The story does have a happy ending for Cigar as he retired to stud at the end of the 1996 racing season !!!
