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Daaher denies Midnight Lute in Cigar Mile
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Daaher easily held BC Sprint hero Midnight Lute
(outside) in the Cigar Mile
(Debra Kral/Horsephotos.com) |
Shadwell Stable's DAAHER (Awesome Again) moved to the lead in Saturday's
$294,000
Cigar
Mile H. (G1) at Aqueduct despite being bumped at the start and was never
headed en route to a 2 1/2-length score under Mike Luzzi. Setting splits of :23,
:46 1/5 and 1:09 4/5, the Kiaran McLaughlin-trained sophomore easily held off
reigning Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) winner Midnight Lute (Real Quiet) in the
stretch to stop the clock in 1:33 4/5 for the fast-track feature.
"He's turned out to be a good horse," a satisfied McLaughlin said.
"Hopefully, we can take him over to Dubai for either the Godolphin Mile (UAE-G1)
or the (Dubai) World Cup (UAE-G1)."
"He's got a short little neck, so you can only take one hold of him. That's
the hold you got," Luzzi said of his mount. "I still had horse turning for home.
He kicked for me and there was plenty left. He can run, there's no question
about it."
Daaher was an easy winner here, but was sent off as the 2-1 second choice in
favor of the more well-known Midnight Lute, who was the 1-2 favorite when the
gates opened. The Cigar Mile victor rewarded his faithful backers with payouts
of $6.70 and $2.80 after show wagering was canceled. Midnight Lute was worth
$2.10 while ending the $9.30 exacta. Naughty New Yorker (Quiet American) was
another 4 1/4 lengths back in third as the 22-1 longshot and finished the $43.40
trifecta (5-2-4). Xchanger (Exchange Rate) and Sir Greeley (Mr. Greeley)
completed the order of finish after City Attraction (Vicar) and Diamond Isle
(Gilded Time) were withdrawn.
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Much has been expected of Daaher from the beginning. The sophomore is out of
multiple stakes winner Irish Cherry (Irish Open), making him a full brother to
multiple Grade 1 queen Spun Sugar. He began following in the hoofsteps of his
big sister by making his stakes debut a fourth in the Queen's Plate S. at
Woodbine. He moved up one spot in the Prince of Wales S. next out and now shows
three wins in a row. The bay began his current streak with a dominating 13
3/4-length score in an allowance/optional claimer at Saratoga, and followed up
last out with a 2 1/4-length victory in the Jerome H. (G2) at Belmont.
Bred in Ontario, Canada, by Yvonne & Dagmar Schwabe, Daaher sold for $375,000
to his current owners at the 2004 Keeneland September Yearling Sale. He counts
an unraced juvenile named A Cat Named Snipe (Sky Mesa), an unnamed yearling
Medaglia d'Oro filly and an unnamed weanling Storm Cat colt as half-siblings.
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