Spun to Run and Maximum Security Headline Gr.1 Cigar Mile field
Gr.1 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile winner Spun to Run is likely to run in the US$750,000 Gr.1 Cigar Mile Handicap which is expected to have a major impact on Eclipse Awards.
Gary and Mary West's Maximum Security leads the probable field of six alongside Robert P. Donaldson's Spun to Run for the final grade 1 stakes of the year in New York.
Fellow 3-year-olds Looking At Bikinis and Network Effect and the veteran campaigners Whitmore and True Timber are also among the prospective starters in the handicap for 3-year-olds and up.
Omaha Beach will not be contesting the Cigar Mile. "It's been intended all along that he'll stay here and run in the Malibu," trainer Richard Mandella told Bloodhorse about the 3YO son of War Front. "It's mainly because I'm pointing to the (US$9 million Gr.1 Pegasus World Cup) and I don't want him to travel back-and-forth across the country before then. He'll stay here for the Malibu."