"classic" example of how hot internal fractions can cook even the best horses..and that old axiom "pace makes the race" always reigns true...

ANOTHER SON OF ALYDAR AGAIN AND AGAIN. DARE AND GO BRILLIANT RACE AND TIME AND COMPETITON. WONDERFUL WATCHING THE BREEDING INDUSTRY BE STARTLED WITH ALYDAR AS ONE BREEDING SHARE WAS GOING FOR $1.500.000. LEGEND GOD BLESS HIM WE ALL HAVE HIM IN OUR HEARTS FOREVER.

True story the day of the race, my brother-in-law was talking to someone who was on Mandelas team, and he gave him the trifecta box winners and he comes up to me and asked me, who do you like, and my answer to him was the only reason we are here is to see my horse Cigar, and I bought all Cigar wear that day, so he went and changed his bet, and everyone know that once you make a bet you should never change it!! He would of won a lot of money that day.

I was there too, but when you have three horses tag-teaming on him, to me that ain't right, but that is horse racing, Cigar fought till the end like a great horse should do!!

Cigar was my horse, and I was there, I still have my 2 dollar ticket to win because I thought he was going to win, but if you know horse racing, the horse that made the difference was touch gold, so it was 3 against 1, but my horse Cigar, ran a great race!! I have 4 badass horses!! Cigar, Tiz now, Justify, and Forte!!

was there that day;; A ROOKIE fan!! accidentally put $4 Win on 2 instead of my sisters desired 'souvenir' $2 win on 4.FOREVER FAN NOW: especially of RIchard Mandella and a LONGSHOT!!! Some horses don't like the surf and turf!!

At this time, I didn't think another horse could hook Siphon and put him away. He was a speed freak but Cigar managed to do it. I believe Bailey had to go with him because a loose Siphon, in my mind, was unbeatable. Nakatani was race riding on Dramatic Gold and trying to lock Cigar in, and Bailey figured he had to go.

How irony...and my opinion, this was one of the best races ever for Cigar.

Alydar blood!!

WOW!!!

This occurred in the 20th century. The horses you list compiled their records in the 21st century.

Jockeys out front thought there was only two horses in the race.

I was there!!! It was dead Silent after he lost!!!

Cigar paid a generous $2.40 to place.

@Kevin Ryan -- you know the TV announcer said that in 1996- and then Z and Rapid Redux have run only in the 21st century anyway..

Honestly I don't think it would've mattered what Cigar and Siphon did there, Dare and Go ran a huge one

I had the exacta BIG on this race - i got lucky thinking Cigar was due to lose and or run an off race. Cigar wasn't bad at all, but it was the beginning of the end for him. Better/bettor to be lucky than good.

Cigar was on tough fractions. No wonder he was cooked.

Cigar lost a step and was clearly less than his best in the second half of '96. He was also battling quarter cracks most of the year. And, Dare and Go ran a tremendous race!

1:59.4 wow that was strong.

I was at this race at Delmar. Weeks before I saw Dare and Go stats and said to anyone who would listen that this horse is going to win. I went there and was so scared of Cigar I only bet $10 to win on Dare and Go. Not bad at 39 to one. I was in the infield and jumping up and down. I have been to Del Mar about 100 times over the years. Saw King of Crickets run 107 4/5ths for track record years ago. Track in those days really fast. One mile record was 133 1/5th. Seen all the bests, Shoemaker and other jockeys.

Wonder, if richard got the tri?

0:51 espn did air the race live on racing to the breeders cup

And Alphabet Soup (son of the mighty Cozzene) beat 'em both when it mattered most!

This still is hard to watch........

ALYDAR SON DARE AND GO WAS BRILLIANT LOVED WATCHING THIS. THINK ABOUT ALYDAR AND HIS BLOODLINES IF HE WASNT MURDERED HE WOULD HAVE BEEN THE GREATEST EVER. EVEN NOW LOOK AT JUST HIS TOP FOUR SONS. EASY GOER, ALYSHEBA, TURKOMAN, CRIMINAL TYPE. TRY AND NAME ANOTHER'S TOP FOUR THAT CAN BEAT THESE FELLAS. BUT WE CAN CONTINUE TO A HOST OF OTHERS AND WONDERFUL FEMALES TOO. GOD BLESS

bottom line the horse that make is it from a to z is the best on that day date and time. Cigar was lame in the paddock, but happy juice does great things for horses.

was that a track record?

Dare and Go was never further than 5 lengths away from the lead

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Race starts at 0:54

the only thing that beat Cigar was old age. This was a great field he was up against. in 1995 he wins this race.

How fitting that a son of the great ALYDAR, stopped Cigar from breaking the great Citations record of most wins in a row. Cigar wasn't even close to being on Citations level.

Holy Bull and Thunder Gulch both broke down chasing Cigar

For Del Mar on its old, hard and dangerous surface?? No. Skip Away battled with Siphon through faster fractions and one in a faster time -- yet that is Belmont. Very different. Dare and Go deserves some credit as Solis -- as he hugged the rail from step one. That is not always a good thing to do . Sometimes the rail is deeper and slower than the going wide. Good ride. And at least it put Cigar where he belongs: great, not The GREATEST.

Dare and Go was sharp, Bailey made a mistake and Cigar didn't have it.

Was wollen Sie noch Menschen & Tiere nicht gesehen.....?

Oh Bill, "Give me a break... a super horse never goes to fast too early. Only a horse that wants his way every time. Cigar chasing crap allowance horses 16 times in a row. Look at horses that finished 2nd to him, that was their only claim to fame: Primitive Hall, Bonus Money, Toss of the Coin -- get real. Those were not even stakes horses.

dare and go is a real champion and europeean horses champions are truly better than us great champion that make the difference .... i never seen a us champion coming to europe thats the reality ..... dare and go you are a real champion the way you play with cigar is tremendous .....

jockey lost this race,not cigar

I think he lost 3 of his last 4 races, because of jerry Bailey poor judment and over confidence.

Bailey was overrated,I saw him make a lot of mistakes.

Cigar was just too tired to do this race. Had his connections let him sit out, he'd been alright..

Bottom line. Cigar was a great horse, but what about Zenyatta?? They did not make any races for her. 19 inn a row. or Black Caviar 22. And Rapid Redux what? 27 in a row. Nonsense.

The mile was 1:33 and 3/5. Secretariat went almost that fast going a mile and a half and never took a breath. Stop making excuses for the most overrated horse in the history of the sport.

Reason I’ve got FLIGHTLINE! They tried it with LIFE IS GOOD….. didn’t work!