Sharp Azteca Wins Cigar Mile Handicap at Aqueduct

The $750,000 G1 Cigar Mile Handicap took place Saturday, December 2 at Aqueduct Racetrack in South Ozone Park, New York - a one-mile dirt race for horses three years old and upward. Ivan Rodriguez's 8-5 race favorite Sharp Azteca snapped a string of very close calls and finally broke through in top company, earning the rousing 5 1/4 length victory. 7-1 shot Mind Your Biscuits finished second in the field of 10 with 5-2 second choice Practical Joke another 2 3/4 lengths back in third. Americanize held on for fourth, followed by Tom's Ready, Just Call Kenny, Vulcan's Forge, Beasley, 4-1 third choice Seymourdini, and Summer Revolution to complete the order of finish.