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Red Oak Stable and Madaket Stables’ three-time Grade 1-winning millionaire Mind Control had to overcome adversity to win the final start of his career, but his superiority reigned supreme in Saturday’s Grade 1, $750,000 Cigar Mile Handicap at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Red Oak Stable and Madaket Stables’ multiple Grade 1 winner Mind Control will retire on top of his game after securing a trademark gutsy score in Saturday’s $750,000 Cigar Mile Handicap (G1) at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Put to a drive on the backstretch by jockey Luis Saez, odds-on favorite Julia Shining didn’t make it look easy but got the job done nonetheless in the $250,000 Demoiselle (G2) on Saturday at Aqueduct Racetrack, narrowly defeating the maiden Affirmative Lady in the nine-furlong race for 2-year-old fillies.