Cigar Was A Legendary Champion

Another wonderful fall day and the leaves are really coming down with the wind gusts. Picked up Coco from school and had another bang up practice.

Also a big thanks to Jim for installing the flashing on the back patio. Hopefully that will solve the drainage problems.

The central bank in Russia is starting to prop up their currency. It looks like the sanctions combined with lower natural gas prices is starting to make a dent.

Walmart is cutting benefits to their small part time workforce. The richest family in America just shows where their true hearts are. In a field of gold. Costco has kept their benefits going intact and has been making big gains against the Arkansas greedies. My boycott shall continue! Kudos to Costco.

A sad day in the world of sports. The great racehorse Cigar passed away at the age of 24. He won 16 races in a row and I was at the Arlington International track to see this historic event. I was there most saturdays anyway but the place was packed for Cigar. I even bought a Cigar poster that I still intend to get framed.

He was a so-so horse when he first came up. But when he became great he was one of the greatest that ever lived. He was named after an aviation point in the caribbean. Like most great horses he seemed to have a big personality, bigger than most humans.

Secretariat was definitely a faster horse by time and my childhood favorite. A lot of old timers will say Citation was the best. But on this particular day with the infield packed and politicians everywhere arriving by helicopter, Cigar was THE horse.

He galloped along in second place and came around the homestretch and turned his head to look at the leader. After a long glare he just kicked it up a notch and won by 6 or 7 lengths. He only ran at about 90% effort. He was the superior horse and he knew it. Champions always do!

Later