1.   Cigar has had trouble with the same foot for months.

2.   Cigar has tactical speed and can sit off the lead if he has to or go to the front if there is no pace in the race.

3.   Cigar also had the fiberglass patch removed from his right front foot, where it has been protecting the second of two cracks in the heel.

4.   Cigar will have his final serious workout for the Massachusetts Handicap on Sunday or Monday morning at Belmont Park, his home base, Mott said on Saturday morning.

5.   Its tobacco can come from just about anywhere, and the cigars normally have a spicy taste.

6.   Cigar will have to earn his piece of horse-racing history.