He'd come close before, and in his tenth career start, Cigarette Boat breezed first to the finish.

The 3yo Kantharos colt took that long-awaited step in Friday's MSW finale at Aqueduct, graduating by two lengths to top a four-win day for jockey Dylan Davis. The score also provided Double Cast (Broken Vow, photo) with her first winning offspring.

Alexis Zorba, runner-up to Blackbeard and Little Black Bear as a 2yo in Ireland, led inside the final eighth of the six-furlong sprint before yielding to Cigarette Boat & Davis, who drew pff by 1 1/2 lengths.

The first foal out of Gr1 winner Rosalind's full-sister, Cigarette Boat placed 2nd three times before his Big A victory, most recently missing by a nose at Kentucky Downs.

A six-figure earner in NY for Hurstland Farm & co-breeder Jamie Greene, Double Cast foaled a full-sister to Cigarette Boat last season.