Cigar

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Cigar was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse renowned for a 16-race winning streak and multiple major international victories in the mid-1990s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American racehorse
Thoroughbred racehorse
award American Horse of the Year
Eclipse Award for Champion Older Male Horse
awardYear 1995
1995 (Champion Older Male)
1996
1996 (Champion Older Male)
breed Thoroughbred
breeder Allen E. Paulson NERFINISHED
burialPlace National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, Saratoga Springs, New York NERFINISHED
color bay
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
currencyOfEarnings US dollar
surface form: USD
dam Solar Slew
damsire Seattle Slew
died 2014
diedOn 2014-10-07
distanceSpecialty middle distances
earnings $9,999,815
fertilityStatus infertile stallion
foaled 1990
foaledOn 1990-04-18
hallOfFameInduction National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
hallOfFameInductionYear 2002
legacyHonor Cigar Mile Handicap named in his honor
notableAchievement 16-race winning streak
tied then-North American earnings record for a Thoroughbred
voted Horse of the Year in 1995 and 1996
notableRaceWin 1994 NYRA Mile (later Cigar Mile)
1995 Breeders' Cup Classic
1995 Donn Handicap
1995 Hollywood Gold Cup
1995 Jockey Club Gold Cup
1995 Woodward Stakes
1996 Donn Handicap
Dubai World Cup (horse race)
surface form: 1996 Dubai World Cup

1996 Jockey Club Gold Cup NERFINISHED
1996 Woodward Stakes NERFINISHED
offspringCount 0
owner Allen E. Paulson NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Maryland
raceRecord 33 starts, 19 wins, 4 seconds, 5 thirds
racingPeriod mid-1990s
ranking ranked among top U.S. racehorses of the 20th century by Blood-Horse magazine
retiredFromRacing 1996
sex stallion
sire Palace Music
studCareer stood at Ashford Stud in Kentucky
surfaceSpecialty dirt
trainer Bill Mott

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subject surface form: Dubai World Cup
subject surface form: Dubai World Cup