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  Cigar (horse) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cigar did not race as a two year old and under trainer Alex Hassinger, he made an unsuccessful debut in early 1993 in a six furlong (1,207 m) race on a dirt track in California.
Cigar capped off the year with an October victory in the $3 million U.S. Breeders' Cup Classic while setting a stakes record of 1:59.58 for the 1 1/4 mile (2012 m) distance.
Cigar was retired to stud at the end of the 1996 racing season as the richest thoroughbred in history, with earnings of $9,999,815.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cigar_(horse)   (544 words)

  
 cigar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
A cigar is a tightly rolled bundle of dried, then fermented tobacco leaves which is lit for the purpose of inhaling (or merely drawing into the mouth rather than into the lungs) its smoke (see tobacco smoking).
Cigar tobacco is grown in significant quantities in such nations as Brazil, Cameroon, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Indonesia, and the United States of America.
The cigar was smoked throughout the islands of the Caribbean Sea and in Mesoamerica for centuries before the Europeans discovered the Americas in the late 15th century.
www.yourencyclopedia.net /Cigar.html   (680 words)

  
 Thoroughbred horse race - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
A trainer, who is hired by the thoroughbred horse's owner, would train the horses for a particular event (the horse trains on a local training track near the stable and at facilities and in the open country nearby) and also enter horses into races that would suit the horse.
Furthermore, there are "conditions" races, in which horses carry weights that are set by conditions, such as having won a certain number of races, or races of a certain value.
While the attention of horseracing fans and the media is focused almost exclusively on the horse's performance on the racetrack or for male horses, possibly its success as a sire, but little publicity is given the brood mares.
www.kernersville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Thoroughbred_racing   (532 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Cigar
A cigar is a tightly rolled bundle of tobacco leaves that have already been dried and fermented, which is lit (that is, ignited) for the purpose of inhaling (or merely drawing into the mouth rather than into the lungs) its smoke (see tobacco smoking).
Cigar tobacco is grown in significant quantities in such nations as Brazil, Cameroon, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Indonesia, Mexico, Nicaragua and the United States of America.
It is perhaps important for the cigar smoker to ritualize their habit and to smoke fine and expensive cigars, for the addictive element of cigaretters is also present in the cigar: nicotine.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Cigar   (5370 words)

  
 Cigar (horse) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Cigar, born April 18, 1990 at Country Life Farm near (Click link for more info and facts about Bel Air, Maryland) Bel Air, Maryland, is a Hall of Fame (A racehorse belonging to a breed that originated from a cross between Arabian stallions and English mares) thoroughbred (A horse bred for racing) racehorse.
Cigar did not race as a two year old and under trainer Alex Hassinger, he made an unsuccessful debut in early 1993 in a six furlong race on a dirt track in (A state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes) California.
During the season, Cigar matched the accomplishment of the great Triple Crown champion (A short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage) Citation that had stood for almost fifty years by winning his 16th race in a row in the Arlington Citation Challenge.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/ci/cigar_(horse).htm   (490 words)

  
 CIGAR- America's Horse   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Cigar's fame comes from a race record that is just unbelievable.
It was 1 mile on the dirt, and Cigar won by 8 lengths.
Cigar's site is part of the Thoroughbred Greats network and is maintained by the Webmaster.
www.tbgreats.com /cigar/race.html   (550 words)

  
 Breyer Cigar Famous Race Horse   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
He was named the Horse of the Year in 1995 and then went on to win 16 consecutive victories, securing his place in racing history.
Cigar has a dark brown coat, a fl mane and tail, and a white star on his forehead, with three white feet and one fl one.
Cigar has amazing details as far as markings and shading are concerned.
www.punching-bag-exercises.com /prod/B00000K1XG/Breyer_Cigar_Famous_Race_Horse.html   (364 words)

  
 Book Review - Thoroughbred Racing's Greatest Day
The difference was Cigar was the wonder horse, while Ricks Natural Star was the blunder horse—and how he came to be in the Breeders' Cup is the stuff of which legends are made, although not necessarily for the right reasons.
The horse responded to the treatments and was able to compete for another few years, ultimately having to retire because of her age.
He thought the horse had the ability to run a distance of a mile and a half and wanted to run him in an allowance race—the competitive division in between the meat-and-potatoes claiming level and the high-end stakes set—but the horse didn't meet the qualifying standards.
www.horse-races.net /library/review-102003x.htm   (4963 words)

  
 ESPN.com - Horse Racing - Cigar, Serena's Song join hall
Serena's Song was inducted along with Cigar, contemporary male; Noor, horse of yesteryear; trainer Grover "Bud" Delp; and the late jockey Jack Westrope.
Paulson and Cigar were tough, durable, dependable, and very genuine to the very end," said Bill Mott, who trained Cigar for the final 24 of his 33 career starts.
While Cigar's 16-race winning streak equaled Citation's mark, set from 1948-50, Noor defeated Citation in four of five meetings in 1950 and was voted champion handicap horse of that year.
espn.go.com /horse/news/2002/0803/1413868.html   (816 words)

  
 ESPN.com - Horse Racing - Cigar continues to be a crowd-pleaser
As if on cue, Cigar, the recently-inducted member of Racing's Hall of Fame, gallops closer to the fence where the family is standing.
Cigar was a late-blooming, hard-working kind of athlete that still can't help but attract fans.
Cigar's fertility is checked from time to time and remains negative.But don't let that fool you.
espn.go.com /horse/columns/misc/1420720.html   (785 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Cigar Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
A cigar is a tightly rolled bundle of dried, then fermented tobacco leaves which is lit for the purpose of inhaling its smoke.
Cigars obtained prior to the embargo were not contraband, and became referred to as "Pre-Castro Cubans".
Today, cigar prices have descended to reasonable levels, and supply of the best brands is abundant for those who continue to enjoy cigar smoking - even in the face of public scrutiny and disapproval.
www.ipedia.com /cigar.html   (1363 words)

  
 Golden Glimpses   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The horse whose 16-racing winning streak captured the fancy of even the most casual racing fan went too fast too soon in the 1 1/4-mile Pacific Classic and lost his status as an international hero in less than two minutes -- 1:59 4/5, to be exact.
It was magnificent in that it put Cigar's accomplishments in perspective for all who care a whit about racing as it was and could be again.
It should be on Jerry Bailey second-guessing himself, and not the horse, for gunning Cigar early, prompting fractions of 1:09 1/5 and 1:33 3/5, just a few ticks off the world record for a mile.
www.webcom.com /~alauck/golden/gold96/golden38.html   (1316 words)

  
 Thelen Reid & Priest: Articles & Legal Updates   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
For readers who may not follow racing, Cigar is one of the most successful race horses in history; named Horse of the Year in 1995 after a perfect racing season, and again in 1996, and the only horse to ever equal the record for consecutive victories of the legendary champion, Citation.
Presumably, a painting with Cigar's image, and marketed using Cigar's name, will be of greater appeal, and value, in the market than would an identical painting that did not use the well-known name or the distinctive features of the famous horse.
CMG claimed that, in the absence of a license from CMG, Cortez's use of the images of Cigar and Brookside's racing silks violated the Lanham Act, a federal statute that protects trademarks and trade dress, and several state laws protecting a property owner's right to control and commercially exploit the property rights in the images.
www.thelenreid.com /articles/article/art_23_idx.htm   (2495 words)

  
 Pimlico Special - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Pimlico Special is an American thoroughbred horse race held at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland, home to the Triple Crown race, the Preakness Stakes.
It was first run in 1937 and won by War Admiral who went on to be named Horse of the Year.
In 1938, the Pimlico Special was host to one of American racing's most historic moments when Seabiscuit defeated War Admiral in a much anticipated match race.
www.kernersville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Pimlico_Special   (160 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Cigar, Serena's Song enter horse racing hall of fame   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) — Cigar, who won 16 consecutive races after being switched from turf to dirt, and champion filly Serena's Song entered the national racing hall of fame Monday, in their first year of eligibility.
Cigar was horse of the year in 1995 and '96.
Cigar had 19 wins in 33 career starts and earned a North American record of $9,999,815.
www.usatoday.com /sports/horses/2002-08-05-horse-hall-of-fame_x.htm   (512 words)

  
 Sportsline USA - Horse Racing Column   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Cigar returns to Suffolk as a conquering hero to reprise a successful 1995 mass handicap.
The 1995 Horse of the Year earned his star status the hard way, winning 14 consecutive races after trainer Billy Mott decided to experiment with a switch from grass to dirt racing 18 months ago.
While Mott says Cigar is fit and ready, he emphatically stated that the 6-year-old horse needed every bit of two months vacation he got after victory No.
ww3.sportsline.com /b/page/pressbox/archive/jun96/davidowitzs6196.htm   (1007 words)

  
 Publications - Horse Racing Kentucky Horse Park Cigar Dahoss
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 Cigar (Cont.) - bloodhorse.com
When Cigar took the lead after turning into the long stretch, the crowd let out a loud roar, anticipating the history that was about to be made.
Passing the eighth pole, however, another American horse, Soul of the Matter, came charging up to Cigar's flank and appeared as if he were about to roll on by.
As Cigar walked off the track, the sun was setting in front of him, creating shafts of light that appeared to be beaming down just on him, as if to provide one final spotlight.
news.bloodhorse.com /viewstory.asp?id=10807   (787 words)

  
 Cigar takes '95 Classic
Cigar was wearing his simple aluminum plates with a traditional toe grab that had been put on about 10 days after his victorious Jockey Club Gold Cup, Oct. 7.
And Cigar left the paddock, emerging onto the track to the cheers of the fans who waited through sporadic rain and the occasional shy splash of sunshine for a look at their hero.
This day was different, because even though Cigar was pulling hard, Bailey could not be sure his horse would dig into the ground with the same confience when he was given his head and asked to run.
www.cmgww.com /sports/cigar/classic2.html   (2702 words)

  
 newStandard: 5/16/96
BOSTON -- When Horse of the Year Cigar came scampering home on top in the Massachusetts Handicap last spring, Lou Raffetto figured he was watching a once-in-a-lifetime horse race.
As Chip Tuttle, Suffolk's director of marketing pointed out, the fact Cigar is returning to New England would be worth celebrating for many reasons, not the least of which is the fact this is the first thoroughbred since Secretariat to have crossed the line that separates superstars from megastars
It was only after Allen Paulson's horse added wins in the major stakes at Oaklawn and Pimlico that he became a contender for the MassCap bonus.
www.s-t.com /daily/05-96/05-15-96/8horsd.htm   (698 words)

  
 Light 'Em Up: Cigar Heads 2002 Hall of Fame Class | bloodhorse.com
Cigar won 16 consecutive races over a three-year span, tying Citation's modern mark for North American horses and retired as North America's all-time leading money earner.
Bred and raced by the late Allen Paulson, Cigar was Horse of the Year in both 1995 and 1996.
Cigar entered stud in 1997, but failed to get mares in foal and currently is stabled at the Kentucky Horse Park outside Lexington.
www.bloodhorse.com /articleindex/article.asp?id=9357   (935 words)

  
 TRC THOROUGHBRED NOTEBOOK - August 8, 1996   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Cigar will be the only horse to be immortalized with a life-sized statue.
Although he raced only three times in 1954, Native Dancer was subsequently voted Horse of the Year, partly because he had been denied that honor in the previous year, despite having won nine of 10 races, all of them stakes.
Cigar's toughest opponent may be history as he attempts to break the modern record for consecutive victories by an American-based horse with his 17th straight win.
www.webcom.com /alauck/trc/trc96/trc0808.html   (2344 words)

  
 Cigar Race Horse   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Enpsychlopedia: Cigar (horse) A product of Maryland's oldest thoroughbred breeding farm, Cigar was the grandson of The Minstrel who was the son of the greatest sire of the second half of the 20th century, Northern Dancer.
Cigar, the legendary racehorse, muscled his way into the record books and captured the hearts of everyone who watched...
Cigar, born April 18, 1990 at Country Life Farm near Bel Air, Maryland, is a Hall of...
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 Equestrian Cigar Box Purses, Horse Cigar Box Handbags
This fabric-covered Arturo Fuente cigar box measures a comfortable 9 x 7 inches and is 1 3/4 inches deep.
This solid wood Ashton cigar box purse measures 8 x 6 1/2 inches and is 1 3/4 inches deep.
This slim Macanudo cigar box purse is a rich brown with gold and orange accents.
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 palomino horse   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Today Palomino horses may be seen in every aspect of the horse industry from...
Palomino horses are found among the finest bloodlines of breeds;...
Palomino HorsePalomino Horse breed profile: The Palomino is not strictly a horse breed but a colour although recognised as a breed in the US.
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 Golden Glimpses   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Soul of the Matter was so close to Cigar, and if I went by the standard of a half-length being equal to one pound, that would obviously put Soul of the Matter one pound below Cigar.
Cigar is probably one of the better older handicap horses to come around in the last 25 years, at least, maybe 50 years.
Hollywood's in-house promo hawking the coming of Cigar in the Gold Cup is seen mainly on its Matrix board and satellite monitors, which is unfortunate.
www.webcom.com /~alauck/golden/gold96/golden26.html   (1096 words)

  
 Famous Race Horses
Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame - bios and photos of Canadian champions and hall of famers, many entries here are not on other sites.
Cigar Breyer Model Horse - a 12" model done to exactly match his markings.
Famous Horses from the UK - Steve Parrott's home page with a large number of very nice tribute pages to famous European (mostly UK) horses, both flat and jumps.
www.horse-races.net /library/links-famous.htm   (2926 words)

  
 ets.ca - Cigar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Large selection of premium cigars, cigar lighters, humidors, cases and all other cigar related items at discounted prices.
Premium, hand-made cigars delivered to your door in luxury packaging, coupled with exceptional service and a low price.
Stokes' Club is perfect for the cigar lover and upscale gift-givers.
www.ets.ca /Cigar/all/search   (259 words)

  
 Cigar Horse Race
Duchossois said the "Cigar Challenge" would be more than a one-horse race an would offer a "substantial...
Cigar horse racing photos and pictures from Saratoga and the Breeders Cup.
Although Cigar was in the lead for the majority of the race, the horse named Dare...
www.1st-4-horse.com /cigar-horse-race.html   (336 words)

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