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By NEW YORK TIMES NEW SERVICE | June 16, 1996
ELMONT, N.Y. -- Cigar is back on the track at Belmont Park for the first time since he won the Massachusetts Handicap two weeks ago with a bruised heel. He is merely jogging, but is being pointed toward more serious work later this week and, if everything seems sound, toward the special $1 million race that has been offered by Arlington Park in Chicago.The Arlington race, which would be run at a time chosen by Cigar's handlers, probably would be scheduled on July 13 or 14, giving Cigar about one month until his next scheduled race, the Pacific Classic at Del Mar in California on Aug. 10.The 6-year-old has a winning streak of 15 races and he needs one more to match the modern record set by Calumet Farm's Citation in 1948.
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By Ross Peddicord and Ross Peddicord,Sun Staff Writer | April 19, 1995
Maryland-bred Cigar is Baltimore-bound.Bill Mott, trainer of the horse who has won three straight Grade I starts and is a leading candidate for 1995 Horse of the Year honors, said yesterday that Cigar has "bounced back" in fine shape after defeating the nation's best older horses Saturday in the $750,000 Oaklawn Handicap."
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By Ross Peddicord and Ross Peddicord,SUN STAFF | October 8, 1995
ELMONT, N.Y. -- Cigar had little trouble disposing of Kentucky Derby winner Thunder Gulch yesterday in the Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park.But jockey Jerry Bailey did go to the whip a couple of times to ensure a one-length victory by the heavily favored horse over long shot Unaccounted For in the $750,000 stakes.It is now on to the $3 million Breeders' Cup Classic at Belmont on Oct. 28, where Cigar likely will find a new challenger, the English-based Halling, winner of eight consecutive races in Europe and the Middle East.
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By John Eisenberg and John Eisenberg,SUN SPORTS COLUMNIST | October 22, 1995
BEL AIR -- Long before his celestial talent bloomed this year, the thoroughbred named Cigar stood out among the thousands of horses that have come and gone over the years at Country Life Farm in Harford County."
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By Tom Keyser and Tom Keyser,SUN STAFF | October 6, 1996
Well, did you see it? Did you see that menacing horse Cigar stare down his opponents in the paddock before yesterday's Jockey Club Gold Cup?Robert L. DeSensi, a trainer from Kentucky, insists that it happens. A long-time student of horse demeanor, he says that Cigar carries into races a look and confidence that sometimes intimidates his competition.And DeSensi, whose Tenants Harbor raced against Cigar this summer in the Arlington Citation Challenge, is not alone. Although Cigar didn't win yesterday -- in the paddock or on the track -- observers often opined during his 16-race win streak that Cigar seemed to win races before they were even run."
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By NEW YORK DAILY NEWS | September 12, 1996
ELMONT, N.Y. -- With dreadful weather forecast the next three days, trainer Bill Mott said yesterday that Maryland-bred Cigar might sit out the $500,000, 1 1/8 -mile Woodward on Saturday at Belmont Park rather than run over what could be a sloppy track."