Manny0728 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

my favorite horse of all times.

ehflipya (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Excellent choice of music, it makes my hair stand up!

jet7111 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

that is because the purses are biger now, curlan, im a big fan of but he has yet to accomplish what cigar did, in my opinon

lengua92 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

cigar was a fuckin beast

carlykaiser (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

You do know that Curlin will beat it in his next start if he wins, right?

kcflyers (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Anyone who disputes Cigar's accomplisments only need to take a look at his lifetime earnings of $9,999,815. Which has still not be achieved by any other horse in over 10 years even with todays big purses and big speed figures. Please, give credit where its due. He is a true champion that beat every horse that challenged him for over a year. Some people have to complain about everything. It was a great time and was wonderful to watch.

bg147 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Haha, 1995 was a deep year.... lets take a look at who was racing... 3 year olds and up..... Silver Goblin, Best Pal, Betrando, Concern, Devil His Due, Thunder Gulch, Unaccounted For, Urgent Request, Star Standard, Kissin Kris, Wallenda, Del Mar Dennis, Tinners Way, Blumin Affair, Soul of the Matter, L'Carriere, Flying Chevron, French Deputy, Peaks and Valleys. Cigar beat all of them, and the one time Holy Bull faced Cigar, Holy Bull broke down trying to run with the Big Horse.

wwraymond (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Anyone who you put out there Cigar beat. Watch the Dubai World Cup, he looks the horse in the eye in the stretch and would never let them by if they went around 5 more times. THE HEART OF A CHAMPION!!!C

saveus228 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

without Holy Bull, it was pathetic. Just think L'Carriere would have been BC Classic and probably Horse of the Year winner if not for Cigar. Maybe Thunder Gulch would have got the sympathy vote. But then again, I would never vote for a horse that never eclipsed a 107 beyer speed figure for Horse of the Year.

saveus228 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

More impressive was Inside Information's race in the Distaff, the same day. 1:46 and change is more impressive (got a better speed figure by 2 points) The track that day was muddy, but also super fast. I don't think anybody's come within 2 seconds of Inside Information's stakes record set that day, while Cigar's has since been eclipsed by Cat Thief, Skip Away, and the spectacular Ghostzapper.