Cigar Dream Team

RACING’S DREAM TEAM

One win away from breaking Citation’s 46-year-old record for consecutive victories (16)
Hasn’t lost a race since October 7, 1994
North America’s all-time leading money winner with $8,819,815
Won $4.8 million last year, to set a single-season record
Won eight Grade I races at six different tracks in 1995
Traveled 6,000 miles to the Middle East in March and won the $4 million Dubai World Cup, the world’s richest race

Earned an Eclipse Award in 1995 as North America’s leading owner
His horses earned $7,232,967 in 1995; best in North America
Has owned six North American champions, either solely or in partnership: Estrapade, Theatrical, Blushing John, Arazi, Eliza, and Cigar
Earned an Eclipse Award in 1993 as North America’s leading breeder
Along with Cigar, raced four other stakes-winning horses in 1995: Apolda, Admiralty, Sudana, and Flag Down

Earned an Eclipse Award in 1995 as North America’s top trainer
Won 38 stakes races with 22 different horses in 1995
His horses earned $11.7 million in 1995, ranking second in the country to D. Wayne Lukas
Trained five Grade I winners last year: Cigar, Lassigny, Duda, Bail Out Becky, and Northern Emerald
Has won nine training titles at Churchill Downs
Along with Cigar, has trained two other Eclipse Award-winning horses: Theatrical in 1987, and Arlington Million winner Paradise Creek in 1994

Earned an Eclipse Award in 1995 as North America’s leading rider
With one exception, he has guided Cigar throughout his unbeaten streak
Earned $16.3 million in purses last year to become the first jockey to surpass the $16-million mark in a single season
Led all jockey in stakes earnings ($10,116,518) and finished third in victories (287) in 1995
Has won the $3 million Breeders’ Cup Classic four times in the last five years
Leading rider at Gulfstream Park, Saratoga, and Belmont (Fall meeting) last year