Cigar, age 6, has won 16 of 27 lifetime starts and has earned $8,069,815.

In 1995, when the great Cigar won the marquee race, temperatures reached 66 degrees, but rain pelted the track all morning.

Cigar won the Donn by taking the lead, holding off Holy Bull briefly and then continuing on to the wire.

The race gained immediate acceptance when the mighty Cigar traveled there and won.

"Cigar won $10 million in purses," he said.

Cigar won 1 race in 11 on the grass and then 9 straight after Mott switched him.

Cigar won that race by 8 lengths on October 28, 1994, and did not lose again for almost two years.

Cigar has won eight consecutive stakes races.

Cigar won by two and 1/4 lengths.

Cigar went to the races 33 times, won 19 times, ran in the money 28 times and earned a record total of $10 million.