CIGAR STARTS TRAINING FOR DUBAI.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Cigar started his training Tuesday for the $4 million Dubai World Cup The Dubai World Cup is a Thoroughbred horse race held annually since 1996 at the Nad Al Sheba Racecourse in the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The race is operated through the Emirates Horse Racing Authority (EHRA) whose Chairman is Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, , apparently suffering no ill effects from a 21-hour flight from Florida one day earlier. The 6-year-old Cigar, 1995 Horse of the year, puts his amazing 13-race winning streak Noun 1. winning streak - a streak of wins streak, run - an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies" on the line next week as the likely favorite in the race. "He's doing fine. He came and did a slow gallop around," racing secretary Kevin Greely said. Cigar got his first glimpse First Glimpse is a monthly consumer electronics magazine published by Sandhills Publishing Company in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. The magazine was known as CE Lifestyles before a name change in early 2006. of the Nad Al Sheba race track Tuesday where he will be running for the richest purse in the world. He spent about 15 minutes on the track with Tim Jones, assistant to trainer Bill Mott. "The horse is spot on. The horse took the flight better than Jones did," said race commentator Derek Thompson, who watched Cigar train. "He's going to have a 1 1/2 -mile canter tomorrow, a fast 1 1/4 -mile on Thursday, and a fast breeze up on Friday," Thompson said. |
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