Cigar
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Cigar was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse renowned for a 16-race winning streak and multiple major international victories in the mid-1990s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cigar canonical | 25 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T796787 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cigar Context triple: [Dubai World Cup, firstRunningWinner, Cigar]
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A.
Lucky Strike
Lucky Strike is a historic American cigarette brand known for its distinctive packaging and long-standing presence in popular culture.
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B.
Dunhill
Dunhill is a premium cigarette brand known for its association with luxury and high-quality tobacco products.
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C.
Joe Camel
Joe Camel is a cartoon camel mascot used in controversial advertising campaigns to promote Camel cigarettes, widely criticized for appealing to underage audiences.
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D.
Smoke
Smoke is a large-scale modern sculpture by American artist Tony Smith, renowned for its monumental geometric form and prominent installation at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
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E.
Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company
Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company is a U.S.-based cigarette manufacturer best known for its Natural American Spirit brand, which markets additive-free and “natural” tobacco products.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cigar Target entity description: Cigar was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse renowned for a 16-race winning streak and multiple major international victories in the mid-1990s.
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A.
Lucky Strike
Lucky Strike is a historic American cigarette brand known for its distinctive packaging and long-standing presence in popular culture.
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B.
Dunhill
Dunhill is a premium cigarette brand known for its association with luxury and high-quality tobacco products.
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C.
Joe Camel
Joe Camel is a cartoon camel mascot used in controversial advertising campaigns to promote Camel cigarettes, widely criticized for appealing to underage audiences.
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D.
Smoke
Smoke is a large-scale modern sculpture by American artist Tony Smith, renowned for its monumental geometric form and prominent installation at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
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E.
Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company
Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company is a U.S.-based cigarette manufacturer best known for its Natural American Spirit brand, which markets additive-free and “natural” tobacco products.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American racehorse
ⓘ
Thoroughbred racehorse ⓘ |
| award |
American Horse of the Year
ⓘ
Eclipse Award for Champion Older Male Horse ⓘ |
| awardYear |
1995
ⓘ
1995 (Champion Older Male) ⓘ 1996 ⓘ 1996 (Champion Older Male) ⓘ |
| breed | Thoroughbred ⓘ |
| breeder | Allen E. Paulson ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, Saratoga Springs, New York
ⓘ
linked to:
National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
|
| color | bay ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| currencyOfEarnings |
USD
ⓘ
linked to:
US dollar
|
| dam | Solar Slew ⓘ |
| damsire | Seattle Slew ⓘ |
| died | 2014 ⓘ |
| diedOn | 2014-10-07 ⓘ |
| distanceSpecialty | middle distances ⓘ |
| earnings | $9,999,815 ⓘ |
| fertilityStatus | infertile stallion ⓘ |
| foaled | 1990 ⓘ |
| foaledOn | 1990-04-18 ⓘ |
| hallOfFameInduction | National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame ⓘ |
| hallOfFameInductionYear | 2002 ⓘ |
| legacyHonor | Cigar Mile Handicap named in his honor ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
16-race winning streak
ⓘ
tied then-North American earnings record for a Thoroughbred ⓘ voted Horse of the Year in 1995 and 1996 ⓘ |
| notableRaceWin |
1994 NYRA Mile (later Cigar Mile)
ⓘ
1995 Breeders' Cup Classic ⓘ 1995 Donn Handicap ⓘ 1995 Hollywood Gold Cup ⓘ 1995 Jockey Club Gold Cup ⓘ 1995 Woodward Stakes ⓘ 1996 Donn Handicap ⓘ 1996 Dubai World Cup ⓘ
linked to:
Dubai World Cup (horse race)
1996 Jockey Club Gold Cup ⓘ 1996 Woodward Stakes ⓘ |
| offspringCount | 0 ⓘ |
| owner | Allen E. Paulson ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Maryland ⓘ |
| raceRecord | 33 starts, 19 wins, 4 seconds, 5 thirds ⓘ |
| racingPeriod | mid-1990s ⓘ |
| ranking | ranked among top U.S. racehorses of the 20th century by Blood-Horse magazine ⓘ |
| retiredFromRacing | 1996 ⓘ |
| sex | stallion ⓘ |
| sire | Palace Music ⓘ |
| studCareer | stood at Ashford Stud in Kentucky ⓘ |
| surfaceSpecialty | dirt ⓘ |
| trainer | Bill Mott ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cigar Description of subject: Cigar was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse renowned for a 16-race winning streak and multiple major international victories in the mid-1990s.
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Dubai World Cup (horse race)
subject linked to:
Dubai World Cup (horse race)
subject linked to:
1994 NYRA Mile (later Cigar Mile)
subject linked to:
1994 NYRA Mile (later Cigar Mile)
subject linked to:
1994 NYRA Mile (later Cigar Mile)