Idea of Cloning Cigar Is a Non-Starter, Paulson Says
The cloning of Cigar might be an “interesting experiment,” says the man whose racing colors Cigar carried so grandly in two Horse of the Year campaigns.
“If somebody who is qualified wants to come and get a patch off him it would be all right,” Allen Paulson said.
The 7-year-old horse has been a dud at stud and might be sterile. Paulson said Cigar has mated with 40 mares and none is in foal.
In any event, Paulson certainly is not counting on a cloned Cigar. And even if science should succeed in such a venture, the racing authorities would intervene.
“I don’t think The Jockey Club would allow cloning because it doesn’t allow artificial insemination,” Paulson said.
The Jockey Club, which registers American thoroughbreds and sets rules for breeding and racing, quickly confirmed that assumption.
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