Citation
Sire	Bull Lea
Grandsire	Bull Dog
Dam	Hydroplane
Damsire	Hyperion
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1945
Country	United States
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Calumet Farm
Owner	Calumet Farm
Trainer	Ben A. Jones Jimmy Jones
Record	45: 32-10-2
Earnings	$1,085,760
Major Racing Wins, Awards and Honours
Major Racing Wins
Futurity Stakes (1947) Pimlico Futurity (1947) Tanforan Handicap (1948) Flamingo Stakes (1948) Kentucky Derby (1948) Preakness Stakes (1948) Belmont Stakes (1948) Stars and Stripes Handicap (1948) Jockey Club Gold Cup (1948) American Derby (1948) Pimlico Special (1948) Hollywood Gold Cup (1950) American Handicap (1951)
Racing Awards
8th U.S. Triple Crown Champion (1948) U.S. Champion 2-Yr-Old Colt (1947) U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt (1948) U.S. Horse of the Year (1948) U.S. Champion Older Horse (1951) Timeform rating: 142
Honours
United States Racing Hall of Fame (1959) #3 - Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century Life-size statue at Hialeah Park Citation Handicap at Hollywood Park Racetrack Cessna Citation by Cessna Arcraft Co
Infobox last updated on: December 4, 2006.

Citation (April 11, 1945 - August 8, 1970) was the eighth American thoroughbred horse-racing Triple Crown champion, and one of two major North American thoroughbreds (along with Cigar in 1994-96) to win 16 races in a row in major stakes competition. Image File history File links Citation-Bookcover. ... Hyperion was a Thoroughbred racehorse and a successful sire. ... A stallion A stallion is a male horse that has not been castrated. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... For the community in England, see Bay Horse. ... Time Magazine cover of May 30, 1949, featuring Calumet trainer Ben Jones Calumet Farm is a 762 acre (3. ... Ben Jones Benjamin Allyn Jones (December 31, 1882 – June 13, 1961) was a thoroughbred horse trainer. ... Horace A. Jimmy Jones (November 24, 1906 – September 2, 2001) was an American thoroughbred horse trainer. ... 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The Hialeah Park Racetrack, on East 4th Avenue in Hialeah, Florida is one of the oldest existing recreational facilities in southern Florida. ... The Citation Handicap is a race for thoroughbred horses at a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles on the turf for horses three-years-old and up. ... Hollywood Park is a thoroughbred racecourse located in Inglewood, California, about 3 miles (5 km) from Los Angeles International Airport and next door to the Great Western Forum. ... The Cessna Citation is a marketing name used by Cessna for its lines of business jets. ... Cessna Aircraft Company, headquartered in Wichita, Kansas, is a manufacturer of general aviation aircraft, from small two-seat, single-engine aircraft to business jets. ... is the 101st day of the year (102nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 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Owned and bred by Calumet Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, Citation was a bay colt, the son of Bull Lea and the mare, Hydroplane. Trained by at times by Hall of Famer Ben Jones and his son, Hall of Famer Horace A. "Jimmy" Jones, he was originally ridden by Al Snider and later by Steve Brooks and Eddie Arcaro. Time Magazine cover of May 30, 1949, featuring Calumet trainer Ben Jones Calumet Farm is a 762 acre (3. ... Nickname: Location in the Commonwealth of Kentucky Coordinates: , Country United States State Kentucky Counties Fayette Government  - Mayor Jim Newberry (D) Area  - City  285. ... 13 year old Peruvian Paso mare A broodmare and foal In English, a mare (an old Germanic word) is a female horse; the word is also an etymological root of marshal (originally marescalcus horse servant). Mares are considered easier to handle than males, which are called stallions or after castration... Horace A. Jimmy Jones (November 24, 1906 – September 2, 2001) was an American thoroughbred horse trainer. ... Eddie Arcaro (February 19, 1916 - November 4, 1997) was born George Edward Arcaro in Cincinnati, Ohio, in the United States, the son of an impoverished taxi driver. ...

As a 2 year old

Citation won his first start as a two-year-old at Havre de Grace, Maryland. He then broke the Arlington Park track record at 5 furlongs in his second start. For the year he would race nine times, winning eight of them and earning $155,680. His only loss came at the heels of his stablemate, Bewitch, in the Washington Park Futurity, which the filly won in track record time for 6 furlongs. Citation racked up victories in the Elementary Stakes, Futurity Trial, Futurity Stakes, and Pimlico Futurity. He was named champion 2 year old. Location in Maryland Coordinates: County Harford County Incorporated 1785 Mayor John P. Correri, Jr. ... Arlington Park is a horse racetrack in the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights, Illinois. ... The VATC Futurity Stakes is a weight-for-age horse race. ...

As a 3 year old

Citation started the 1948 racing season with two victories over the older horse Armed, who had been named thoroughbred racing's 1947 Horse of the Year, in an allowance race and the Seminole Handicap. It is rare for a 3 year old to beat older horses so early in the year, let alone a top handicap star like Armed. Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Armed (1941-1964) was a American Thoroughbred Hall of Fame race horse. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Horse of the Year is the highest honor given in American thoroughbred horse racing. ...

After Citation won the Everglades Stakes and the Flamingo Stakes at Hialeah Park, Snider drowned while fishing off the Florida Keys. Calumet Farm hired Arcaro, one of Snider's friends. In Arcaro's first start on Citation, they lost to Saggy in the Chesapeake Trial Stakes. This would be the last race that Citation would lose for almost two years. The Flamingo Stakes was a Grade III stakes race for three-year-old thorough race horses run at the Hialeah Park in Hialeah, Florida over a distance of 1 1/16 miles. ... The Hialeah Park Racetrack, on East 4th Avenue in Hialeah, Florida is one of the oldest existing recreational facilities in southern Florida. ... Palm trees in Islamorada The Florida Keys is an archipelago of about 1700 islands in the southeast United States. ... Time Magazine cover of May 30, 1949, featuring Calumet trainer Ben Jones Calumet Farm is a 762 acre (3. ...

Citation avenged the loss to Saggy in the Chesapeake Stakes, which he won over Bovard by 4 1/2 lengths, with Saggy well back. Citation followed with his final Kentucky Derby prep, a win in the Derby Trial Stakes. The Hannah Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old thoroughbred horses, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. ...

In the Kentucky Derby, ridden by Arcaro, Citation won by 3 ½ lengths over his stablemate, eventual 1949 Horse of the Year Coaltown, and Arcaro gave the widow of former jockey Al Snider a share of his Derby purse money. [1] Citation was then sent to Baltimore where he won the Preakness Stakes by 5 ½ lengths. From there he won the Jersey Stakes before going to Elmont, New York and becoming the 8th Triple Crown winner by capturing the Belmont Stakes, tying the stakes record of 2:28 1/5 set by the 6th Triple Crown winner, Count Fleet. The Hannah Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old thoroughbred horses, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. ... Horse of the Year is the highest honor given in American thoroughbred horse racing. ... Flag Seal Nickname: Monument City, Charm City, Mob Town, B-more Motto: Get In On It (formerly The City That Reads and The Greatest City in America; BELIEVE is not the official motto but rather a specific campaign) Location Location of Baltimore in Maryland Coordinates , Government Country State County United... The Preakness Stakes is a Grade I stakes race 1 3/16 mile (1. ... Elmont is a hamlet (and census-designated place) as well as suburb of New York City in Long Island, Nassau County, New York, in the Town of Hempstead. ... The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (Triple Crown for short, but the term is also used in other sports, and thus the full name should be used when it could cause confusion) consists of three races for three-year-old thoroughbred horses. ... The Belmont Stakes is a prestigious Grade I stakes race held yearly in June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. ... Count Fleet, born March 24, 1940 at Stoner Creek Stud farm in Paris, Kentucky, United States and died there on December 3, 1973, was a thoroughbred racehorse and Triple Crown champion in 1943. ...

Citation then won the Stars and Stripes Handicap, equalling Armed's track record. He then won the American Derby and the Sysonby Mile. After that came the Jockey Club Gold Cup at 2 miles, which he won by 7 lengths over 1947 Preakness winner Phalanx. He then won the Empire City Gold Cup at 1 5/16 miles. The Jockey Club Gold Cup is a prestigious thoroughbred horse race open to horses three years old and upward, established in 1919. ... The Preakness Stakes is a classic 1 3/16 mile (1. ...

In Citation's next start, he scared off all the competition. He won the Pimlico Special in a rare walkover. Citation then traveled to California, where he finished the year with two wins, including in the Tanforan Handicap at Tanforan Racecourse. The Pimlico Special is an American thoroughbred horse race held at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland, home to the Triple Crown race, the Preakness Stakes. ...

By the end of his three year old season, Citation had a career record of 27 victories and two seconds in 29 starts and earnings of $865,150. He had also amassed a 15 race winning streak. For his performances, Citation was named Horse of the Year. Horse of the Year is the highest honor given in American thoroughbred horse racing. ...

As a 5 year old

Injuries kept Citation from racing in 1949 but he came back to race in 1950, winning his 16th race in a row at Santa Anita Park (a streak that would stand alone among major North American stakes horses until Cigar equaled the feat in 1994-96). His owner, Calumet Farm, had brought Citation back from his injury in 1950 with the intention of Citation becoming the first horse to win $1 million in earnings, but he ran up against a buzzsaw in the form of the English import and future Hall of Famer Noor, who beat Citation 4 times, in the Santa Anita Handicap at 1 1/4 miles, the San Juan Capistrano Handicap at 1 3/4 miles in world record time, the Forty Niners Handicap at 1 1/8 miles in track record time, and in the Golden Gate Handicap, conceding weight to Citation, in a world record of 1:58 1/5 which stood as an American record on a dirt track until the great Spectacular Bid finally broke it 30 years later. Citation's times in these races would have also been records; he was denied his opportunity to become a millionaire at age 5 solely because Noor ran faster than any horse in history up to that point. Citation himself set a track record in winning the Golden Gate Mile Handicap in 1:33 3/5 in a race that Noor sat out; this record stood for over 30 years. Year 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Santa Anita track is set against the dramatic backdrop of the San Gabriel Mountains. ... Time Magazine cover of May 30, 1949, featuring Calumet trainer Ben Jones Calumet Farm is a 762 acre (3. ... The Santa Anita Handicap is held annually in the month of March at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. ... The San Juan Capistrano Invitational Handicap is an American invitational handicap thoroughbred horse race run annually on turf at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. ... Spectacular Bid (February 17, 1976 — June 9, 2003) was an American thoroughbred race horse. ...

As a 6 year old

Citation would be brought back by his owners one more time at age 6, in 1951, to attempt to reach the million dollar mark. After two third place finishes, Citation finished out of the money for the first time in the Hollywood Premiere Handicap. After another loss in the Argonaut Handicap, Citation returned to form, with victories in the Century Handicap, American Handicap, and finally, the Hollywood Gold Cup, winning over his stablemate, the mare Bewitch. The Gold Cup victory put him over $1 million in career earnings, and he was then retired to stud. The Hollywood Gold Cup is a Grade I Stakes race for thoroughbred horses inaugurated in 1938 at Hollywood Park in Inglewood, California. ...

Retirement

Citation retired after the Hollywood Gold Cup. As a sire at Calumet Farm he produced a number of noteworthy offspring including Hall of Fame filly Silver Spoon and 1956 Preakness Stakes winner, Fabius.

In 1959, Citation was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. He died on August 8, 1970 at the age of 25. He is buried in the horse cemetery at Calumet Farm. Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in 1950 in Saratoga Springs, New York, to honor the achievements of American thoroughbred race horses, jockeys, and trainers. ...

The memory of Citation was honored after his death when Dwayne Wallace, Chairman of Cessna Aircraft Company selected the name Citation for the new business jet Cessna was designing. [2] Hints of Citation's legacy can be found in the jet's logo in the form of a horseshoe background. Even today, pictures of Citation line the hallways of Cessna's buildings. Cessna Aircraft Company, headquartered in Wichita, Kansas, is a manufacturer of general aviation aircraft, from small two-seat, single-engine aircraft to business jets. ...

Ranking

In the Blood-Horse magazine ranking of the top 100 U.S. thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century, Citation was ranked #3. The Blood-Horse is an international weekly news magazine about Thoroughbred horses, horse breeding, and horseracing. ... In 1999, The Blood-Horse magazine compiled a list of what its staff members considered to be the top 100 racehorses of the 20th Century who had competed in the United States. ...

Pedigree

Teddy (1913-1936) was a famous racehorse and an extremely influential sire, especially for lines in Italy, France, and the United States. ... Spearmint was an English thoroughbred racehorse, sired by the Carbine. ... Hyperion was a Thoroughbred racehorse and a successful sire. ... Gainsborough (1915-1945) was an British Thoroughbred racehorse who won the English Triple Crown in 1918. ... Bayardo was a Thoroughbred stallion with an impressive career both on the track and in the breeding shed. ... St. ...

Sources

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References

• Citation's pedigree
• Citation's Kentucky Derby
• Every horse that has ever participated in a classic: Kentucky Derby, Preakness, or Belmont

• Georgeff, Phil. Citation: In a Class by Himself (2003) Taylor Trade Publishing ISBN 0-87833-292-8
• Citation at the United States' National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
• Citation's offspring at the Triple Crown database by Kathleen Irwin and Joy Reeves