Citation Horse Record

Citation s times in these races would have also been records.

Citation horse record. Citation became the 8th u s. Coaltown meanwhile won eight of his thirteen starts. Citation 1948 triple crown winner. Citation himself set a world record in winning the golden gate mile handicap in 1 33 in a race that noor sat out.

Of all published articles the following were the most read within the past 12 months. Citation horse rating and status. Things came harder to citation in his six year old season. He won the blue grass stakes in track record time and at the end of the year was voted 1948 s u s.

Eight days later he treated 24 809 fans to a track record of 2 024 5 in his five length victory in the tanforan handicap but the race. Although trained by jimmy jones citation took part in the kentucky derby in the name of ben jones so that jimmy s father could tie the record set for greatest number of kentucky derby wins by a specific trainer. He won 1948 horse of the year. He was owned and bred by warren wrights calumet farm the most successful thoroughbred stable in american history.

Citation romped in a six furlong prep on december 3. Citation hit the racing scene in 1948 by defeating 1947 s eclipse award horse of the year armed. On january 11 1950 citation won in his first race in exactly 13 months taking an allowance race by 1 1 2 lengths to extend his winning streak to a record 16 races. But an osselet on his left front ankle and tendon injuries kept him out of racing in 1949.

At the end of the season citation had raced nine times won twice finished second to noor six times and finished second to roman inn in a world record setting six furlong sprint. Citation also chased noor to world record times in the forty niners handicap and the golden gate handicap. See who is a fan of citation. He was a bay colt foaled on april 11 1945.

He did not become a millionaire at age five solely because noor ran faster than any horse in history up to that point.