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Citation (April 11, 1945 -- August 8, 1970) was a champion Thoroughbred racehorse who is the eighth winner of the American Triple Crown. He won 16 consecutive stakes races and was the first horse in history to win US$1 million.

In the Kentucky Derby, ridden by Arcaro, Citation won by 3 1/2 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. Citation was then sent to Baltimore where he won the Preakness Stakes by 5 1/2 lengths. From there he won the Jersey Stakes before going to Belmont Park in New York, and becoming the eighth Triple Crown winner by capturing the Belmont Stakes, tying the stakes record of 2:281/5 set by the sixth Triple Crown winner, Count Fleet.

By the end of his three-year-old season, Citation had a record of 20 starts, 19 wins and $709,470, for a new single season record. His total career record now stood at 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, gaining 161 of a possible 163 votes in the poll conducted by Turf and Sport Digest magazine. Toward the end of his three-year-old season, he developed an osselet.

In 1959, Citation was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. In the Blood-Horse magazine ranking of the Top 100 U.S. Thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century, Citation was ranked #3.


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