Citation (horse)

Citation
Sire	Bull Lea
Grandsire	Bull Dog
Dam	Hydroplane (GB)
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 wins
Futurity Stakes (1947) Pimlico Futurity (1947) Tanforan Handicap (1948) Flamingo Stakes (1948) Stars and Stripes Handicap (1948) Jockey Club Gold Cup (1948) American Derby (1948) Pimlico Special (1948) Hollywood Gold Cup (1950) San Francisco Breeders' Cup Mile (1950) American Handicap (1951) Triple Crown race wins: Kentucky Derby (1948) Preakness Stakes (1948) Belmont Stakes (1948)
Awards
8th U.S. Triple Crown Champion (1948) U.S. Champion 2-Yr-Old Colt (1947) U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt (1948) DRF Champion Male Handicap Horse (1948) U.S. Horse of the Year (1948) TSD U.S. Champion Older Male 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 Citation Handicap at Hollywood Park Racetrack Cessna Citation by Cessna Aircraft Co
Last updated on 15 September 2010

Futurity Stakes (1947)
Pimlico Futurity (1947)
Tanforan Handicap (1948)
Flamingo Stakes (1948)
Stars and Stripes Handicap (1948)
Jockey Club Gold Cup (1948)
American Derby (1948)
Pimlico Special (1948)
Hollywood Gold Cup (1950)
San Francisco Breeders' Cup Mile (1950)
American Handicap (1951)

Citation (April 11, 1945 – August 8, 1970) was the eighth American Triple Crown winner, and one of three major North American Thoroughbreds (along with Zenyatta and Cigar) to win at least 16 consecutive races in major stakes race competition. He was the first horse in history to win one million dollars.

Owned and bred by Calumet Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, Citation was a bay colt by Bull Lea from the imported mare Hydroplane (GB), who was by the leading sire Hyperion. Although Citation was bred in Kentucky, his pedigree was largely European: of the sixteen horses in the fourth generation of his pedigree, fourteen were bred in Britain and one was bred in France. As a descendant of the broodmare Glasalt, Citation was related to the 2000 Guineas winner Colorado: the same branch of Thoroughbred "Family" 3-l later produced the Preakness Stakes winner Gate Dancer.

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