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Citation ( April 11 , 1945 - August 8 , 1970 ) was an American Thoroughbred Horse-racing Triple Crown champion. 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 Horace A. "Jimmy" Jones , he was ridden by Al Snider . Citation won his first start as a two-year-old at Havre De Grace, Maryland . For the year he would race nine times, winning eight of them and earning $155,680. Citation was the first horse to win US $1 million. Citation started the where he won the Preakness Stakes by 5 ½ lengths. From there he won the Jersey Derby before going to Elmont, New York and becoming the 8th Triple Crown winner by capturing the Belmont Stakes . By the end of that season, the three-year-old horse had a career record of 27 victories and two seconds in 29 starts. For his performances, Citation was voted Horse of the Year honors. Injuries kept Citation from racing in 1949 but he came back to race in 1950 and won the Golden Gate Mile Handicap. However, he lost several other races in what was for him a mediocre campaign. He started the 1951 season with three poor performances in a row but came back to win his final three starts, capping off his career with a victory in the Hollywood Gold Cup that made him thoroughbred racing's first millionaire. Citation retired during the 1951 racing season, his accomplishments amongst the best in the history of American racing. 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. 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. {Link without Title} 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. RANKING In the Blood-Horse Magazine ranking of the Top 100 U.S. Thoroughbred Champions Of The 20th Century , Citation was ranked #3. PEDIGREE
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