Triple Crown race wins:Kentucky Derby (1948)Preakness Stakes (1948)Belmont Stakes (1948)Citation (April 11, 1945 – August 8, 1970) was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who is the eighth winner of the American Triple Crown.

[1] 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.

His only loss came at the heels of his stablemate, Bewitch, in the Washington Park Futurity, which the filly won in stakes-record time for six furlongs.

It is rare for a three-year-old to defeat older horses so early in the year, let alone a top handicap star such as Armed.

After that came the Jockey Club Gold Cup at 2 miles (3.2 km), which he won by seven lengths over 1947 Preakness winner Phalanx.

In Citation's next start, he deterred potential challengers and won the Pimlico Special in a rare walkover.

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.

Citation's times in these races would have also been records; he did not become a millionaire at age five solely because Noor ran faster than any horse in history up to that point.

Citation himself set a world record in winning the Golden Gate Mile Handicap in 1:333⁄5 in a race that Noor sat out.

Citation was brought back by his owners one more time at age six in 1951 in an attempt to become the first racehorse to win a record one million dollars.

[8] While at stud at Calumet Farm, he was said to be afraid of owner Lucille P. Markey's Yorkshire Terrier Timmy Tammy.

This statue is shown in Godfather II as Michael Corleone travels to Miami to visit Hyman Roth.

In 2020, as part of a fundraiser for emergency relief efforts due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a "virtual Kentucky Derby" was held wherein the field included all 13 Triple Crown winners.