Citation

Racing's 8th Triple Crown winner. Some people say he is the best horse who ever stepped foot on the track.

From ESPN's Jewels of the Triple Crown
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[sampson1959]

secretariat owns the records but citation was the best in my opinion.times only count in prison.he ran all the races and beat all the competition.man o war is still the greatest of all time with citation a close second and count fleet/secretariat in third respectfully.native dancer could easily be in third.if these horses were actors,then man o war is john wayne,citation is stallone and secretariat is arnold.my opinion only.i got kelso right up there too

[Letswinjeff1]

we certainly have been fortunate to have such grand athletes in our thoroughbreds....today we have so many horses running from the starting gates it takes away from the possiblity or showing just what a horse can do.

[1948BigCy]

"Citation is the only horse I ever saw make 3 runs in a Derby. Arcaro rode him like he was driving a Cadillac...push on the gas, let up, push on the gas, let up...and on that final push, that was it...he ran by Coaltown like Coaltown broke his leg!!"

[1948BigCy]

@Icyhotboo Yeah, people don't realize how tough it is to keep a horse from racing for a year, then bring him back, esp. a horse like Cy...but he broke a record, and was beaten by Noor, who carried 22 pounds less at one point...and Cy barely loss...2 wins, 5 seconds, not bad...and Noor had to break American/World records to beat him...people don't know that...San Capistrano photo finish that Cy lost...greatest race ever by those who saw it...no other horse like him...

[Icyhotboo]

@1948BigCy Not to mention he was injured his 4yo season and did not race. When they brought him back as a 5yo he was virtually lame but as you pointed out his owner wanted to have the first million dollar horse. At the end of his 3yo season his record stood at 29/27-2-0 and one of those losses was to his stabemate because the jockeys were given orders that whoever was first in the stretch was not to be passed as they wanted a 1-2 finish the other to "saggy" on an off track he beat in a rematch

[1948BigCy]

@Icyhotboo Yes...There were lots of great horses, but not one did what he did at three..won 19 for 20 (an interferance 6f loss), beat older horses 7 times, an easy TC, raced in 7 states, 10 tracks, every distance, hard, wet, didn't matter to him...ran the Pimlico Special solo, no owner would challenge him...if he hadn't been hurt at Tanforan and raced at Santa Anita, would probably be hailed at the greatest American horse...first horse to win a million more important to W. Wright..

[dickran2142battle]

in my opinion, and some facts... one of the best horses were

Man O War,Secretariat,Seabiscuit,Ruf­fian,Citation,Phar Lap and Sham

[Icyhotboo]

Very hard to make an argument against this horse being the best 3yo ever and possibly best horse. He beat champion older horses in the first part of the year something none of the others did as far as I know. Very nice video, thanks for sharing.

[Vrahos]

@eckythimble Look at the vocational chart of Secreteriat. It has almost all you should know.

[eckythimble]

@Vrahos Ok, I see Mars trine Pluto gives a lot of will-power, Moon in Capricorn trine Saturn a double ability to discipline emotions for the sake of a goal. Sun trine Neptune would give an intuitive ability to know when to act. Sun in the 4th house, I guess is someone motivated to perform for their "family". Did I miss any?

[Vrahos]

@eckythimble Yes, but look at more clues, because obviously there are different aspects among horses born in Aries. Being born in Aries alone does not do it.

You will see that the greats have another thing in common (aspects). They need to be competitive, but also motivated and energized. Their vocation needs to fit for running.

If you look, you will see what I mean...