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释义 | Citation racehorse (foaled 1945), American racehorse (Thoroughbred), winner of the 1948 Triple Crown—the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakes—and the first horse to win $1,000,000. In four seasons (1947–48, 1950–51) he won 32 of 45 races, finished second in 10 and third in 2. On June 3, 1950, at Golden Gate Fields, Albany, Calif., he set a world record (eventually broken) by running 1 mile in 1:33 3/5. When he was retired to stud in 1952 at Calumet Farm, Lexington, Ky., he had earned $1,085,760. He died in 1970. |
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