Thursday, May 15, 2008

Master Eddie and His Mount

May 15, 1948

On May 15, 1948, in command from the instant the doors of the starting gate popped open, the Calumet Farm's great 3-year-old colt Citation won as he pleased - or as Jockey Eddie Arcaro pleased - in the seventy-second edition of the $134, 870 Preakness Stakes at old Pimilico.

Citation was a 1 - to - 10 shot, the shortest priced favorite in Preakness history since the 1889 running.

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