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Title: Citation: In a Class by Himself by Phil Georgeff, Tommy Trotter, Elmer Polzin ISBN: 0-87833-292-8 Publisher: Taylor Pub Pub. Date: April, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.78 (9 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: don't be confused, bad reviewers
Comment: someone who obviously cannot add has stated that citation would have retired at 3 with a more impressive record than man o'war or secretariat. citation was a brilliant racehorse, one of the finest of all time...but he lost twice in two years, and man o'war only lost once(which can also be easily explained) in two years. horses cannot be compared against each other who have not faced each other on the track (don't forget former-plater seabiscuit beat one of the finest horses ever in war admiral, and the fastest-horse ever whirlaway also lost in a match race).
citation was great, but this book isn't.
actually, it is one of the worst books on thoroughbreds i have ever read (only rivalled by horses of a different color, by that dullard squires).
avoid!!
Rating: 5
Summary: The Greatest Horse Ever
Comment: It appears that this book and those on other great horses was inspired by the interest in the book and movie on Seabiscuit. However, Seabiscuit was not in Citation's class.
As a long-time follower of the "sport of kings," I consider Citation as the greatest thoroughbred ever. Had Citation been retired at the end of his three-year-old season, as were Man o'War and Secretariat, he would have had a record of 27 wins in 29 races, the two second-places losses easily explained. That record is more impressive than those of Man o' War and Secretariat, the two horses usually rated higher than Mighty Cy in polls of racing experts. Unfortunately, Mighty Cy's owner wanted to make him the first million dollar winner and brought him back as a five-year-old, after more than a year's layoff. Clearly, the horse lost something in that long layoff and was the not the competitor he was as a two- and three-year-old, winning only five of his next 16 races before finally going over the million dollar mark. When comparing Cy with Man o' War and Secretariat, it seems only reasonable to consider only his two- and three-year-old seasons. Who knows what those two horses might have done as five- and six-year-olds?
Author Georgeff captures the greatness of Citation, appropriately referring to him as "the greatest thoroughbred in modern history" and "in a class by himself." I couldn't put the book down once I started on it.
Rating: 3
Summary: Where's the horse?
Comment: It ain't bad, but it do go on and on and on about the same old things. Good picture of the racing world of the time and of Calumet in its heyday.
BUT where's the horse? We know how he looks-what he does on the track-the fact that he's intelligent,etc. Where are the anecdotes that endear or amaze that a reader finds in Native Dancer, The Making of Secretariat, and other books of the same type? Maybe the info is no longer available. A pity. Sidenote: My grandfather worked for Southern Saddlery, and I saw Citation and Coaltown when they were colts at Calumet.
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Title: Native Dancer: The Grey Ghost: Hero of a Golden Age by John Eisenberg ISBN: 0446530700 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Secretariat: The Making of a Champion by William Nack ISBN: 0306811332 Publisher: DaCapo Press Pub. Date: 02 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Ruffian : Burning From the Start by Jane Schwartz ISBN: 0345450000 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 30 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Kelso by Steve Haskin ISBN: 1581501013 Publisher: Eclipse Press Pub. Date: November, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Man O' War (Thoroughbred Legends, No. 1) by Edward L. Bowen ISBN: 1581500408 Publisher: National Book Network Pub. Date: July, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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