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Summary: don't be confused, bad reviewers
Review: 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!!
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Summary: If you liked Seabiscuit, you'll love Citation!
Review: When I was but a mere child, Nashua was MY horse; when I grew up, it was Seattle Slew. Never thought anyone could persuade me that a horse greater than Slew ever looked through a bridle - and to my mind, that group included the Secretariat supporters. Then, along came Phil Georgeff with Citation: In A Class By Himself, to throw the proverbial monkey wrench into the works.Beginning with a crisp Foreword by Tommy Trotter and a touching Introduction by former ace Chicago Tribune handicapper, Elmer Polzin, Phil's second major book pulls the reader inexorably toward a conclusion he, himself, reached long ago . . . and that is that NO horse, NO way, NO how, was ever better than Citation. I am, however, from Missouri, at least when people start claiming that someone or something was the greatest or best ever. So, Phil had to drag (rather than inexorably pull) me through a couple of arguments in Citation's favor, at which point I stopped balking and let myself be led down the path of common sense. It was a seduction, actually, a seduction into a time and place which no longer exists, where men and horses were tough and when a cocktail was something a human drank and not a substance tested for in a state racing lab. "Citation" draws the reader in, not just because it's well researched and well written, but because it was written with love from the perspective of someone who was there - someone who saw the horse and was transformed into an unabashed fan by him. The contrast between the heart and soul of a champion thoroughbred and the foibles of his human handlers is part of the story, but so is the rich history of the turf - mighty Calumet, the "Master," Eddie Arcaro, the Jones boys. Phil Georgeff has woven a masterful tapestry and invited the reader into it - to touch it, feel it and live it with him.] And through the whole story looms a bay horse who fired the imagination of a nation; a horse with the "look of eagles" who, despite the screwups of his connections, won a Triple Crown and more, who stamped himself a champion with no equal - a true champion who never quit, always tried and usually won. Citation should have retired undefeated and probably would have done so had God seen fit to grant his owner the brains he gave geese. But then, one shouldn't speak ill of the departed. In every sense of the word, Citation was THE champion - the best. The best ever? Yep. I think so. Why? Not just because Phil Georgeff said so, but because he persuaded me that it was so. Some place on the book jacket Tommy Trotter is quoted as saying, "If you liked Seabiscuit, you'll love Citation." And that's someone else who's right.
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