- Citation was the standard By Ron Flatter Special to ESPN.com For 25 years, his name was synonymous with an achievement that seemed beyond duplication: -------- is trying to become the first horse since Citation in 1948 to win the Triple Crown. So it went, year after year. Radio gave way to television. Five presidents would come and go. We could send a man to the moon, but we couldn't get a horse ...espn.go.com/sportscentury/features/00014135.html