Citation, Armed Arrive At Belmont Park Course: Derby-Preakness Winner Unloads In Fine Form; Withers Possibility, Daily Racing Form, 1948-05-20

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Citation Armed Arrive At Belmont Park Course CourseDerbyPreakness DerbyPreakness Winner Unloads In Fine Form Withers Possibility PossibilityJ J BELMONT PARK Elmont L L N Y May 19 Citation and Armed head 10 Calumet Farm stalwarts who arrived at Belmont Park from Pimlico in the care of trainer H A Jimmy Jones Citation who is pointing for the 100000Belmont Stakes third leg of the Triple Crown unloaded in fine condition showing no ill effects from his canter in last Saturdays Preak ness qr his almost equally easy victory in the Kentucky Derby two weeks earlier The rangy son of Bull Lea may go postward in the Withers Mile a week from Saturday partly to retain his condition and partly to equal the record of Count Fleet and Sir Barton the only two colts to win the Derby Preakness Belmont Stakes and Withers WithersArmed Armed looked well but present plans call for the champion gelding to remain on the sidelines until midsummer probably until the Arlington Park meeting meetingCitation Citation and Armed were accompanied by Hail Victory Boojie In the Pink Whirl Thru Two Lea Great Surprise Whirl Right and Good Ending The latter is the last foal from Dustwhirl dam of Whirl away by Bull Lea and may be seen under silks in the National Stallion Stakes He is a bigger and much better mannered colt than Whirlaway was at the same age ageThe The 10 arriving today brings the Calu ¬ met division at Belmont Park to 27 head headj j some of whom will make forays to Garden State Park where both Citation and Coal town are eligible to the Jersey Stakes which is run the same day as the Withers Coaltown is much more favorably placed in inthe the weights for the Camden test than cita ¬ tion


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