Citation, Ponder Make Trek to Hollywood Park by Van, Daily Racing Form, 1951-05-03

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ig * • • in n Citation, Ponder Make Trek J To Hollywood Park by Van by J HOLLYWOOD PARK, Inglewood. Calif., May 2. — Calumet Farms Citation, the . worlds richest thoroughbred, and Ponder, its 1949 Kentucky Derby winner, arrived here today by van from Bay Meadows and are reported to have shipped in top shape. The pair, accompanied by the San Antonio ■ a winner, All Blue. Kentucky Lea. Reprieve . and Mostest, arrived at 6 a. m. and were ~ immediately bedded down. Ponder immediately laid down and took a nap, but Big Cy, looking sleek and fit. stayed awake to greet a host of visitors „ that wanted to see what the great horse, on now seeking some 0,000 to make him the first equine millionaire, looked like. e Dan Barnett, a Calumet farm employe, r_ was in charge of the shipment. Trainer Jimmy Jones is expected after the Bay ,d Meadows meeting closes Saturday. .Coal- f_ town is an intended starter in the closing-day San Mateo fixture, the 5,000 Chil-dren Hospital Handicap.


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