So maybe it's a coin toss for Horse of the Century? Not quite. Lost in the debate of Man o' War vs. Secretariat is 1948 Triple Crown winner Citation, the sport's first million-dollar winner ...

That’s when a horse named Upset beat the mighty Man o’ War ... s upset of Man o’ War was discovered by researcher George Thompson. He found the following citation in a July 1877 edition ...

Citation, by comparison ... panels convened by the Associated Press, the Blood-Horse and Sports Illustrated all ranked Man o’ War No. 1. As if to make that case, a set of markers lines the ...

However, at the dawn of the 1920s, no athlete in the land was more revered than horse racing’s greatest marvel, the mighty Man o’ War. Ruth had charisma. Dempsey had power. Grange had speed.

And he had four legs. Man o’ War was the horse’s name. Taps was provided by a bugler from the Man o’ War Post of the American Legion in Lexington, Kentucky. As Man o’ War lay in state in a ...

We may have our personal favorites such as Affirmed, Seattle Slew, Citation ... of the Year in 1920 and entered horse racing's Hall of Fame. The great Man O' War died in 1947 of an apparent ...

The Kentucky Horse Park, along with state and local officials, today launched a season-long celebration honoring the 100th birthday of Thoroughbred legend, Man o’ War, who was foaled on March 29 ...

Man O' War got his name from Belmont's wife, who named the horse in honor of her husband who was serving in World War I. Because of his involvement in the war effort, Belmont decided to sell his ...

Kertez (5-1), Ohana Honor (6-1) and Tawny Port (6-1) round out the top five choices in the nine-horse 2024 Man o' War Stakes field. Post time is set for 3:39 p.m. ET. With several accomplished ...

WAR,” the letters read, as in the legendary Man o’ War, father of horse-racing’s 1937 Triple Crown winner, War Admiral, and grandfather of Seabiscuit. In the years just after World War I ...