Sports Fact & Book Rec of the Day 2/28/2010

2/28/1948:
Citation, the pride of Calumet Farm, crosses the wire under jockey Al Snider six lengths ahead of the pack in the Flamingo Stakes at Hialeah to win his fourth straight race as a three-year-old. After Snider drowns during a fishing trip in the Florida Keys, Eddie Arcaro takes Citation's reins and will ride him all the way to the Triple Crown. At age six, in 1951, the beautiful bay colt will become the first Thoroughbred to win a million dollars.

Birthdays:
Hayden Fry b. 1929
Frank Malzone b. 1930
Mario Andretti b. 1940
Bubba Smith b. 1945
Ickey Woods b. 1966

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