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Ligaroti would win the Del Mar Handicap. Seabiscuit, in the best-known race of his storied career, would defeat Triple Crown winner War Admiral on Nov. 1 in another match race.
In the climactic scene of the movie "Seabiscuit," the thoroughbred hero wins the Santa Anita Handicap. He breaks slowly and trails the field by an impossibly large margin. As he launches his rally ...
UKIAH, Calif., May 18 — Seabiscuit, one-time leading winner of the American turf, died of a heart attack last midnight, owner Charles S. Howard announced today.
He was out front most of the race, but on the backstretch before the last turn, in an unorthodox move, Seabiscuit’s jockey that day, George Woolf, slowed him down, allowing War Admiral to catch up.
In its wake, too, the publishing industry has responded with an unprecedented slew of racing titles in the last few years.
That incredible turnaround makes skeptics question Seabiscuit’s success -- whether it came not just from a kind of horse whispering but perhaps from something like drugs or other banned methods ...
Chris Dragone, executive director of the National Museum of Racing at Saratoga, when told last year of the possibility Seabiscuit is buried under a parking lot, told Jennie Rees of the Louisville ...
After spending the last three months specializing in races at classic distances, a return to his roots in turf racing worked out pretty well for Count Again in the $203,500 Seabiscuit Handicap (G2T).
A beloved horse that appeared in the Oscar-nominated film “Seabiscuit” died last Thursday, according to an announcement by the Kentucky farm where the animal actor lived. Popcorn Deelites was ...
Redistricting Returns West to Pursue Seabiscuit Last time in California, Redistricting was pulled up in the Hollywood Derby (G1T). By Bob Kieckhefer ...