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Seabiscuit (May 23, 1933 – May 17, 1947) was a champion thoroughbred racehorse in the United States who became the top money-winning racehorse up to the 1940s. He beat the 1937 Triple Crown winner, War Admiral, by four lengths in a two-horse special at Pimlico and was voted American Horse of the Year for 1938.
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Nov 1, 2013 · But the country stopped for Seabiscuit vs. War Admiral. More than 40,000 people descended on the Baltimore track. An estimated 40 million more – including FDR – were listening on the radio ...
The East-West Rivalry. In the late 1930s, the spirited debate over whether Seabiscuit or War Admiral was the greater horse was also a battle between the era’s dominant Eastern racing ...
The unlikely California champion might have seemed a poor prospect next to a horse as imposing as War Admiral, but when Seabiscuit raced that day, he catapulted to the lead. War Admiral, challenged more than in any other race in his life, ran his fastest time ever for the 1 3/16-mile distance. Yet Seabiscuit won by four lengths.
