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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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Seabiscuit was a champion Thoroughbred racehorse in the...
- Tom Smith
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- Charles S. Howard
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George Monroe Woolf (May 31, 1910 – January 4, 1946),...
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War Admiral (May 2, 1934 – October 30, 1959) was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who is the fourth winner of the American Triple Crown. He was also the 1937 Horse of the Year and well known as the rival of Seabiscuit in the "Match Race of the Century" in 1938. [1]
The historic 1938 match race between west coast star Seabiscuit, and Triple Crown winner War Admiral.
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The biggest surprise in the match was that Tom Smith had re-trained Seabiscuit to bolt at the sound of the bell. He lunged ahead of War Admiral immediately. Seabiscuit took the lead, an...
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In the early 20th century, as America enters the automobile age, Charles S. Howard opens a bicycle shop in San Francisco. He is soon selling automobiles, becoming the largest car dealer in California and one of the Bay Area's richest men. In the wake of the Great Depression, Canadian John "Red" Pollard's family is financially ruined, and he is sent...
The film was released on July 25, 2003, by Universal Pictures. Universal distributed the film in the United States and Canada, DreamWorks Pictures through United International Pictures handled distribution in Germany, Scandinavia, and Spain, while Spyglass Entertainment acted as pre-sales agent in all other territories. Japanese theatrical distribu...
Critical response
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 78% based on 206 reviews, with an average rating of 7.1/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "A life-affirming, if saccharine, epic treatment of a spirit-lifting figure in sports history". On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 72 out of 100, based on 43 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences surveyed by CinemaScoregave the film a grade A on scale of A to F. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Time...
Accolades
The film is recognized by American Film Institutein these lists: 1. 2006: AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers– #50
Seabiscuit at IMDbSeabiscuit at Rotten TomatoesSeabiscuit at MetacriticSeabiscuit (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.
Oct 28, 2019 · On November 1, 1938, the 5-year-old thoroughbred Seabiscuit defeated former Triple Crown champ War Admiral by four lengths in a match race at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. Location: Baltimore, Maryland.
