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Oct 12, 2017 · On Nov. 1, 1938, a crisp, sunny Thursday afternoon, more than 40,000 people squeezed into Old Hilltop to watch The Biscuit, as he was called, a blue-collar bay who’d come up through the ranks,...
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...
Theirs was the seventh race on the program at the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. War Admiral was a 1–4 favourite; Seabiscuit’s odds were 22–10. War Admiral won the coin toss and pole position. Two false starts kept the spectators on edge. War Admiral broke first, followed by Seabiscuit.
War Admiral was a sleek and elegant horse. He had the glistening muscles of a warrior. In contrast, Seabiscuit was low slung and had an awkward gallop.
The East-West Rivalry. Share: 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...
By August, there seemed to be only one horse who hadn’t fallen to Seabiscuit’s charge: the 1937 Triple Crown winner, War Admiral. The stallion was the son of Man o'War and considered by...
147. 11K views 1 year ago. Into the HorseTV Global Archives! Nearly a century ago, the match race at Pimlico Race Course between Seabiscuit and War Admiral was one of the most anticipated...
