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 establishment and the upstart Western ...

The fastest horse of his time. AP/Worldwide. For all the attention writers and filmmakers heap on Seabiscuit today, the horse was not considered the fastest Thoroughbred for most of his racing career.

This feature originally appeared in the March 19, 2016 issue of Blood-Horse. Readers of The Blood-Horse through much of 1938, like all others interested in the Turf, were teased from time to time that ...

Nov. 1, 1938 - War Admiral, the 1937 Triple Crown winner, was the 1-4 favorite over Seabiscuit in their mile and three-sixteenths match race for $15,000 at Pimlico in Baltimore. The following is famed ...

Seabiscuit was not an impressive-looking horse. He was considered quite lazy, preferring to eat and sleep in his stall rather than exercise. He’d been written off by most of the racing industry after ...

Laura Hillenbrand loves sports. Her debut book, 'Seabiscuit,' chronicled the career of the storied racehorse, and her second book, '"Unbroken," focuses on the harrowing journey of Olympic sprinter and ...

Seabiscuit was not an impressive-looking horse. He was considered quite lazy, preferring to eat and sleep in his stall rather than exercise. He’d been written off by most of the racing industry after ...

They rolled out the red carpet on Fourth Street in Louisville, Ky. Saturday night for the much-anticipated premiere of Seabiscuit at the palatial Palace Theater. The event was presented by Team Valor ...

Winning 11 races in 1937, including three victories while burdened with 130 pounds, Seabiscuit began promisingly in 1938, which was to be his lone horse-of-the-year campaign. But by mid-season of 1938 ...

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 24. “A ...