Seabiscuit, the cast-off son of a cheaply held father, today stood unchallenged as America's greatest race horse.

War Admiral and Seabiscuit met at Pimlico 87 years ago on Nov. 1, 1938, in the greatest match race in Thoroughbred history. The race and its winner, Seabiscuit, stormed back ...

As usual, War Admiral cut such didos in the stall starting gate that he was placed outside, and about a length behind the contraption. This was supposed to penalize him for his misbehavior. It didn’t.

On Nov. 1, 1938, in a two-horse match, Seabiscuit defeated the favored Triple Crown winner War Admiral by four lengths in what was dubbed the “Race of the Century” at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore.

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.

Siblings Dylan and Katie Davis are building one of horse racing’s most compelling rivalries—and supercharging the family text ...

Two record-breaking Thoroughbreds meet for a showdown in Seabiscuit vs. War Admiral: The Greatest Horse Race in History by Kat Shehata, illus. by Jo McElwee. This true story of the famous November ...

IN case the question is raised, the race between War Admiral and Seabiscuit for $100,000 at Belmont Park on Monday won’t be a match race, since the owners of the horses haven’t contributed to the ...

A year ago no two horse-racing enthusiasts could agree whether War Admiral or Seabiscuit was the No. 1 thoroughbred of 1937. Temperamental War Admiral, undefeated in eight starts (including the ...

"Seabiscuit" was a fine movie, but was it true to life? Personally, I was disappointed to learn that the title role was played by Sylvester Stallone. Four hours a day in makeup to create that movie ...