Seabiscuit

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According to Hillenbrand herself, she was looking through some racing material in 1996 and more or less stumbled over Seabiscuit. She felt his story needed to be told and we are grateful for it.

The author's purpose for writing "Seabiscuit" was to tell the inspiring and true story of an unlikely champion racehorse and the team behind his success, highlighting themes of perseverance, determination, and the human-animal bond. Through this narrative, the author aimed to entertain, educate, and uplift readers with a tale of triumph against the odds.

Over 7 million copies of the book "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand have been sold worldwide since its publication. It became a bestseller and popular work of non-fiction in the early 2000s.

Laura Hillenbrand's book "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" was published on March 26, 2001.

The real John 'Red' Pollard was born in Canada but spent most of his life in America. At 5'7" Pollard was much bigger than most jockies and resorted to desperate measures to keep his weight down. Pollard tented to have rotten luck, many accidents, some life threatening but still he would come back to ride again. Pollard finally hit his stride when introduced to a nasty-tempered horse named Seabiscuit. And the rest is history.

Pollard had a difficult life at times. He struggled with alcohol addiction, injuries, and lack of money. He eventually married and had children, he died in 1981.

Sea biscuit weighed 110 lbs.

William H. Macy portrayed the character Tick Tock McGlaughlin in the 2003 film "Seabiscuit".

The great Seabiscuit was owned by Charles Howard ,a self made millionaire.Howard made his fortune selling automobiles,and after the death of one of his sons,and ensuing divorce,he turned to horse racing.His trainer,Tom Smith,found the smallish horse and convinced Howard to buy him.It was rough going at first,but Smith and Seabiscuit soon began to roll.Seabicuit beat triple crown winner War Admiral in a match race,and was forever remembered as one of the great thoroughbreds.

Seabiscuit's dam was a mare named Swift On.

The main players in Seabiscuit were as follows:Charles and Marcella Howard. Owner of Seabiscuit and the guy who payed the bills. Tom Smith was the trainer. He was ahead of his time. Today he would be considered a 'horse whisperer'. In his time he was concidered a 'nut'. John (Red) Pollard was the jockey. Red was much bigger that most other jockeys and he struggled to keep his weight down. And of course there was Seabiscuit. Too small, with several confomation faults, the odds were against him. But when these 4 stars were aligned just right they became bigger and better than they could have done alone.

Seabiscuit had a long career and had more starts in his maiden year than most Thoroughbreds run in an entire career. In 89 starts The Biscuit travelled extensively from the Pacific coast to the Atlantic seaboard, and as far north as the Canadain border to Mexico. He raced at Saratoga, Pimlico, Santa Anita, Tanforan, Bay Meadows to name a few. As he began to win on a consistant basis, he went from smaller tracks in California to the larger, more prestigious tracks and of course earned bigger purses for his owners.

Sea Biscuit was reported to stand at only 15.2h. This is a very small size for a Thoroughbred And his famous competitor War Admiral, stood at 17.2h, a common size for a T-bred, which would make him a full 8 inches taller than Sea Biscuit

This can't be answered unless you give a list of horses.

They are both about Thoroughbred race horses, other than that they are unrelated.

Seabiscuit had an extraordinarily long career for a racehorse. From his 2 year old year until his retirement at age 7. Most Thoroughbred's racing careers last 2 or 3 years on average. He raced against many horses in those 7 years but his most memorable would have been the match race between him and superhorse champion War Admiral. The Biscuit was the extreme underdog in this historic race held in the fall of 1938. But true to form, the little bay from California humiliated the Admiral, making him eat dirt in the home stretch, crossing the finish line 4 full lengths ahead of his competitor.

only one horse;

Actually, "Seabiscuit" was portrayed by fifteen different horses. All were handpicked by retired jockey Chris McCarron, a consultant on the film. Different horses were needed for different scenes and behaviors such as racing, close-ups, lying down, acting -up,etc.

A mechanical horse was also used for trick shots.

That's Hollywood !

Seabiscuit, like many Thoroughbreds, could be tempermental and/or highstrung. They first tried Whiskers the goat, which ended badly for the goat. He had to be removed for his safety. But the Biscuit had other four legged friends. Several dogs, another older horse named Pumpkin, and a spider monkey (the monkey had two legs).

Winning Colors won the Kentucky Derby in 1988.

I dont think he did

I believe the Jockey Club, which is the American registry for Thoroughbreds, lists Seabiscuit's official height as 15.2HH. His height was diminished in the movie to portray the match race between Biscuit and War Admiral as a 'David and Golieth' type of situation. Which is why War Admiral's height was enhanced in the movie from his real 15.3HH to a whopping 18HH. The effect did heighten the suspence but I always feel that it's best to stay with just the facts.

Of the 108 foals sired by Seabiscuit, only two had moderate success as racers. Sea Sovereign and Sea Swallow. Heredity is a risky deal, breeders hope the foals of champions will someday be champions themselves. Sometimes they are and sometimes they aren't. The great Seattle Slew has sired and grandsired many successful, if not famous offspring. Secretariat, on the other hand did not pass on much of what made him a 'super horse'. Seabiscuit was like that also. It may be that champions like Seabiscuit and Secretariat are just too hard of an act to follow. Most horses do pale in their shadows. And us humans will always marvel at their accomplishments and courage.

Of the 33 wins in his career, listed are the highlights:

Santa Anita Handicap at Santa Anita CA

San Antonio Handicap at San Antonio TX

Pimlico Special aka Match Race with War Admiral at Pimlico, Baltimore MD

HavreDe Grace Handicap

Match Race at Del Mar CA

Hollywood Gold Cup at Hollywood CA

Bay Meadows Handicap at San Francisco area

Agua Caliente Handicap at Agua Caliente Mexico

Facts not stated in the movie Seabiscuit. Ligaroti was a horse also owned by Bing Cosby the owner of War Admiral raced Seabicuit in a matchrace before War Admiral did. Ligaroti was owned by Bing Crosby and Lin Howard. Lin's father, Charles, owned Seabiscuit. Ligaroti was trained by Jimmy Smith, whose father, Tom, was Seabiscuit's trainer. He wanted to match them so that he could prove that his horse was better than his father's.

Bold Ruler was born in 1954. Seabiscuit died in 1947, so a match race between these two horses is impossible. But, in 1938 Seabiscuit and War Admiral faced off in what was called 'the match race of the century'. The Admiral stood almost 18HH, was the Triple Crown winner, received Horse of the Year, and was the odds on favorite in this particular race. Seabiscuit, on the other hand, stood around 15HH, was the older horse, had a bigger jockey, and had conformation imperfections. He also drew the outside lane. All of that mattered not to the Biscuit. He had the time of his life humiliating War Admiral. The joke around the Howard's barn:The Biscuit made War Admiral a 'rear admiral'. The 'little horse that could' won by four lengths.