Seabiscuit

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Seabiscuit
George Woolf on Seabiscuit
Sire	Hard Tack
Grandsire	Man o' War
Dam	Swing On
Damsire	Whisk Broom II
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	(1933-05-23)23 May 1933
Died	17 May 1947(1947-05-17) (aged 13)
Country	United States
Colour	Light Bay
Breeder	Gladys Mills Phipps
Owner	Charles Howard
Trainer	1) "Sunny Jim" Fitzsimmons 2) Tom Smith
Record	89: 33–15–1
Earnings	$437,730
Major wins
Scarsdale Handicap (1936) Massachusetts Handicap (1937) Brooklyn Handicap (1937) Butler Memorial Handicap (1937) Riggs Handicap (1937) San Juan Capistrano Handicap (1937) Bay Meadows Handicap (1937, 1938) Agua Caliente Handicap (1938) Havre de Grace Handicap (1938) Match race vs Ligaroti (1938) Pimlico Special vs War Admiral (1938) Hollywood Gold Cup (1938) San Antonio Handicap (1940) Santa Anita Handicap (1940)
Awards
U.S. Champion Handicap Male (1937 & 1938) U.S. Horse of the Year (1938)
Honors
United States Racing Hall of Fame (1958) #25 – Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century Life-size statues at Santa Anita Park and Saratoga Springs Grade II Seabiscuit Handicap at Del Mar Racetrack (2014– )
Last updated on 21 November 2021

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.

A small horse, at 15.2 hands high,^[1] Seabiscuit had an inauspicious start to his racing career, winning only a quarter of his first 40 races, but became an unlikely champion and a symbol of hope to many Americans during the Great Depression.

Seabiscuit has been the subject of numerous books and films, including Seabiscuit: the Lost Documentary (1939); the Shirley Temple film The Story of Seabiscuit (1949); a book, Seabiscuit: An American Legend (1999) by Laura Hillenbrand; and a film adaptation of Hillenbrand's book, Seabiscuit (2003), that was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.