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.

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 ...

Seabiscuit is the biggest money-winner—lots of people say that he’s also the best horse—of the year, after all. Almost everyone who went down to Pimlico last Friday believed that without War Admiral ...

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 ...

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 ...

War Admiral, W.D. Wright, Magic Hour, J. Longden, The Jockey Club Gold Cup, Belmont Park, 1938 BloodHorse Library War Admiral (No. 1) and Seabiscuit head to the post Joe Fleischer/Maryland Jockey Club ...