Seabiscuit: The Racehorse Who Captivated Depression-Era America
Seabiscuit was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won 33 of 89 career starts and earned $437,730 — a North American record at his 1940 retirement. He is best known for defeating Triple Crown winner War Admiral in the 1938 match race at Pimlico, watched by 40,000 in attendance and heard by an estimated 40 million …