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
Seabiscuit's maiden race was in Hialeah in Florida on January 19, 1935. This was and still is a common tactic for trainers. The weather in the 'Sunshine State' is more suited for horse training when up north is under several feet of snow.
*Footnote:Seabiscuit placed 4th.
Seabiscuit had 89 starts, 33 firsts, 15 seconds, and 13 thirds. Of the 89 starts, 35 were as a 2 year old. Running a 2 year old in that many races is borderline cruelty. The growth plates in a horse's knees are not mature at that age, so it is no wonder the horse was lame when Charles Howard bought him. In his racing career Seabiscuit set 13 track records.
seabiscuit won 33 races's out of the 89 he was entered in.
Seabiscuit's only race in 1939 was in February at Santa Anita at which point he injured the suspensory ligament in his front leg.
No, Seabiscuit never raced in any of the Triple crown races.
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From 1958 through 1992, Richard Petty started 1,184 races and won 200 times.
The official cause of death was heart failure. Some believe his heart was damaged from his rapid acceleration to the finish line in so many races. That's not a fact, just a theory.
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Suspense in the story of Seabiscuit is created through the dramatic races and the underdog nature of the horse and his team. The uncertainty of whether Seabiscuit will be able to overcome his challenges and win against all odds keeps the readers on the edge of their seat. The detailed descriptions of the races and the emotional journey of the characters also contribute to building suspense throughout the story.
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In the same way that Ghandi was a movie about Ghandi, Seabiscuit was a Depression-era racehorse named Seabiscuit, which is where the name for the movie came from.
No, Seabiscuit was a thoroughbred race horse.