Seabiscuit

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.

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.

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To allow instant recognition of bloodlines it is very common to use part of a foal's dam and/or sire's registered name. Seabiscuit's sire was Hard Tack. Hard tack was a hard biscuit used by early explorers aboard their ships that were a sea sometimes for months without landing at any port. They were a perfect food for this as they needed no refrigeration and were slow to spoil. So, from Hard Tack came Seabiscuit.

Seabiscuit was born in 1933, ran as a two-year old, and retired after his victory at Santa Anita in 1940. So his racing career was about a five year span, minus the time he spent recuperating after a suspensory ligament injury.

Seabiscuit

b. 1933 d. 1947

Seabiscuit's sire:Hard Tack

Seabiscuit's dam:Swing On

Hard Tack's sire:Man-O-War

Hard Tack's dam:Tea Biscuit

Swing On's sire:Whisk Broom II

Swing On's dam:Balance

If you want a more detailed pedigree Wikipedia has I believe a five generation chart. You can also try Jockey Club, the American Thoroughbred registry. If the horse was born in America they will have a record of it.

I'm sure trusted family members are the only people to know the exact location of Seabiscuit's grave.

'Insist' may not be the correct word. Smith's role was to give his professional opinion and Charles Howard then decided.

Seabiscuit (23rd May 1933 - 17th May 1947) was a champion thoroughbred race horse he was 14 years old when he died.
He was 14 years old.

The cast of The Story of Seabiscuit - 1949 includes: War Admiral as himself John Alvin as Announcer Seabiscuit as himself Claudia Barrett as Nurse Walden Boyle as Reporter Dee Carroll as Nurse Talbot Bill Cartledge as Jockey George Woolf Herschel Daugherty as Reporter Rosemary DeCamp as Mrs. Charles S. Howard Marjorie Eaton as Miss Newsome Ray Erlenborn as Cameraman Don Forbes as Fred Baker William Forrest as Thomas Milford Alan Foster as Spectator Cal Frederick as Announcer Terry Frost as Reporter Joe Gilbert as Reporter Creighton Hale as Oscar, Spectator Bert Hanlon as Trainer Lew Harvey as Buyer Joe Hernandez as Race Commentator Eugene Jackson as Stablehand Bobby Johnson as Swipe Lawrence LaMarr as Swipe Charles Lind as Minor Role Jack Lomas as Spectator Donald MacBride as George Carson Cy Malis as Attendant Charles Marsh as Spectator Lon McCallister as Ted Knowles Clem McCarthy as Race Commentator Frank Mitchell as Spectator Forbes Murray as Buyer Ezelle Poule as Miss Finch Clinton Rosemond as Swipe Emmett Smith as Porter Joe Smith as Trainer Ralph Volkie as Photographer Gil Warren as Fred Baker, Radio Announcer Howard Washington as Swipe Pierre Watkin as Charles S. Howard Ernest Wilson as Swipe Jack Wise as Spectator

Several. The mostly-fictional account with Shirley Temple and Barry Fitzgerald and a documentary made of newsreels and old movietone footage. This one is very informative and is a great companion to Laura Hildebrant's bestseller and of course the 2003 movie with Jeff Bridges, Toby McGuire, Chris Cooper and Elizabeth Banks.

The horse and the country were down and out. The Biscuit was all but broken down by mismanagment and mistreatment. America was in the throws of the worst economic depression in it's history. American's could really relate to the little horse with the big jockey. At the time, Seabiscuit was the physical embodiment of the state of the country. It gave many hope that the underdog could and would prevail.

the Howard family owned Seabiscuit

I could find no information about a jockey named Lara, but the author of the book Seabiscuit:An American Legend, on which the movie was based, is Laura Hillenbrand.

The most important characters in the book were:Seabiscuit, Charles Howard, Tom Smith, John 'Red' Pollard, Marcella Howard, Tick Tock McGlaughlin, George Wolfe, War Admiral, Mr. Riddle (War Admiral's owner).

Tic Tock McGlaughlin was the sportscaster, played by William H. Macy. His array of noisemakers never failed to amuse. With television still decades in the future, radio was all-important for information and entertainment.

Seabiscuits biggest rivals are War Admiral the son of the great Man O' War and Ligaroti to name a few.

Seabiscuit the racing legend died at the age of 14 some time after midnight. It is said that his heart burst and caused internal bleeding. So basically he had a heart attack :'( R.I.P seabiscuit and all the other great legends including secretariat and barbaro

1947 and he died because of a heart attack he was a very good legend and always will be .........

Seabiscut is buried in a serect location on the ranch of his owner, Charles Howard. The ranch is calles Ridgewood Ranch in the town of Willits, in northern California's Mendiceno County.

Seabiscuit was a race horse.

Yes, he was a stud.

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