Winning 11 races in 1937, including three victories while burdened with 130 pounds, Seabiscuit began promisingly in 1938, which was to be his lone horse-of-the-year campaign. But by mid-season of 1938 ...

Fans could buy Seabiscuit hats, toys and even wastebaskets. PD. In the late 1930s, as the Depression hovered persistently over the nation, Americans turned to one newsmaker with joyous devotion. His ...

The Commonwealth of Kentucky and the cities of Louisville and Lexington officially declared last Saturday as “Seabiscuit Day,” which is interesting because the great racehorse from the pre-World War ...

America’s favorite underdog died young, succumbing to a heart attack at age 14. Seabiscuit statue at Santa Anita. 2008. PD Read Pulitzer Prize-winning sportswriter Walter Wellesley “Red” Smith’s ...

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 ...

Life was never this good when the horse known as I Two Step Too earned his oats running in races as far from the bright lights and big city as a thoroughbred racehorse gets. After all those years in ...

It was June 29, 1936. A low-profile race had just finished at Suffolk Downs in East Boston, and one trainer idled in the sweltering heat, scouting for a prospective buy. He locked eyes with a smallish ...

It was billed as The Race of the Century: a showdown between Seabiscuit and War Admiral, two stellar horses who’d captivated America during the hard times of the day. And Pimlico Race Course was where ...

Despite opening weekend box office figures that were less than impressive, “Seabiscuit” may be this summer’s best film. “Oscar” has even crept hesitantly into some reviews. If the film turns up a ...

It was nearly a year ago when a teenager in Georgia got a tip that a longshoreman in California was sitting on a case of bobbleheads. Not just any bobbleheads, said Jason Goldenberg, whose bobble ...