Seabiscuit, print by Franklin Voss
NMR Collection
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Seabiscuit
Bay colt foaled in 1933. Died in 1947. By Hard Tack-Swing On, by Whisk Broom II
Breeder:
Mrs. H.C. Phipps of Wheatley Stable
Owner:
Charles S. Howard
Trainer:
Tom Smith
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RACE RECORD
| YEAR |
AGE | STARTS |
1ST | 2ND |
3RD | EARNED |
| 1935 | 2 |
35 | 5 |
7 | 5 | $12,510 |
| 1936 | 3 |
23 | 9 |
1 | 5 | $28,995 |
| 1937 | 4 |
15 | 11 |
2 | 1 | $168,580 |
| 1938 | 5 |
11 | 6 |
4 | 1 | $130,395 |
| 1939 | 6 |
1 | 0 |
1 | 0 | $400 |
| 1940 | 7 |
4 | 2 |
0 | 1 | $96,850 |
| TOTALS: |
89 | 33 |
15 | 13 | $437,730 |
Seabiscuit's career began slowly and consisted primarily of claiming races. By age 4 he was setting track records and earning championship awards. At 4 Seabiscuit demonstrated his speed by setting records in the San Juan Capistrano, Massachusetts, Yonkers, and Riggs Handicaps. He also won the Brooklyn, Butler, and Bay Meadows Handicaps and was named Champion Male Handicap Horse.
Seabiscuit defeats Aneroid by a nose in the Brooklyn Handicap
©Keeneland-Morgan
Seabiscuit and War Admiral were the only competitors in the Pimlico Special of 1938, making it a de facto match race. Seabiscuit won by four lengths in track record time. He also won the Hollywood Gold Cup, a second Bay Meadows Handicap, and was named Horse of the Year. An injury at 6 kept Seabiscuit in recovery for the year, but he made an excellent return at 7 in the Santa Anita Handicap. His competition with Kayak II at Santa Anita inspired the movie "Seabiscuit".
Seabiscuit was inducted in the Hall of Fame in 1958.
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