I got to see this documentary when it first came out years ago before I got to read the book or see the movie. I remember when the match race started I got up out of my chair and was screaming at the TV for Seabiscuit to win! I didn't know the outcome so I was just like everyone else in the crowd. I've seen plenty horse races since but nothing compares to this🤯
Seabiscuit was SO FAST, that the trainer told Wolf, "Let War Admiral catch up to him, than in the final turn, leave him in the dust." That race was War Admiral's FASTEST recorded race he's EVER ran, and yet 'Seabisquit' STILL won by 4-lenght's.
The hero of a lifetime. Seabiscuit a horse of a lifetime. Had hard times before. No one wanted him all said he was a waste of time. Then came proper people who understood this boy . Historic times ahead . Seabiscuit never looked back. A National hero came along .
I always wondered if Red Pollard's racing advice to George Woolf was contrived simply to dramatize the movie. So good to know that it was true. I'm sure it's one of the few times that Georgie took advice from anyone, especially for such an important race, and especially from a claimer jock like Pollard. What an astounding moment in racing history!
I actually just saw a doc about Seabiscuit.... Red Pollards daughter said... He told her.... He really did told Georgie how to ride him!! She said... It was Really True!! ❤️
With all due respect, why do people hold Seabiscuit in such high regard? He ran in 88 races and finished out of the money in 39 of them. Honestly, even if you completely took out the 39 out of the money races, a 33-15-1 record isn’t very good compared to the truly great horses like Man o War, Secretariat, Seattle Slew, Affirmed, Zenyatta and many others that I could look up. Every poll lists him fairly up in terms of best of all time (like top 25 at least) so what am I missing?
@@Whoopdido777 The greatness of this horse is not in his racing record but in the greatness of his heart, it is iconic and he is among the greats because at one point, he was part of a historical event that moved masses, like very few in the history of horse racing, which only with that race became a legend.
It was Sea Biscuit blazing the tracks how i luv to watch this thriilng race over and over again!! Though undeniably War Admiral is a beauty and Sea Biscuit is a lion heart 😍😍
I was at least lucky to see my generations Superhorse run on TV. That was Secretariat at the Belmont Stakes. IMO the greatest single athletic event in history
Hillenbrand's book is far better than the Hollywood movie of the same name. I could not put the book down once I started reading it..the movie was good, but the book is a wonderful read, and though I hate using the horribly overworked term, I would not argue that it is "GREAT". !
I’m not a huge fan of novelized true to life events but I really enjoyed Hillenbrand’s book. I like the movie but I was really disappointed in the movie’s reenactment of the Santa Anita. I’ve watched videos of that race and as far as I can remember Seabiscuit was never further back than 4th or 5th and that was early in the race - he certainly wasn’t last for more than a couple of yards.
i love this old clip.. you can really see that they were flying around that track! and i love how much ppl are so into it! both were great horses but Seabiscuit was special :)
Right, War Admiral is a son of Man O'War, and Seabiscuit is a son of Hardtack who was also a son of Man O'War. Seabiscuit was a grandson of Man O' War. Seabiscuit was born May 23 1933. War Admiral was born in 1934 (couldn't find exact date). So yes, Seabiscuit was the older horse.
I believe you have the genealogy wrong... I may be incorrect, but I believe Hardtack was born before Seabiscuit...War Admiral and Sea Biscuit were related through their grandfather
@@Whoopdido777Man o War sired Hardtack who sired Seabiscuit. Man o War also sired War Admiral. Seabiscuit was a year older than War Admiral though. So Man o War was kind of like Seabiscuits uncle in a strange water . Seabiscuit actually died before Man o War by a few months. Man o War was 30 and Seabiscuit died at a young 14.
Sea biscuit and Secretariat greatest horses that ever lived goosebumps watching this War Admiral powerful horse but run with strength not with heart and that is what sea biscuit has done
hubby and I went to see the movie at the theatre when it first came out. what was really cool, was that the theatre was full, and it was full of older couples that had lived at this time of Seabiscuit vs. War Admiral. ..and when the Biscuit won, he got a standing ovation in the theatre too. .
I am pretty sure the well known actor Scott Glenn is the narrator here. Good job Scott! One headline back in the day read, " Sea Biscuit Turns War Admiral Into A Rear Admiral!" Yes, the Biscuit did exactly that.
Both fantastic racehorses. That is really an amazing race. Fantastic filming, considering how long ago this race really was. Seabiscuit was a champion and still is today. War Admiral, however, is also a champion. Great job with this video
I have just finished reading Laura Hillenbrand's fabulous book! I live in mexico so i have never seen the movie and not sure I want to, the book was just so amazing. Thank you so much for taking the time to record and post this great documentary. I was wondering if there was more or did the program end with the War Admiral race (part8)? It's wonderful to see actual footage of the races and get to see the biscuit "live" or rather when he was alive. Thanks again! I need more Biscuit!! lol :)
Man o' War, War Admiral, Sea Biscuit and Secretariat all have a common ancestor. "Fair Play" a chestnut colt from 1905 is in the bloodline of all these horses and probably many other fine horses. I just happened to check these 4.
just checked a few more. Spectacular Bid, Seattle Slew, Affirmed, Kelso, Native Dancer, Damascus, also have "Fair Play" in their blood line. These are most of the great thoroughbreds in history. The only great horse that I cant tie into all the other greats is Citation.
1MrVIewer Yep, pretty much most, if not all, of the legendary greats are descended from Fair Play, through Man o' War, Bold Ruler, and/or Native Dancer. The Fair Play grandson, Discovery, was the damsire of both Bold Ruler and Native Dancer. There were three particular pedigree crossings that seemed to worked really well with the Fair Play line. 1) One was Fair Play paired with mares who were daughters or granddaughters of Rock Sand. Man o' War's mother, Mahubah (aka Fair Play's "wife"), was a daughter of Rock Sand. 29.6% of the 81 foals that were by Fair Play out of a Rock Sand mare ended up stakes winners. 24 is a really good number, because 51 of the foals were fillies and August Belmont II didn't tend to race most of them. Natalma (Northern Dancer's dam, and Nashua (Mr. Prospector's damsire) are two of the descendant's of a (non-Mahubah) Fair Play/Rock Sand pedigree cross. 2) The second particularly successful pedigree crossing was when two of Fair Play's strongest descendants, Man o' War (son) and Discovery (grandson), were paired with Sweep descendant mares. Sweep was a son of Ben Brush and a grandson of Domino. The Man o' War and Brushup (daughter of Sweep) pairing produced War Admiral. When Discovery (Fair Play's grandson) was paired with Sweep descendant mares, the results were the dams of Bold Ruler and Native Dancer. 3) War Admiral ended up being paired frequently with the daughters of the French mare, La Troienne, of the famous Teddy line (Sir Gallahad, one of Teddy's sons was the sire of Gallant Fox. Bull Dog, another of Teddy's sons, was the grandsire of Citation). That produced Busher (the filly who was the 1945 Horse-of-the-Year), Striking (Busher's full sister), and Busanda. Busher and Striking are antecedents of Seattle Slew. Busanda was Buckpasser's dam. Busher and Striking's dam, Baby League, was also a Sweep descendant mare. So that was another instance of one of Fair Play's strongest descendants being paired with a Sweep mare to great results. Sweep, himself, was the damsire of 2 Triple Crown winners: War Admiral and Whirlaway. Busanda wasn't the daughter of a Sweep's descended mare, though, she (Businesslike) was a descendant of the Peter Pan/Domino line. Businesslike's sire, Blue Larkspur, was a very successful tail-male descendant of Domino both as a racer (3 championships - including HOY) and at stud, as a sire and broadmare sire.
@@1MrVIewer Wow. I’m just seeing this post now. Amazing that all those horses can be traced back to Fair Play. Just think if he also had Citation, Forego, Dr. Fager, Count Fleet and even Sham in there. I know that would be asking a lot, but he already had a slew of great horses in his bloodline.
@@Whoopdido777 Sham's dam was a Princequillo mare, Sequoia, sister to Somethingroyal, Secretariat's dam. His heart was about 18lbs which is very large, but not as large as Secretariat's.
The funny thing is, is that Seabiscuit and War Admiral were related. War Admiral was one of Man o' War's best colts, and Man o' War was also the Grandsire of Seabuiscuit
Alisabeth Gardner They said "War Admiral was one of Man O'War's best colts"......meaning one of his best foals......one of his best sons. Seabiscuit was one of Man O' War's many grandsons.
At 2:55 woolfe looks over his right shoulder and knows the race is over... already. From here through the last turn he just rides along and even tries to slow Biscuit down. Watch biscuit's legs as Woolfe turns him on again... it's incredible. WA could never win this race.
War Admiral was a great horse and TC winner yet, because of this loss is largely forgotten or ignored by horse racing fans. seabiscuit went on a bit of losing streak after this race. The movie Seabiscuit was tremendous loved it.
I'm reading Seabiscuit at the moment and just finished the bit about this great race..I'm not even a horsey fan but have definitly fallen in love with The Biscuit through this book..he was a great horse! Just like to say also, its a good piece of footage even though its from the T.V. :)
The sad part of the story is Seabiscuit did not live very long. I think he threw so much of his heart into his racing (to make up for his physical flaws and funny way of running), that it shortened his life.
Red Pollard told Sea Biscuits jockey, (Red's leg was broken), George Woolfe who rode him. Get him in front, then let him look War Admiral in the eye. Once that happens, he goes places you've never been.
What about a horse called Phar Lap he was as good if not better than than all of them poisioned by americans for beating the worlds best in 1931 in mexico even though he was lame with a cracked and bleeding hoof...champion of all champs...
Would have taken on the world as the Greatest horse ever lived. Carried insane weights still won. Didn't know of phar lap racing with lame cracked/bloody hoof. Those poison accusations are all allegedly. But arsenic found was also attributed perhaps to lucerne he'd grazed. Now you say a hoof injury, I'm sure that could have potential to lead to septesemia, No antibiotics penicillin in 1931 like we have today.
Isn't it amazing. I am very impressed how accurately they depictedt the race in the movie. Except for War Admiral's size, that is. He was actually NOT a big horse. Man O' War was. What War Admiral had was a LONGER body than Seabiscuit--not so much a taller one.
When you think you are a underdog just remind me of 2009 Kentucky Derby "Mine That Bird" 50 to 1. I seen it live on TV and my mouth dropped omg! from the back to finish & mine that bird lead was ahead allot.
A lot of thing can be said about Seabiscuit when you compare him to man o' war/secretariat/war admiral or even American Pharoah. But take into consideration THIS: Seabiscuit: 89: 33-15-1 Man o' war: 21: 20-1-0 War admiral: 26: 21-3-1 Secretariat: 21:16-3-1 Yes.. it talk volumes about that "little" horse and the size of his heart, figuratively and literally, they showed him love and he showed them his speed.
Hello, Seabiscuit example: 89 mean 89 races (starts) 33 wins, 15 place, 1->13 show. You can note that in 1935 Seabiscuit as a 2 years old horse was already 35 starts, more races than the entire career of war admiral. source and details: www.tbgreats.com/seabiscuit/rr.html
Thanks for explaining. Another horse that raced his heart out for 9 years and ran 100 races is Exterminator. I hate how history seems to be forgetting about this amazing gelding who did so much more than anyone thought he would.
@@franciskuntz8899 also meant, that it was forced, more than a yearling should've. It would broken a horse that have not develop completely to be treated that way. Fitz really hated Seabiscuit, isn't he?
Appreciate the correction (seriously!) ....You're right, I was going under the impression Man O War was 18 hands. Obviously for drama's sake the truth was stretched.
He was shorter in the length of his back, but he was not a "lot shorter" in his height than War Admiral. Seabiscuit was 15 hands. War Admiral was 15.3 hands. I believe that makes War Admiral only 3 inches taller than Seabiscuit. Even Man O War was not "18 hands" like the movie claims War Admiral was. Man O War was 16.2 hands.
I think they call that a short-coupled horse. Secretariat was like that. Bard breed horses are short-coupled and are known for being able to carry a lot of weight. Woolf or Pollard on Seabiscuit might have been next to nothing for him. Even adding 15lbs to him in one of his races (can't remember which one) didn't seem to bother him.
Seabisquit su questo mondo non potranno esserci cavalli superiori a te e ricordo sempre le parole di mio nonno cavallo piccolo cuore grande ai scritto la storia delle corse viva la santa Anita e l'americana
Man O' War would have obliterated War Admiral. Not sure about Seabiscuit because as you say, the horse ran on heart. But something tells me the Biscuit would have done himself serious physical harm running against Big Red, trying to win. I don't think he could have won. Imagine Seabiscuit racing the likes of Secretariat. It would be about as difficult for the little guy.
They were born one year apart. I believe all thoroughbreds, regardless of what time of year they are born, share the same birth month (not remembering right now when that is). So yes, it is possible War Admiral could be considered two years younger than Seabiscuit by racing standards. But by the calendar he is just one year older than War Admiral.
Wow. It is all true. War Admiral is an amazing horse. All power and speed. You can see how good he is. Sea biscuit is a gangly mess. But when that horse pulls the trigger, it is goodnight sweetheart. Wow, never seen a horse go warp speed before.
Don't forget Ruffian. She never lost a race, but sadly, broke down during a match race. She was in the lead when she broke down, for whatever that's worth.
My horse decends from Storm Cat, Secretariat, Native Dancer, Danzig, Man O War & War Admiral. just to name a few...When he runs he looks exactly like War Admiral..At the time War Admiral had the best possible bloodline...A racehorse couldn't get any better than him. ..He won 20 of 21 races...but Seabiscut was obviously a much better sprinter. He won fair & square.
Sprinter? They raced 1 3/16 at the match race. I believe only the Belmont Stakes is a longer race at 1.5 miles. Yes there are bloodlines and all that, but Seabiscuit beat War Admiral by 3 lengths and set the track record at Pimlico doing it. It was not a sprint race.
What a phenomenal, little horse!
I got to see this documentary when it first came out years ago before I got to read the book or see the movie.
I remember when the match race started I got up out of my chair and was screaming at the TV for Seabiscuit to win!
I didn't know the outcome so I was just like everyone else in the crowd. I've seen plenty horse races since but nothing compares to this🤯
watching Seabiscuit accelerate around that last turn is amazing..he just suddenly shoots like a bullet when Wolfe turns him loose
Seabiscuit was SO FAST, that the trainer told Wolf, "Let War Admiral catch up to him, than in the final turn, leave him in the dust." That race was War Admiral's FASTEST recorded race he's EVER ran, and yet 'Seabisquit' STILL won by 4-lenght's.
The hero of a lifetime. Seabiscuit a horse of a lifetime. Had hard times before. No one wanted him all said he was a waste of time. Then came proper people who understood this boy . Historic times ahead . Seabiscuit never looked back. A National hero came along .
Hard-luck hero, indeed.
They were all underdogs but they had faith and real love.
I just watched it again and watched it twice. Breath-taking.
I always wondered if Red Pollard's racing advice to George Woolf was contrived simply to dramatize the movie. So good to know that it was true. I'm sure it's one of the few times that Georgie took advice from anyone, especially for such an important race, and especially from a claimer jock like Pollard. What an astounding moment in racing history!
Seems to fit the Biscuit’s personality but wonder when he’d ever been pressed like that with Pollard aboard prior to the Match race
Who knows if it really happened
I actually just saw a doc about Seabiscuit.... Red Pollards daughter said... He told her.... He really did told Georgie how to ride him!! She said... It was Really True!! ❤️
What a beautiful, magnificent animal....Seabiscuit...
seabiscuit Americas horse the little horse that would not quit! tks for the video long live the great memory of seabiscuit!
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yes.
Seabuiscuit.
All heart and guts.
Live forever, Seabiscuit.
Seabiscuit one of the greatest racehorses of all time if not the greatest what incredible accomplishments this little racehorse had truly phenomenal
With all due respect, why do people hold Seabiscuit in such high regard? He ran in 88 races and finished out of the money in 39 of them. Honestly, even if you completely took out the 39 out of the money races, a 33-15-1 record isn’t very good compared to the truly great horses like Man o War, Secretariat, Seattle Slew, Affirmed, Zenyatta and many others that I could look up.
Every poll lists him fairly up in terms of best of all time (like top 25 at least) so what am I missing?
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The greatness of this horse is not in his racing record but in the greatness of his heart, it is iconic and he is among the greats because at one point, he was part of a historical event that moved masses, like very few in the history of horse racing, which only with that race became a legend.
@@Whoopdido777 the power of the underdog, man. We just can't help admired it.
It was Sea Biscuit blazing the tracks how i luv to watch this thriilng race over and over again!! Though undeniably War Admiral is a beauty and Sea Biscuit is a lion heart 😍😍
I was at least lucky to see my generations Superhorse run on TV. That was Secretariat at the Belmont Stakes. IMO the greatest single athletic event in history
Call me a fool but I actually get teary eyed when Seabiscuit takes off after the quarter pole to the finish!
I can't watch this without tearing up either. One of the greatest sports stories ever !
You're a fool and so am I.
Yup..me tooo.....please pass me another tissue...❤
Hillenbrand's book is far better than the Hollywood movie of the same name.
I could not put the book down once I started reading it..the movie was good, but the book is a wonderful read, and though I hate using the horribly overworked term, I would not argue that it is "GREAT". !
hell yeah
I’m not a huge fan of novelized true to life events but I really enjoyed Hillenbrand’s book. I like the movie but I was really disappointed in the movie’s reenactment of the Santa Anita. I’ve watched videos of that race and as far as I can remember Seabiscuit was never further back than 4th or 5th and that was early in the race - he certainly wasn’t last for more than a couple of yards.
"Come on, Seabiscuit!" from 1974 was my favorite. Bought it for $0.25 at Bryn Mawr's basement shop at 79th off York.
i love this old clip.. you can really see that they were flying around that track! and i love how much ppl are so into it! both were great horses but Seabiscuit was special :)
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Right, War Admiral is a son of Man O'War, and Seabiscuit is a son of Hardtack who was also a son of Man O'War. Seabiscuit was a grandson of Man O' War. Seabiscuit was born May 23 1933. War Admiral was born in 1934 (couldn't find exact date). So yes, Seabiscuit was the older horse.
War Admiral was born May 2, 1934
I believe you have the genealogy wrong... I may be incorrect, but I believe Hardtack was born before Seabiscuit...War Admiral and Sea Biscuit were related through their grandfather
@@jeanfish7 They were both related to Man o War correct?
@@Whoopdido777Man o War sired Hardtack who sired Seabiscuit. Man o War also sired War Admiral. Seabiscuit was a year older than War Admiral though. So Man o War was kind of like Seabiscuits uncle in a strange water . Seabiscuit actually died before Man o War by a few months. Man o War was 30 and Seabiscuit died at a young 14.
Watching them race is amazing! Makes me miss being around the horses I grew up with.
Thank you so much for this post. Read the book more then once and love it. To see the actual race was so exciting.
Sea biscuit and Secretariat greatest horses that ever lived goosebumps watching this War Admiral powerful horse but run with strength not with heart and that is what sea biscuit has done
My ex-racer horse through bloodline is related to Secretariat
hubby and I went to see the movie at the theatre when it first came out. what was really cool, was that the theatre was full, and it was full of older couples that had lived at this time of Seabiscuit vs. War Admiral. ..and when the Biscuit won, he got a standing ovation in the theatre too. .
Wow, I would have loved to have been there.
This is the 1st time I've ever seen this race. WOW!! A fantastic race. won by a incredible horse.
I am pretty sure the well known actor Scott Glenn is the narrator here. Good job Scott! One headline back in the day read, " Sea Biscuit Turns War Admiral Into A Rear Admiral!" Yes, the Biscuit did exactly that.
Seabiscuit ran War Admiral into the ground.
Both fantastic racehorses. That is really an amazing race. Fantastic filming, considering how long ago this race really was. Seabiscuit was a champion and still is today. War Admiral, however, is also a champion. Great job with this video
Seabiscuit's jockey had a bit more noise on the day.
Both horses were awesome.
Further proof that it isn't the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog....or in this case, horse.
furthur proof that you have no life fucknuts!
It helps if the fighter has some really really fast feet.
stickman53feable same but Seabiscuit had the biggest heart love this horse the movie was epic
@@SuperChuckRaney He had good training
@@silverkitty2503 not at 1st 3 years of it's life. The former trainer almost destroyed seabiscuit.
What a fight by Seabiscuit !!the lion !!I luv both the horses!!Thrilling !!!
Beautiful, amazing horse. A legend.
With a logical and benevolent horse owner whom lost a son.
I actually think Seabiscuit was a very cute horse with an adorable head and face.
I have just finished reading Laura Hillenbrand's fabulous book! I live in mexico so i have never seen the movie and not sure I want to, the book was just so amazing. Thank you so much for taking the time to record and post this great documentary. I was wondering if there was more or did the program end with the War Admiral race (part8)? It's wonderful to see actual footage of the races and get to see the biscuit "live" or rather when he was alive. Thanks again! I need more Biscuit!! lol :)
There is more. It's a great documentary. The last part is Seabiscuit's greatest comeback of all.
Man o' War, War Admiral, Sea Biscuit and Secretariat all have a common ancestor. "Fair Play" a chestnut colt from 1905 is in the bloodline of all these horses and probably many other fine horses. I just happened to check these 4.
just checked a few more.
Spectacular Bid, Seattle Slew, Affirmed, Kelso, Native Dancer, Damascus, also have "Fair Play" in their blood line. These are most of the great thoroughbreds in history. The only great horse that I cant tie into all the other greats is Citation.
1MrVIewer Yep, pretty much most, if not all, of the legendary greats are descended from Fair Play, through Man o' War, Bold Ruler, and/or Native Dancer. The Fair Play grandson, Discovery, was the damsire of both Bold Ruler and Native Dancer. There were three particular pedigree crossings that seemed to worked really well with the Fair Play line. 1) One was Fair Play paired with mares who were daughters or granddaughters of Rock Sand. Man o' War's mother, Mahubah (aka Fair Play's "wife"), was a daughter of Rock Sand. 29.6% of the 81 foals that were by Fair Play out of a Rock Sand mare ended up stakes winners. 24 is a really good number, because 51 of the foals were fillies and August Belmont II didn't tend to race most of them. Natalma (Northern Dancer's dam, and Nashua (Mr. Prospector's damsire) are two of the descendant's of a (non-Mahubah) Fair Play/Rock Sand pedigree cross. 2) The second particularly successful pedigree crossing was when two of Fair Play's strongest descendants, Man o' War (son) and Discovery (grandson), were paired with Sweep descendant mares. Sweep was a son of Ben Brush and a grandson of Domino. The Man o' War and Brushup (daughter of Sweep) pairing produced War Admiral. When Discovery (Fair Play's grandson) was paired with Sweep descendant mares, the results were the dams of Bold Ruler and Native Dancer. 3) War Admiral ended up being paired frequently with the daughters of the French mare, La Troienne, of the famous Teddy line (Sir Gallahad, one of Teddy's sons was the sire of Gallant Fox. Bull Dog, another of Teddy's sons, was the grandsire of Citation). That produced Busher (the filly who was the 1945 Horse-of-the-Year), Striking (Busher's full sister), and Busanda. Busher and Striking are antecedents of Seattle Slew. Busanda was Buckpasser's dam. Busher and Striking's dam, Baby League, was also a Sweep descendant mare. So that was another instance of one of Fair Play's strongest descendants being paired with a Sweep mare to great results. Sweep, himself, was the damsire of 2 Triple Crown winners: War Admiral and Whirlaway. Busanda wasn't the daughter of a Sweep's descended mare, though, she (Businesslike) was a descendant of the Peter Pan/Domino line. Businesslike's sire, Blue Larkspur, was a very successful tail-male descendant of Domino both as a racer (3 championships - including HOY) and at stud, as a sire and broadmare sire.
1MrVIewer they were all magnificent horses of their time WOW
@@1MrVIewer Wow. I’m just seeing this post now. Amazing that all those horses can be traced back to Fair Play. Just think if he also had Citation, Forego, Dr. Fager, Count Fleet and even Sham in there. I know that would be asking a lot, but he already had a slew of great horses in his bloodline.
@@Whoopdido777 Sham's dam was a Princequillo mare, Sequoia, sister to Somethingroyal, Secretariat's dam. His heart was about 18lbs which is very large, but not as large as Secretariat's.
The funny thing is, is that Seabiscuit and War Admiral were related. War Admiral was one of Man o' War's best colts, and Man o' War was also the Grandsire of Seabuiscuit
I did my research and my horse Silver Momentum is related to War admiral and Secretariat
GKT Alberta More importantly...he would be related then to Man O'War. The greatest horse of the 21st century.
Haha your right didn't think of it that way
War Admiral wasn't Man O' War's grandson, he was just his son
Alisabeth Gardner They said "War Admiral was one of Man O'War's best colts"......meaning one of his best foals......one of his best sons.
Seabiscuit was one of Man O' War's many grandsons.
I know how it ends and I still get the chills watching.
Me too!!!
At 2:55 woolfe looks over his right shoulder and knows the race is over... already. From here through the last turn he just rides along and even tries to slow Biscuit down. Watch biscuit's legs as Woolfe turns him on again... it's incredible. WA could never win this race.
american experience is so awesome and this was a great episode. thanks for putting up!
That speed in the final stretch is phenomenal.
Luved to watch Seabiscuit blazing the tracks mindblowing victory ❤️🥰😍😍😻😻✌️✌️
War Admiral was a great horse and TC winner yet, because of this loss is largely forgotten or ignored by horse racing fans.
seabiscuit went on a bit of losing streak after this race.
The movie Seabiscuit was tremendous loved it.
You can see it in the Biscuit's eyes, determination to win the race. War Admiral was a fine horse!
Thrilling and inspiring!
I'm reading Seabiscuit at the moment and just finished the bit about this great race..I'm not even a horsey fan but have definitly fallen in love with The Biscuit through this book..he was a great horse! Just like to say also, its a good piece of footage even though its from the T.V. :)
I cry every time I watch the movie, what strong hearted horse!!
The sad part of the story is Seabiscuit did not live very long. I think he threw so much of his heart into his racing (to make up for his physical flaws and funny way of running), that it shortened his life.
Better to live 5 minutes of greatness than 50 years of mediocrity.
Red Pollard told Sea Biscuits jockey, (Red's leg was broken), George Woolfe who rode him. Get him in front, then let him look War Admiral in the eye. Once that happens, he goes places you've never been.
Always love to see this
Amazing race by 2 amazing racehorses & jockeys
Great race!! Best way to see who is better.
Amazing race
this shows that sometimes a sire can produce mutiple champions. The 'biscuit could certainly sprint.
I wonder who would win in a race between Seabiscuit, Man o' War, and Secretariat?
Secretariat probarbly just might I think it would be neck a neck with man o war with seabiscuit a very close third
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Don't forget Triple Crown winner Rock Sand, grand sire of both Seabiscuit & Man o' War, sire of Friar Rock, and through MOW 4th sire of Dr. Fager.
Just watched the movie. When he first sees Biscuit and says "God DAMN" I always get emotional
What about a horse called Phar Lap he was as good if not better than than all of them poisioned by americans for beating the worlds best in 1931 in mexico even though he was lame with a cracked and bleeding hoof...champion of all champs...
Would have taken on the world as the Greatest horse ever lived. Carried insane weights still won. Didn't know of phar lap racing with lame cracked/bloody hoof. Those poison accusations are all allegedly. But arsenic found was also attributed perhaps to lucerne he'd grazed. Now you say a hoof injury, I'm sure that could have potential to lead to septesemia, No antibiotics penicillin in 1931 like we have today.
Isn't it amazing. I am very impressed how accurately they depictedt the race in the movie. Except for War Admiral's size, that is. He was actually NOT a big horse. Man O' War was. What War Admiral had was a LONGER body than Seabiscuit--not so much a taller one.
It's depicted correctly in the movie, they appear close to the same size running neck & neck.
Love Seabiscuit..... He had heart.
I cannot believe this story is true just such a powerful story of strength and to not give up
I knew he was (a lot) shorter but didn't know he was older or heavier. Love details...thanks for posting!
I read the book (incredible) and they said he was also very lazy and loved to sleep laying down too. Such a character!
Seabiscuit and Secretariat in a race? WOW!!
Read the book! It’s fantastic!
It is hard to describe such a beautiful in a horse that was Born to Run
I Love this so much when Georgy turns him lose around the last corner !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When you think you are a underdog just remind me of 2009 Kentucky Derby "Mine That Bird" 50 to 1. I seen it live on TV and my mouth dropped omg! from the back to finish & mine that bird lead was ahead allot.
You made me go back and watch that Derby. Very cool!
Water Whirlaway in the Preakness! Geez Louise!
Mine that Bird, another little brown horse that kicked butt.
I would LOVE to know what Georgie hollered back to Charlie!
He called Charlie a Loser lol
The book is Seabiscuit,Three Men and a Racehorse by Laura Hillenbrand. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did :)
Heart matters more than size
I just realized that seabiscuit was a year older than war admiral, that's a huge advantage.
Even better is that War Admiral got a little bit of a head start when the bell rang. Seabiscuit still flew past #NoBigDeal 2:36
Yeah looks like almost a 1 link head start but made that up quite quick.
Tom Smith spent time just before the race training Seabiscuit to take off like a rocket. Previously, it had not been his strongest quality.
@Nataleena07 hmm...not seeing where he loses his footing, but I'll take your word for it. :)
Great horse Seabiscut
a little legend💝💝💝💝
Great horse
Esta si fue Carrera de resistencia desde que arrancan van recio y nunca Bajan El ritmo muy buenos caballos
Scott Glenn is the narrator I believe.
A lot of thing can be said about Seabiscuit when you compare him to man o' war/secretariat/war admiral or even American Pharoah.
But take into consideration THIS:
Seabiscuit: 89: 33-15-1
Man o' war: 21: 20-1-0
War admiral: 26: 21-3-1
Secretariat: 21:16-3-1
Yes.. it talk volumes about that "little" horse and the size of his heart, figuratively and literally, they showed him love and he showed them his speed.
Can you explain what these codes mean?
Hello,
Seabiscuit example: 89 mean 89 races (starts) 33 wins, 15 place, 1->13 show.
You can note that in 1935 Seabiscuit as a 2 years old horse was already 35 starts, more races than the entire career of war admiral.
source and details: www.tbgreats.com/seabiscuit/rr.html
Thanks for explaining. Another horse that raced his heart out for 9 years and ran 100 races is Exterminator. I hate how history seems to be forgetting about this amazing gelding who did so much more than anyone thought he would.
@@franciskuntz8899 also meant, that it was forced, more than a yearling should've. It would broken a horse that have not develop completely to be treated that way. Fitz really hated Seabiscuit, isn't he?
Very good
Appreciate the correction (seriously!) ....You're right, I was going under the impression Man O War was 18 hands. Obviously for drama's sake the truth was stretched.
Ok, apologies, you are correct... Fair Play was the connecting link.
Seabiscuit race against his grandfather Man O War WOW
He was shorter in the length of his back, but he was not a "lot shorter" in his height than War Admiral. Seabiscuit was 15 hands. War Admiral was 15.3 hands. I believe that makes War Admiral only 3 inches taller than Seabiscuit. Even Man O War was not "18 hands" like the movie claims War Admiral was. Man O War was 16.2 hands.
I think they call that a short-coupled horse. Secretariat was like that. Bard breed horses are short-coupled and are known for being able to carry a lot of weight. Woolf or Pollard on Seabiscuit might have been next to nothing for him. Even adding 15lbs to him in one of his races (can't remember which one) didn't seem to bother him.
Seabisquit su questo mondo non potranno esserci cavalli superiori a te e ricordo sempre le parole di mio nonno cavallo piccolo cuore grande ai scritto la storia delle corse viva la santa Anita e l'americana
War Admiral was born a year after Seabiscuit . Seabiscuit was the older horse.
Yeah. Sea biscuit. ❤
Most people dont know that Seabiscuit was shorter, heavier, and 2 years older than War Admiral.
Seabiscuit (May 23, 1933) was one year older than War Admiral (May 2, 1934)
Estou aqui por causa do filme....
I'd love to know what he said at the end..?
Where is part 9 ? Where Seabiscuit and Pollard recuperate at the ranch together and win the race at Santa Anita?
Man O' War would have obliterated War Admiral. Not sure about Seabiscuit because as you say, the horse ran on heart. But something tells me the Biscuit would have done himself serious physical harm running against Big Red, trying to win. I don't think he could have won. Imagine Seabiscuit racing the likes of Secretariat. It would be about as difficult for the little guy.
They were born one year apart. I believe all thoroughbreds, regardless of what time of year they are born, share the same birth month (not remembering right now when that is). So yes, it is possible War Admiral could be considered two years younger than Seabiscuit by racing standards. But by the calendar he is just one year older than War Admiral.
California crome
Seabiscuit and Pharlap are the greatest
How can anyone give this a "THUMBS DOWN?" The world is not a safe place!
Wow. It is all true. War Admiral is an amazing horse. All power and speed. You can see how good he is.
Sea biscuit is a gangly mess.
But when that horse pulls the trigger, it is goodnight sweetheart.
Wow, never seen a horse go warp speed before.
They are the great Seabiscuit and Secretariat.
Don't forget Ruffian. She never lost a race, but sadly, broke down during a match race. She was in the lead when she broke down, for whatever that's worth.
Just cant help thinking all these super horses are no more 🌹
Manju Singh everything dies. Think of all the super horses we never got to see because we had no way to film them.
It would be nice to know how big his heart was, we will never know since no necropsy was performed on him, like they did on Secretariat.
We all should learn from the Bisuit
shocking ride on the second.......
One son of Man o War the other the grandson. Grandson won.
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My horse decends from Storm Cat, Secretariat, Native Dancer, Danzig, Man O War & War Admiral. just to name a few...When he runs he looks exactly like War Admiral..At the time War Admiral had the best possible bloodline...A racehorse couldn't get any better than him. ..He won 20 of 21 races...but Seabiscut was obviously a much better sprinter. He won fair & square.
you forgot to list the greatest sire of the 20th century Northern Dancer
dont know about that Danzig the son of Northern Dancer also Storm Cat and Native Dancer was Northern Dancers grandfather
Sprinter? They raced 1 3/16 at the match race. I believe only the Belmont Stakes is a longer race at 1.5 miles. Yes there are bloodlines and all that, but Seabiscuit beat War Admiral by 3 lengths and set the track record at Pimlico doing it. It was not a sprint race.
I don't know much about American racing but the Hollywood flick Seabiscuit..Is it factually correct? Thanks in advance from Scotland