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25 de feb. de 2007 · The historic 1938 match race between west coast star Seabiscuit, and Triple Crown winner War Admiral. A race for the ages.
Nearly a century ago, the match race at Pimlico Race Course between Seabiscuit and War Admiral was one of the most anticipated sporting events of the 20th century.
Seabiscuit (May 23, 1933 – May 17, 1947) was a champion thoroughbred racehorse in the United States who became the top money-winning racehorse up to the 1940s. He beat the 1937 Triple Crown winner, War Admiral, by four lengths in a two-horse special at Pimlico and was voted American Horse of the Year for 1938.
19 de nov. de 2019 · El 1 de noviembre de 1938 dos caballos disputaron en el hipódromo de Pímlico la llamada “Carrera del Siglo”. Esos caballos eran Seabiscuit y War Admiral.
Seabiscuit’s success set the stage for a much-anticipated confrontation on October 30, 1937, at the Washington Handicap in Laurel, Maryland, between War Admiral, the leading three-year-old, and Seabiscuit, the leading four-year-old.
Hace 5 días · When Westerners argued that Western racing, led by Seabiscuit, had come of age, Easterners trumped the claim by uttering the name of the best Eastern horse: War Admiral.
Watch complete footage of the legendary 1938 match race, dubbed the "Match of the Century" between Seabiscuit and the Triple Crown winner War Admiral. Seabiscuit, a West Coast horse, won by four complete lengths even though War Admiral himself finished with his best time for that distance.
