Seabiscuit is the biggest money-winner—lots of people say that he’s also the best horse—of the year, after all. Almost everyone who went down to Pimlico last Friday believed that without War Admiral ...

The fastest horse of his time. AP/Worldwide. For all the attention writers and filmmakers heap on Seabiscuit today, the horse was not considered the fastest Thoroughbred for most of his racing career.

IN case the question is raised, the race between War Admiral and Seabiscuit for $100,000 at Belmont Park on Monday won’t be a match race, since the owners of the horses haven’t contributed to the ...

On Nov. 1, 1938, in a two-horse match, Seabiscuit defeated the favored Triple Crown winner War Admiral by four lengths in what was dubbed the “Race of the Century” at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore.

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 ...