seabiscuit won the 1938 race between seabiscuit and war admiral.
seabiscuit won the 1938 race between seabiscuit and war admiral.
who won the 1938 race between seabiscuit and war admiral?
seabiscuit
in 1938, he won eight major races, including the whitney handicap and the jockey club gold cup. he is linked forever with the year-older seabiscuit, who was a grandson of man o' war and the preeminent horse based in the western u.s. seabiscuit's owner, charles howard, brought his horse across country to give seabiscuit the chance to prove himself to the eastern racing establishment. seabiscuit and war admiral almost faced each other several times that summer but for one reason or another, they never met. finally, a meeting was arranged for november 1, 1938, in the pimlico special, in what was billed as the match race of the century. samuel riddle asked that the race be run without a starting gate in light of war admiral's problematic history. with war admiral's early speed, he was widely seen to have a tactical advantage in a match race and went off as the favorite. however, seabiscuit's trainer had secretly conditioned seabiscuit to bolt at the sound of a bell, which resulted in seabiscuit getting the all important early lead. seabiscuit won by four lengths and broke the track record.
war admiral
war admiral raced twice more, winning the rhode island handicap in 1938 and a race at hialeah in february 1939, before an injury prompted his retirement.









































section::::race record.









































an asterisk before the odds means war admiral was the post time favorite









































source: "daily racing form" past performances









































section::::stud career.









































war admiral stood at faraway farm until 1958, when the executors of riddle's estate sold the remaining portion of the farm. war admiral was then moved to hamburg place, where he died in 1959.
war admiral