captain jack sparrow rode war admiral in the movie seabiscuit.
captain jack sparrow rode war admiral in the movie seabiscuit.
who ride war admiral in the movie seabiscuit?
captain jack sparrow
on november 1, 1938, seabiscuit met war admiral and jockey charles kurtsinger in what was dubbed the "match of the century." the event was run over at pimlico race course. from the grandstands to the infield, the track was jammed with fans. trains were run from all over the country to bring fans to the race, and the estimated 40,000 at the track were joined by 40 million listening on the radio. war admiral was the favorite (1–4 with most bookmakers) and a nearly unanimous selection of the writers and tipsters, excluding a california contingent.
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.
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