Seabiscuit, 70 years ago

By Kevin Modesti on November 1, 2008 7:57 AM | | Comments (0) |

From National Thoroughbred Racing Association Communications' weekly news release:

Nov. 1, 1938 -- Before a crowd of 40,000 spectators, Seabiscuit, under jockey George Woolf, defeated odds-on favorite War Admiral in the Pimlico Special, run as a winner-take-all match race with a purse of $15,000.

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