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- During The Great Depression, Seabiscuit represented victory of the underdog for many Americans.
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- The only runner who could beat him, the coach said, was Seabiscuit.† (source)
- It was an undersized, crooked-legged racehorse named Seabiscuit.† (source)
- It's that Kayak's four mud-running legs might be attached to Seabiscuit's racing heart.† (source)
- Behind him, Richards sensed that the moment had come to shoot for Seabiscuit.† (source)
- Seabiscuit's nose forged past, then his throat, then his neck.† (source)
- Where other horses relied solely on speed to win, Seabiscuit used intimidation.† (source)
- A match race featuring Seabiscuit was just what the track needed.† (source)
- He watched them tend to Seabiscuit, then walked back to the jockeys' room and sat down, heartsick.† (source)
- Around Santa Anita, people were blaming him for Seabiscuit's losses, and he must have heard them.† (source)
- Haas replied that Kayak couldn't have beaten Seabiscuit.† (source)
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- Woolf stopped off at a betting venue and bought a ticket on Seabiscuit, to win.† (source)
- The two old friends sat together, talking of Seabiscuit.† (source)
- The papers were full of Seabiscuit, proclaimed on that coast to be the best horse in America.† (source)
- The first few furlongs went well, but gradually, Seabiscuit began to slow down.† (source)
- Over and over again, Smith postponed Seabiscuit's workouts.† (source)
- Seabiscuit, oblivious, rooted around in his hay.† (source)
- Before five hundred spectators, Seabiscuit breezed an easy mile under Woolf.† (source)
- A groom walked Seabiscuit around and around the barn.† (source)
- He was sure that Seabiscuit was finished.† (source)
- Pollard swung Seabiscuit out of the pack and asked him to chase Heelfly.† (source)
- He would let Seabiscuit exhaust himself on the lead, then run him down.† (source)
- If Seabiscuit won, he'd split the riding fee with him; 10 percent of the $100,000 purse.† (source)
- Wrung to exhaustion and deathly pale, he slid from Seabiscuit's back.† (source)
- Woolf had spent Seabiscuit's rally much too early, in pursuit of the wrong horse.† (source)
- Seabiscuit's lameness at the walk disappeared.† (source)
- To wild cheering, Seabiscuit jogged down the homestretch all by himself.† (source)
- Seabiscuit broke sluggishly and sank back through the field.† (source)
- Up in her box, Gladys Phipps gazed down on Seabiscuit with pride.† (source)
- Seabiscuit probably could run in the race.† (source)
- The A.C.T. riders were in cahoots to beat Seabiscuit.† (source)
- Smith recognized him immediately; it was Seabiscuit.† (source)
- Kayak, clearly frustrated, took a lunge at Seabiscuit, dragging a groom with him.† (source)
- Seabiscuit's stock was falling through the floor.† (source)
- Seabiscuit reached out and clawed at the ground in front of him, then pushed off again.† (source)
- A multitude stood by to see Seabiscuit off.† (source)
- Smith grasped Seabiscuit's rein and led his grand little horse down the avenue of guards.† (source)
- Howard laughed and smiled and stroked Seabiscuit's nose.† (source)
- Early in the week, Smith brought Seabiscuit and Kayak out together.† (source)
- Limpio took off with Seabiscuit, and the two dueled through sprinter fractions.† (source)
- For the last time in his life, Seabiscuit eased up to tease an opponent.† (source)
- Seabiscuit stalked him with predatory lunges.† (source)
- He went to the barn to check on Seabiscuit.† (source)
- Seabiscuit cantered back to wild applause.† (source)
- Seabiscuit flew through the slop to clock six furlongs in 1:1238.† (source)
- The big railcar door slid open and Seabiscuit got up, shook off the straw, and poked his head out.† (source)
- At the five-eighths pole, Woolf stopped Seabiscuit and turned him toward the grandstand.† (source)
- "His whole life," recalled Sonny Greenberg, "was gathered around Seabiscuit."† (source)
- Howard's hair thinned; Seabiscuit's muddy bay coat darkened.† (source)
- In August, Seabiscuit went to Suffolk Downs to run in the prestigious Massachusetts Handicap.† (source)
- Seabiscuit walked to the gate, the applause building and building.† (source)
- Seeing that Howard might bar Pollard from riding, Smith had started letting Woolf gallop Seabiscuit.† (source)
- He dug up a nanny named Whiskers and parked her in Seabiscuit's stall.† (source)
- Red Pollard sipped his scotch and reminisced about Seabiscuit and quietly slipped out of history.† (source)
- After Seabiscuit evicted the goat, Smith hauled in Pumpkin.† (source)
- Seabiscuit will either be a positive starter tomorrow, or we will refuse his entry entirely.† (source)
- They crossed onto the track and sprinted toward Seabiscuit.† (source)
- The man was Red Pollard; the horse was Seabiscuit.† (source)
- Workman held Seabiscuit back, around the first turn and down the long backstretch.† (source)
- Once, when asked to describe Seabiscuit at length, he replied, "He's a horse," and walked away.† (source)
- For six months Tom Smith had been holding Seabiscuit in his closed fist.† (source)
- Through the reins, Pollard felt Seabiscuit's mouth harden down on the bit: resolution.† (source)
- In his next start, on September 2 in the Roamer Handicap, Seabiscuit had nothing but bad luck.† (source)
- It seemed close enough to touch, but Rosemont still wasn't past Seabiscuit's saddlecloth.† (source)
- After the workout, Smith entered Seabiscuit in the San Felipe Handicap, scheduled for January 30.† (source)
- The fire that had kept Seabiscuit frustrated and unruly now fueled a bounding will to win.† (source)
- When they returned to the scales, Seabiscuit wasn't even breathing hard.† (source)
- On other days, just to mix things up, he worked Seabiscuit in the morning under his own name.† (source)
- "I'm wondering," Jolly Roger wrote later, "if that really was Seabiscuit the boys were looking at."† (source)
- Smith led Seabiscuit past the stunned fans and back into the barn.† (source)
- Seabiscuit was built low to the ground, so Woolf's view was constantly obstructed by bigger horses.† (source)
- On February 28 Smith tacked up Seabiscuit and guided him to the track before a Monday crowd.† (source)
- Seabiscuit bounded out of the gate in front and galloped away from his competition.† (source)
- He didn't want Seabiscuit to run in the Dixie Handicap.† (source)
- Seabiscuit milked it for all it was worth.† (source)
- On February 23 Smith took Seabiscuit back to the track to continue his preparation.† (source)
- One good thing had happened to Seabiscuit in the San Antonio.† (source)
- "Let 'em run themselves out," someone heard him saying into Seabiscuit's ear.† (source)
- On June 26 Smith was set to give Seabiscuit his last pre-race workout.† (source)
- Reporters queried him on his chances without Seabiscuit.† (source)
- Seabiscuit surged forward, coming down heavily onto his left foreleg.† (source)
- Seabiscuit was moving so fast that the jockey and his mount were behind him in an instant.† (source)
- Stagehand is running stronger…… But Seabiscuit won't yield!† (source)
- If Seabiscuit relaxed in the gate, War Admiral would leave him in his dust.† (source)
- They drew near the Fitzsimmons barn, Seabiscuit's old home.† (source)
- Woolf broke Seabiscuit smartly, rushing to the lead.† (source)
- In another meeting a short while later, he boasted, "I poured Seabiscuit at him."† (source)
- Miles away, Seabiscuit was coming unwound.† (source)
- "Sure," said the man dismissively, "with Seabiscuit's halter on.† (source)
- Seabiscuit heard his voice and nosed over his half door.† (source)
- With a quarter of a mile to go, Seabiscuit (left) takes the lead in the 1938 Santa Anita Handicap.† (source)
- Seabiscuit, he announced, was injured and could not run.† (source)
- Smith signaled to Pollard, and Seabiscuit broke off and kicked over the track.† (source)
- Late in the backstretch, Woolf shifted Seabiscuit to the outside and craned around Whichcee.† (source)
- Seabiscuit approached the starting gate.† (source)
- The race caller yelled, "Here comes Seabiscuit!" and a joyful shout rose over the track.† (source)
- At the half-mile pole, Seabiscuit had propped.† (source)
- To a gleeful shriek from the crowd, Seabiscuit and Ligaroti ripped out of the gate side by side.† (source)
- Wedding Call tracked them, just behind and outside of Seabiscuit as they pushed for the far turn.† (source)
- Seabiscuit and Rosemont drive toward the wire together in the 1937 hundred-grander.† (source)
- Smith positioned Pollard and Seabiscuit on the track, then moved a few feet behind them.† (source)
- Here comes Seabiscuit!" shouted McCarthy, and the crowd noise echoed into Pollard's hospital room.† (source)
- Seabiscuit's ears flipped back and flattened.† (source)
- Seabiscuit settled well into his retirement.† (source)
- Bradshaw took his job seriously, staying at the barn day and night to nurse Seabiscuit's ankle.† (source)
- Pollard did as told, and Seabiscuit bounded through.† (source)
- Smith did little more than make a few grunts about Seabiscuit having good speed.† (source)
- "I'd like to see Seabiscuit win," said a rival owner, "even though I'm running against him."† (source)
- Seabiscuit had won seven consecutive stakes races.† (source)
- Seabiscuit was entered in several races, and each time he had to be scratched.† (source)
- War Admiral stood quietly as Seabiscuit clopped past.† (source)
- Grog and Seabiscuit were practically identical, as they had been as youngsters.† (source)
- Hemmed in between Ligaroti and the rail, Seabiscuit had nowhere to go.† (source)
- Rosemont's stock rose; Seabiscuit's dropped.† (source)
- He proudly introduced everyone to Seabiscuit's first foal, still wobbling on new legs.† (source)
- "If Woolf did not protect Seabiscuit," he seethed, "it was a cinch the stewards wouldn't.† (source)
- He jerked his right rein and pulled Seabiscuit out.† (source)
- Seabiscuit was lopping a foot off of Aneroid's lead with every stride, but room was running out.† (source)
- On September 7 Smith led Seabiscuit out for the Governor's Handicap.† (source)
- He drilled everything he had, he said later, at Seabiscuit.† (source)
- Against ordinary horses, Seabiscuit had enough early speed, but War Admiral was no ordinary horse.† (source)
- They bolted for the hills, streaking past Seabiscuit.† (source)
- That is what happened to Seabiscuit, and Fitzsimmons knew it.† (source)
- He slid from Seabiscuit's side as if gravity were pulling him backward.† (source)
- Seabiscuit moved on to Barn 43, to a freshly painted 168-square-foot stall with a cathedral ceiling.† (source)
- After an agonizing interval, Woolf cantered Seabiscuit back to the top of the homestretch.† (source)
- The gathering Woolf had felt in Seabiscuit vented itself in a massive downward push.† (source)
- By 1935, when Seabiscuit began racing, two thirds of the nation's homes had radio.† (source)
- He began leading Seabiscuit and Red onto it for long, slow walks.† (source)
- Fair promoters wanted Seabiscuit to be an exhibit.† (source)
- Woolf angled Seabiscuit out to go around Today and gave him a whack with his whip.† (source)
- He galloped Seabiscuit out to the cheers from the crowd, then turned him back toward the grandstand.† (source)
- On October 16 he led a blanketed Seabiscuit into the paddock for the Laurel Handicap.† (source)
- Unsure of what to do, he suspended all of Seabiscuit's engagements.† (source)
- Seabiscuit was more prone to weight gain than any horse Smith had ever handled.† (source)
- Seabiscuit rolled around the track, then slowed to a walk and returned to the barn.† (source)
- He threaded Seabiscuit through, and in a few strides he had seized the lead.† (source)
- Smith pulled the saddle over Seabiscuit's withers and tightened the girth.† (source)
- Richards feared nothing but Pollard and Seabiscuit.† (source)
- In the afternoon, racegoers streamed past Seabiscuit's stall.† (source)
- Once Seabiscuit was settled in at Detroit, Smith took the colt to the track to stretch his legs.† (source)
- Seabiscuit was going to have to go get them.† (source)
- The bump from Seabiscuit's head took care of Howard's sentimental side.† (source)
- Seabiscuit came home third, drenched to the bone, covered head to toe in mud, and miserable.† (source)
- Hundreds of hands touched Woolf's legs and stroked Seabiscuit's coat.† (source)
- Seabiscuit might make it back to the races.† (source)
- Again, Seabiscuit wasn't even breathing hard in the winner's circle.† (source)
- When the train's water pipes froze, Howard left Marcela in the sleeper car to join Seabiscuit.† (source)
- The stories were accepted as fact, and soon the word attached to Seabiscuit for good.† (source)
- Flashbulbs blinked and movie cameras whirred as Seabiscuit stood there, posing.† (source)
- Pollard dove for it himself, took control of the race, then eased Seabiscuit back.† (source)
- Seabiscuit's lead, stride by stride, slipped away.† (source)
- Seabiscuit seemed to sense Pollard's weakness.† (source)
- Seabiscuit was in twelfth place, eight lengths behind the leaders.† (source)
- Their evening program reflected the general view of the Seabiscuit crew.† (source)
- Smith climbed in with them and set up his customary cot beside Seabiscuit.† (source)
- He laid out all of Seabiscuit's predilections and weaknesses in great detail.† (source)
- Seabiscuit was a dark lump half buried in the straw, dead to the world.† (source)
- All Smith had to cling to was a wild thought that Seabiscuit might someday return.† (source)
- The three talked long and late of the race, the most formidable of Seabiscuit's life.† (source)
- From his post on the homestretch, Smith watched Seabiscuit's action and gritted his teeth.† (source)
- Seabiscuit's eastern critics were, in the words ofJolly Roger, "numbed to quietude.† (source)
- Seabiscuit pulled his haunches up under him, straightened his forelegs, and pushed.† (source)
- Starter George Cassidy stepped into the starter's box and Smith brought Seabiscuit up.† (source)
- Smith took Workman to Pollard's hospital bed for a tutorial on the subtleties of riding Seabiscuit.† (source)
- Pollard had won the mount on Seabiscuit.† (source)
- The owner issued Christmas card photos of Seabiscuit standing with his foals.† (source)
- Seabiscuit had run the mile and three sixteenths in 1:56X.† (source)
- Beneath him, Seabiscuit bounced along with his tail fanned out high in the air.† (source)
- The most difficult quirk was Seabiscuit's behavior in the starting gate.† (source)
- Should Seabiscuit win that event, Howard stated, he would be willing to accept higher imposts.† (source)
- Seabiscuit fell into the schedule completely.† (source)
- Rosemont caught Seabiscuit, then took a lead of inches.† (source)
- Seabiscuit was reasonably well-bred, giving him additional value as a stallion.† (source)
- He could see that Seabiscuit was looking right at his opponent.† (source)
- Woolf arrived to take his place on Seabiscuit.† (source)
- The track photographer asked for a profile shot, and Seabiscuit was turned for it.† (source)
- He quietly saddled Seabiscuit while Fitzsimmons stood at the head of the horse he had lost.† (source)
- California was still Seabiscuit's home base.† (source)
- A week later Seabiscuit had to be scratched again.† (source)
- War Admiral tried to answer, clinging to Seabiscuit for a few strides, but it was no use.† (source)
- Narragansett assigned Seabiscuit a leaden 132 pounds, while Hawthorne gave him 128.† (source)
- "Seabiscuit," he said, "is the greatest horse I ever rode."† (source)
- By summer's end, Seabiscuit had made surprising progress.† (source)
- Seabiscuit had worked faster than any horse had raced the entire season.† (source)
- The jockey burst into frantic urging and Seabiscuit lunged forward, breaking into a dead run.† (source)
- Seabiscuit was, at last, Horse of the Year.† (source)
- "I believe Seabiscuit can beat War Admiral," he said.† (source)
- Charles and Marcela's greatest wish was for Seabiscuit to win the Santa Anita Handicap.† (source)
- Seabiscuit, feeling his oats, bucked a little.† (source)
- When Seabiscuit's eyes opened in the morning, Howard and Smith were still there.† (source)
- Seabiscuit, for the first time in his life, answered.† (source)
- San Francisco was overjoyed to see Seabiscuit again.† (source)
- The back doors dropped open, and Smith and Seabiscuit emerged.† (source)
- War Admiral and Seabiscuit burst off the line at precisely the same instant.† (source)
- With Seabiscuit, Smith had reason to worry.† (source)
- In the fiftieth start of his life, Seabiscuit finally understood the game.† (source)
- Rosemont and Seabiscuit flew under the wire together.† (source)
- Seabiscuit ran flat out for a sixteenth of a mile before Pollard pulled him up.† (source)
- Woolf turned Seabiscuit and cantered him back into the mob.† (source)
- On July 11, 1938, Smith walked Seabiscuit onto the track for his first workout at Hollywood.† (source)
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