Seabiscuit with Pollard up
Photography of horse sports
Photograph of the American Thoroughbred Seabiscuit with jockey John M. ‘Red’ Pollard up. Seabiscuit is held by his trainer, Tom Smith, following his Yonkers Handicap win at the Empire City Race Track in July of 1937.
Seabiscuit, sired by Hard Tack out of Swing On, was foaled in 1933. His career began slowly, but he began to dominate the racing world during his four-year-old year – setting multiple records and claiming several stakes wins.
Seabiscuit was named U.S. Champion Handicap Male in 1937 and 1938 and U.S. Horse of the Year in 1938. He was inducted in the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame in 1958.
Bernard Stanley Morgan
Morgan 47681
1937-07-24
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War Admiral & Seabiscuit Match Race
Photography of horse sports
This photograph, taken on November 1, 1938, from the stands, features the match race between War Admiral & Seabiscuit hosted by Pimlico Race Course.
The match race, often dubbed the 'Match of the Century,' drew roughly 40,000 spectators.
Seabiscuit (George Woolf up) bested War Admiral (Charles Kurtsinger up) by four lengths.
1938-11-01
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George Woolf
Photography of horse sports
This is a photographic portrait of jockey George Woolf. Woolf was the country's leading stakes-winning jockey in both 1942 and 1944. He is perhaps most often remembered for his victory on Seabiscuit in the 1938 match race against War Admiral.
George Woolf was inducted in to the Hall of Fame in 1955.
Bernard Stanley Morgan
Morgan A44957
1944-09-25
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Seabiscuit
Horse racing in art
Caricature artwork depicts the U.S. Racing Hall of Famer Seabiscuit with jockey John M. “Red” Pollard. Seabiscuit, a symbol of potential to many during the Great Depression, was American Champion Handicap Male in 1937 and 1938 and American Horse of the Year in 1938.
Pierre Bellocq, aka Peb
Peb PO3249A
2000
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Poster; 26.5 x 18 in.
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