More than just a horse's tale, because the humans who owned, trained, and rode Seabiscuit are equally fascinating. A first-rate piece of storytelling, leaving us not only with a vivid portrait of a horse but a fascinating slice of American history as well.' - The New York Times 'Engrossing. Over four years, these unlikely partners survived a phenomenal run of bad fortune, conspiracy, and severe injury to transform Seabiscuit from a neurotic, pathologically indolent also-ran into an American sports icon. Smith urged Howard to buy Seabiscuit for a bargain-basement price, then hired as his jockey Red Pollard, a failed boxer who was blind in one eye, half-crippled, and prone to quoting passages from Ralph Waldo Emerson. When he needed a trainer for his new racehorses, he hired Tom Smith, a mysterious mustang breaker from the Colorado plains. Three men changed Seabiscuit's fortunes: Charles Howard was a onetime bicycle repairman who introduced the automobile to the western United States and became an overnight millionaire. But his success was a surprise to the racing establishment, which had written off the crooked-legged racehorse with the sad tail. Seabiscuit was one of the most electrifying and popular attractions in sports history and the single biggest newsmaker in the world in 1938, receiving more coverage than FDR, Hitler, or Mussolini. And he did not disappoint.#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From the author of the runaway phenomenon Unbroken comes a universal underdog story about the horse who came out of nowhere to become a legend. Seabiscuit was their cause, the love of their lives. His owner, Charles Howard trainer, Tom Smith and jockey, Red Pollard, make up the cast of characters. Laura Hillenbrand’s wonderful book is not just the story of Seabiscuit. like he was saying, ‘Who the devil are you?’ “

“An amiable little horse, but his career prospects looked dim.” He was heading for obscurity until the day that Seabiscuit and Tom Smith came face to face. One observer compared his action to a duck waddle”. a maddening tendency to whack himself in the front ankle with his own hind hoof.

with forelegs that didn’t straighten all the way”. Seabiscuit’s sire was Hard Tack, son of legendary Man o’ War. Forty-thousand people crammed the track 40 million listened on radio around the world. November 1st, 1938, underdog Seabiscuit took on champion War Admiral at the Pimlico race track in Maryland. You can watch what Americans called the greatest horse race in history, on Youtube.

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