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. Her work has also appeared in American Heritage, ABC Sports Online, The Blood-Horse, Thoroughbred Times, The Backstretch, Turf and Sport Digest and many other publications. like he was saying, ‘Who the devil are you?’ “ Laura Hillenbrand has been writing about Thoroughbred racing since 1988 and has been a contributing writer/editor for Equus magazine since 1989. “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.
Interview with Laura Hillenbrand Created by DQ TImes View on DQ TImes Share. Forty-thousand people crammed the track 40 million listened on radio around the world. Audio Excerpt from Seabiscuit Video Book Trailer for Seabiscuit Grade 7-12 Genre Biography Nonfiction Sports Year Published 2001. November 1st, 1938, underdog Seabiscuit took on champion War Admiral at the Pimlico race track in Maryland. Urn:oclc:780553946 Scandate 20100331235540 Scanner can watch what Americans called the greatest horse race in history, on Youtube. OL15151450W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 92.98 Pages 488 Ppi 500 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0449005615 Donorįriendsofthesanfranciscopubliclibrary Edition 1st ed. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 19:54:44 Boxid IA114805 Camera Canon 5D City New York, N.Y.
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