Famous Race Horse Win And Loss Record
This is about the career of a famous race record win and loss record. Seabiscuit was a champion Thoroughbred racehorse who raced from 1936 to 1940. His first race took place when he was age 3 and was 7 when he raced his last race. Seabiscuit was the subject of the 1949 movie called “The Story of Seabiscuit,†a 2001 novel titled “Seabiscuit: An American Legend,†and a 2003 movie that was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture called “Seabiscuit.â€
Seabiscuit was born on May 23rd, 1933 from the mare Swing On and sired by Hard Tack. He grew up in Paris, Kentucky on Claiborne Farm. He won three awards during his racing career. In 1937 and 1938, he won the U.S. Champion Handicap Male and in 1938, he won U.S. Horse of the Year. He earned a total of $437,730 during his career.
During the course of his four year racing career, Seabiscuit raced in 89 races. Out of those 89 races, he won 33 and lost 56 races. He came in 2nd 15 times and came in 3rd 13 times. His career took him to 16 different tracks and his most notable race win was in 1937 at Brooklyn Handicap. His breeder was named Gladys Mills Phipps, his owner was Charles Howard and he was trained by Sunny Jim Fitzimmons in the beginning and then later by Tom Smith.