Horsemen in the know also notice the absurdity of: the Seabiscuit crew spying on War Admiral from behind a grassy knoll, deducing that he can break from the gate faster than Seabiscuit; of the ...

Trainer Ron Moquett writes: "The rest of the entertainment world figured out long ago that to hook people, you need to give ...

Seabiscuit was not an impressive-looking horse. He was considered quite lazy, preferring to eat and sleep in his stall rather than exercise. He’d been written off by most of the racing industry ...

Conway, who will be posthumously inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame on Friday, was the trainer of ...

War Admiral was a star immediately, while Seabiscuit had to catch up with him, but he did eventually." Schick has read Laura Hillenbrand's best-selling book and has seen the Gary Ross-directed movie.

In 1937 Seabiscuit was the year’s biggest money winner but War Admiral won the Triple Crown — the Kentucky Derby, Belmont Stakes and Preakness Stakes — to be named American Horse of the Year.

Seabiscuit had to have loved that and War Admiral had to have hated not being closer. I'm not saying War Admiral would've won that match race, but those horses shouldn't have been a head apart.

Charles Schick and Eddie Logan didn't need to read the best-seller or see the hit movie to learn about Seabiscuit. They saw the real thing.