Unlikely Rivals War Admiral was a sleek and elegant horse. He had the glistening muscles of a warrior. In contrast, Seabiscuit was low slung and had an awkward gallop.

War Admiral, left, and Seabiscuit race in the 1938 match at Pimlico. Show Caption of Expand By Sun Sentinel PUBLISHED: October 12, 2017 at 5:15 p.m. | UPDATED: December 17, 2018 at 4:03 p.m.

Seabiscuit, ridden by George Woolf, beat War Admiral on November 1, 1938. File Photo courtesy Seabiscuit Heritage Foundation ...

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 ...

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

War Admiral, W.D. Wright, Magic Hour, J. Longden, The Jockey Club Gold Cup, Belmont Park, 1938 BloodHorse Library War Admiral (No. 1) and Seabiscuit head to the post Joe Fleischer/Maryland Jockey ...

Seabiscuit and War Admiral were entered to run in the $50,000 Massachusetts Handicap, but just minutes before the race, Seabiscuit was scratched because of a strained tendon on his left foreleg.