Both men were attracted to Seabiscuit, possibly by the tremendous strength he seemed to possess, and Smith urged his employer to buy the horse.Īfter some preliminary training by Smith in California, the colt began to race again-and began finishing in the money. With him was his trainer, Tom Smith, who had a penchant and skill for rejuvenating discarded horses. Howard, a millionaire automobile distributor from San Francisco who hoped to establish horse racing on a grand scale on the West Coast.
Seated in the stands was a relatively new face in Thoroughbred racing, Charles S. He won the event only to suffer the indignity of not being claimed by anyone. It was no surprise, therefore, that by August 1936-at the end of the Saratoga (New York) meet and after over 40 uninspired races spread over two years-Seabiscuit’s owners had given up and entered him in a claiming race for $6,000. His three-year-old season was equally inauspicious. From then through November he made 35 starts and wound up with the unimpressive record of five wins while failing to place in 18 races and earning only $12,510.
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