The fastest horse of his time. AP/Worldwide. For all the attention writers and filmmakers heap on Seabiscuit today, the horse was not considered the fastest Thoroughbred for most of his racing ...

In the late 1930s, the spirited debate over whether Seabiscuit or War Admiral was the greater horse was also a battle between the era’s dominant Eastern racing establishment and the upstart ...

"Seabiscuit's like a hunk of steel - solid, strong," said George Woolf, the Hall of Fame jockey who rode Seabiscuit in the race against War Admiral. The horse also had the heart of a champion.

The horse, the subject of a popular book and movie, beat Triple Crown winner War Admiral in 1938, making him a hero to race fans across the country. At Saratoga in 1935 and 1936, though ...