IN case the question is raised, the race between War Admiral and Seabiscuit for $100,000 at Belmont Park on Monday won’t be a match race, since the owners of the horses haven’t contributed to the ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. The “Race of the Century.” Nowadays, sports fans would call it an “Instant Classic.” On Nov. 1, 1938, in a two-horse ...

THE big moment of the Widener Cup Handicap at Miami last week came right after the start. As usual, War Admiral cut such didos in the stall starting gate that he was placed outside, and about a length ...

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 career.

And down the stretch they come at Baltimore’s Pimlico Race Course on a bright Wednesday afternoon. Today the home of the Preakness Stakes and the famous Seabiscuit–War Admiral match race of ...

On Nov. 1, 1938, in a two-horse match, Seabiscuit defeated the favored Triple Crown winner War Admiral by four lengths in what was dubbed the “Race of the Century” at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore.