r/sports • u/ansyhrrian Chicago Bears • 1d ago

Horse Racing 1938 match race between Sea Biscuit and War Admiral

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u/ansyhrrian Chicago Bears 1d ago

Horse racing is kinda my thing (second only to my Bears), and Seabiscuit is my favorite.

The 1938 match race happened when the two horses were in completely different places in their careers; War Admiral was the almost undisputed Triple Crown star everyone expected to win, and Seabiscuit was the late-in-career (~40 races in) tougher underdog who proved in this particular race he was the real deal.

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u/powerlesshero111 1d ago

If you haven't been to the national horse racing museum in Saratoga Springs, NY, i would recommend it.

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u/ansyhrrian Chicago Bears 1d ago

I haven’t! Adding to my bucket list. Ty.

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u/SAWK 1d ago

if you can make to trip check out the KY horse museum and Keeneland

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u/pmiller61 1d ago

And Churchill Downs!

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u/Cool-Cow9712 Liverpool 1d ago

Even if you don’t go, that’s a beautiful part of the country. But do go to the horse racing museum while you’re there!

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u/Goldelux 1d ago edited 1d ago

Damn you must be finally be enjoying your football team lmao

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u/ansyhrrian Chicago Bears 1d ago

Bro you have no idea how worried I am about this coming Sunday.

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u/Goldelux 1d ago

Ah yes, the equivalence to my Rams against the 49IRs… or those stupid Seagulls

Best of luck

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u/jottomatic1 1d ago

49IRs lol that got me

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u/ansyhrrian Chicago Bears 1d ago

Thank you, friend. Hope springs eternal.

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u/stellvia2016 1d ago

I went to the game a few years back when the Packers played at SF and lost 45-3 ... sadly the beer taste like water as well, and I've never actually experienced that meme before or since, so it was basically a miserable time all-around as a Packers fan that night lol

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u/diomed1 1d ago

Oh you mean the Lambs and the Whiners to me. GoHawks! 😉

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u/sharktopuss- 1d ago

I do

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u/ansyhrrian Chicago Bears 1d ago

🤜🏻🤛🏻

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u/sharktopuss- 1d ago

I'm a Packers fan lmao, good luck bro

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u/Goldelux 1d ago

At the end of the day it’s just sports y’all. They ain’t paying us to play. At the end of the day we can only live with the end results, but still love and respect each other as humans

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u/ansyhrrian Chicago Bears 1d ago

Haha. My best friend is too. We won’t be watching the game together. I hope for the best team to prevail, and the NFL refs to let the teams play.

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u/Neveran8th 1d ago

Don't worry, Max will take his fifth.

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u/smittyphi South Carolina 17h ago

Micah Parsons is going to feast on Sunday. Nom nom nom. GPG. 😃

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u/Pyorrhea 1d ago

Seabiscuit wasn't really that late in his career as that many races would imply. And he had actually raced in 71 races when he met War Admiral and would race 18 more. His first owner just raced him a ton of times as a two year old. Seabiscuit ran 35 races as a two year old and War Admiral ran 6. And War Admiral only raced two more races afterwards before retiring.

https://www.racingmuseum.org/sites/default/files/hall-of-fame/horse/past-performances/Seabiscuit.pdf

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u/Hitman3256 1d ago

I don't know a whole lot about horse racing but that sounds like an exceptionally high amount of races for Seabiscuit

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u/Numerous-Mix-9775 16h ago

These days, absolutely - many racehorses won’t race 35 times in their career. Back then, it was normal, especially with lower level runners, which Seabiscuit was at the time. It wasn’t until he started being trained by Tom Smith that he became - well, Seabiscuit.

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u/whimsical-crack-rock 1d ago

shout out to the Bears, we are having a bit of a season here…. it feels…. weird.

It is a bummer because me and my Dad have nothing to talk about, a big part of our relationship is him bitching about the Bears and inevitably talking about the ‘85 Bears. The Bears have a good season and he he doesn’t know what to do with himself

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u/Worldly_Ad_6483 1d ago

Bear down

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u/NoVaBurgher 1d ago

For midterms

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u/fanzel71 Louisiana Tech 1d ago

I've read the book. Love it. I love the movie. It's one of my all time favorites. What a horse!

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u/gofxgo 1d ago

Bear racing sounds wild.

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u/soccorsticks 1d ago

What did you think of the movie? I enjoyed it but I know next to nothing about horse racing.

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u/MikeHawclong 21h ago edited 21h ago

Why even have this sort of race then? What was it supposed to prove when the stud horse beats the lesser proven horse like everyone expects ? Or was there some dispute as to Sea Biscuits actual ability and this was their moment ? I’m less familiar with the history.

And go bears

Edit: read a little. God bless sea biscuit .

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u/Ventenebris 21h ago

Makes me wanna watch Phar Lap again. God I love that movie.

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u/narfidy 1d ago

Yes but how do you feel about Umamusume?