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Seabiscuit (May 23, 1933 – May 17, 1947) was a champion thoroughbred racehorse in the United States who became the top money-winning racehorse up to the 1940s. He beat the 1937 Triple Crown winner, War Admiral, by four lengths in a two-horse special at Pimlico and was voted American Horse of the Year for 1938.

A small horse, at 15.2 hands high, Seabiscuit had an inauspicious start to his racing career, winning only a quarter of his first 40 races, but became an unlikely champion and a plucky symbol of hope to many Americans during the Great Depression.


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Seabiscuit was named for his father, who was called Hardtack . Hardtack or a "sea biscuit" is the name for a type of cracker eaten by sailors.

After reading Hillenbrand's book, he always had Maguire in mind for the roll of Pollard, who was tall for a jockey at 5-7. Maguire is 5-8 and is usually 160 pounds, but he went on a training routine of 16 workouts a week and a diet of 1650 calories per day. The regimen worked and he shot the film weighing only 137. He also took boxing lessons.


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