“Seabiscuit” tells the story of the unlikely champion who became America’s hero and of the men who nurtured his potential and drove him to superstardom. While Seabiscuit’s tale is primarily one of triumph over hardscrabble adversity, it also illuminates the national mood as the country struggled through the economic uncertainties of the 1930s.
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What you can do online at http://www.pbs.org/amex/seabiscuit/ :

- Spend a day at the races and see what California’s Santa Anita Park was like in the 1930s.

- Listen to vintage radio broadcasts of Seabiscuit’s most famous races, including his match race against War Admiral and the 1940 Santa Anita Handicap.

- Access an exclusive interview with Laura Hillenbrand, author of “Seabiscuit: An American Legend,” who describes Red Pollard, Tom Smith, and other people close to Seabiscuit.

- Browse a gallery of superhorses and see how thirty legendary thoroughbreds including Man O’War, Secretariat, and Seattle Slew compare.

- Read Seabiscuit’s obituary, written by sportswriter Red Smith of The New York Herald Tribune.

- Learn about “Seabiscuit-itus,” jockeys and eating disorders, thoroughbred breeding, and more.

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