The Seabiscuit Story: From the Pages of the Nation's Most Prominent Racing Magazine
Edited by John McEvoy

"The Seabiscuit Story is not to be missed!"--Laura Hillenbrand, author of the mega-bestseller Seabiscuit: An American Legend

Pub Date: September 2003. The amazing rags-to-riches story of 1930s hero Seabiscuit is chronicled in the pages of the country's most respected horse racing magazine, The Blood-Horse.

Actual accounts of Seabiscuit's rise to fame give an immediacy to his story as it unfolds week to week. The reporting starts with his first stakes victory at age two, continues with his success under new trainer Tom Smith, and follows the coast-to-coast victories that made him a national icon during the dark years of the Depression. And readers will discover that while some things may never change in horse racing (such as weight controversies), the important milestones have--the biggest quest in Seabiscuit's career was achieving the "leading money earner" position, an arduous task for him but something that has little meaning in our day of million-dollar purses.

Some of the nation's most revered Turf writers from that time, including the legendary Joe Palmer and David Alexander, share their insights into Seabiscuit and his human counterparts, trainer Smith, owner Charles S. Howard, and jockey Red Pollard.

Original photos from the archives of The Blood-Horse and the Keeneland Library accompany the text, as well as Seabiscuit's pedigree and charts of his stakes wins and some of his key losses.

Editor John McEvoy provides an overview of Seabiscuit's career and of other major events happening in horse racing at the time.

Praise for The Seabiscuit Story:

"A worthy companion volume to Laura Hillenbrand's bestselling book and now movie...For those of you intrigued or enamored by the tale of Howard, Pollard, Smith and of course Seabiscuit, this account of many of the actual first-hand news reports will come as a fascinating addition to their history."

--Susan van Dyke, Washington Thoroughbred

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"(Seabiscuit) was a real rags-to-riches story and this book chronicles his career in great detail, capturing all the news items and photographs of the great horse, and providing the background of the great characters behind the horse."

--Carmine Pascuzzi, Mediasearch.com.au

Softcover
6 x 9
168 pages
42 b&w photos
34 race charts
Product #B11-1076
List Price: $16.95
ISBN: 1-58150-098-X