Four Legged Heroes: Seabiscuit's Comeback

[ScottInVa1760]

What an awesome story!!! The background on Seabiscuit and the Howard racing team is even more fascinating than the movie depicted. An amazing group of people with an amazing horse for the ages!!

[meryhart]

OHHHHHHHHH! I never knew this part was real, I thought they created it for the movie!!!!! Made me cry, THANK YOU SO MUCH for posting this awesome footage.

[ractajeno]

I can't think of anyone better to narrate this wonderful documentary than Scott Glenn, though Chris Cooper would have been excellent too! What a truly inspiring story!

[ractajeno]

I can't think of anyone better to narrate this wonderful documentary than Scott Glenn, though Chris Cooper would have been excellent too!

[drsomeone1]

Every great character in this world experienced failure, even seabiscuit, and some of them for long time had this experience. But the common things between them is that they never stopped believing and trying till they succeded. If you dont taste failure you wont taste victory.

[daanielssson]

wow! I get tears in my eyes! I don't need to say any more ♥

[robtsaunders]

Thank you for posting this.

[gcastro44]

he was an awesome horse... A California legend. We love him here in Northern California. I live by Tanforan in San Bruno where the famous track used to be. We have a statue in his honor and named a street after him.

[COSMOTOPPER777]

@gcastro44 I attended Menlo Junior College back in 1970-72. It's a wonderful area.

[Shels00]

I was just wondering if you knew where one could find this documentary and what the reference data is for it (to try to find it). THANKS!

[naamhier]

wow...

[nitabonn]

Loved this - thanks for sharing!

[DLbramming]

This amazing documentary, made me cry, just as much as the hollywoodfilm. There's a lot of great racehorses, but never someone as great as Seabiscuit. I'm a big fan. Hope you never remove this video, cause I have favorited it. I think the best part is seing Red with Seabiscuit, and the two of them, crossing the last finish line :')

[COSMOTOPPER777]

I have to disagree with you just a little... The American Experience documentary (IMHO) was so much better than the Hollywood film. If you haven't watched the companion clip to this one (at cosmotopper777) it puts you in the reality of those 2 minutes where Seabiscuit devastated one of the greatest horses in history, running away in the homestretch. I know there are dozens out there, but this one is special. Thanks for your comment.

[justasinger54]

This horse was the greatest ever, poorly trained at the beginning, he showed his breeding, I always found it funny War admirals owner saying seabuscuit didn't have the breeding when both horses were down from man-o-war, the admiral directly and seabuscuit through hard tack, this animal inspired a nation just when the nation needed an underdog the most...keep on....justasinger54

[COSMOTOPPER777]

When you consider what a great horse War Admiral was (and looked the part), Seabiscuit's stretch run seems even more amazing. He was still accelerating when he crossed the finish line. Inspiring to watch every time I go back to this one.

[justasinger54]

Yes my fellow Seabuscuit fan, what a move at the end, but what a bold move to challenge Seabuscuit to look War Admiral in the eye on the backstretch, when he pulled away and was, as you say, still accelerating at the end, I believed I was watching the greatest horse in the greatest match race, if not the greatest horse race ever, no race horse ever had more heart than Seabuscuit, it is the ultimate underdog story in a time when the country needed a hero.. happy holidays...justasinger54

[pdxdefatty]

I saw this documentary on PBS, and later the movie with Jeff Bridges. The documentary beats the movie hands down. It was engrossing, gotta admit to a few tears in my eyes when I see this ending.

[melc1949]

Tiny note about this "quintessentially American" story: both Red Pollard and George Wolfe were Canadians and Howard had roots in Canada too.

[COSMOTOPPER777]

I went to some lengths to remove comments from the clip by Laura Hillenbrand (author of the book) without damaging the narrative of the documentary too much. I thought she tended to lean too heavily towards hyperbole and melodrama, rather than letting the story stand on it's own. That said, Canada is a part of America, at least in the original sense of the word. But your point is appreciated, and well taken.

[RahulPerhar]

This is a truly inspiring video ... a very great post ... thanks for it.

[COSMOTOPPER777]

Glad you liked it. My remix of the War Admiral match race is a little more fun than most (music by Ennio Moriccone) if you haven't seen it. Thanks for the comment!

[Seabiscuit923]

He's such an amazing horse. He had the true heart of a champion.

[PKingman]

Need him now.