Seabiscuit wins the 1940 Santa Anita Handicap

The mighty Seabiscuit wins the treasured Big Cap and becomes the richest horse in the world at that time.
Movie stars and other celebrities loved Santa Anita. This video is quite the piece of nostalgia.

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• Thoroughbred
• Horse
• Racing
• 1940
• Santa
• Anita
• Handicap
• Seabiscuit
• Red
• Pollard
• Tom
• Smith
• Charles
• Howard
• Joe
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• California
• United
• States

[JugglingTed]

Thanks for posting this! What a dirty/dusty track to see here! I enjoy watching Seabiscuit and Secretariat frequently. I wonder which one would have won between them!

[cf1970]

Heya, Ted! Glad you enjoyed it. As to who would have won between them...Secretariat, hands down. Big Red's raw, universal talent really is unparalleled. He could win on anything, from anywhere. I'm not looking to start a firestorm of debate here, but he's my pick.

Have a good week!

[RidingWithRuffian]

great race! too bad todays racers don't kick up dust like they used to! Seabiscuit was GREAT! but anyway, thank you for putting this on here!

[cf1970]

You're very welcome! Thanks for the comments.

[RainyMarch]

Love the video. These old clips are so exciting. They show the time when horse racing was so popular and horses were true heros. They still are! These animals deserve our respect and appreciation--especially after their racing days are over. Thanks so much for posting. I also enjoyed seeing the movie stars--especially Tyrone Power.

[cf1970]

Very well said! Thank you very much for watching.

[davisondad]

You are right, there will never be another Biscuit! Only geldings would ever even get a chance to compete beyond a 4 year old season. Funny Cide is probably the closest we have seen to this, and he falls mile short of the Biscuit in every way. Economics has sadly replaced the Bravado that used to rule horse racing. Men like Charles Howard and Sam Riddle have been replaced by Billionaires and Shieks, or worse yet, by thier financial advisors!!

[monroe444444]

You really must read the book Seabiscuit if you haven't already. It is superbly written. Seabiscuit's jockey, Red Pollard, and his trainer, Tom Smith, were also heroes in this story, and even his owner, Charles Howard, for putting his faith in Pollard and Smith.

[deserthorses5]

Great video to watch! My grandparents' house was about 2 miles from Santa Anita and granddad used to take my mom and aunt over to Santa Anita to watch "The Biscuit" run. I heard many stories of Seabiscuit as a kid.

[mulgrum]

I've been handicapping for 40 years. SB was a great horse, but Sec would have demolished him. Sec's times at 1 3/16, at 1 1/4 and at 1/ 1/2 were at least 10 lengths faster than SB. SB beat a phenominal horse in WA, but that was mainly because SB trained for and got the early lead that WA needed. That wouldn't have worked with Sec, who won from anywhere. But so what? SB wasn't famous because of being historically fast but because of his gutsiness and compelling story. That's enough for me.

[darkfey1963]

Biscuit and Red's last ride.Very moving;thank you for posting it!

[illmadeknight]

One thing you have to look at when you compare Seabiscuit to Secretariat was that when Seabiscuit was really rolling, he was already too old to be in the Triple Crown Races. He won this race when he was seven years old which is a long time for a race horse. Secretariat only ran until he was three and had won the Triple Crown. Seabiscuit beat the Triple Crown winner of 1937 War Admiral in 1938 when Biscuit was already five. Biscuit is the greatest in my humble opinion. :)

[buzzclick500]

Santa Anita is horse racing done right. ;])

[djangoman2008]

Thank you -  Dj

[cheeriosinabowl]

Look at the huge crowd in the grandstand ! You don't get big crowds like that anymore.

Horse racing has lost alot of popularity in the last 20 years.

Seabiscuit is my hero, as far as athletes go.

[7purplejeans]

Amazing..

[8mmoore1]

What a fantastic video, thanks for bringing this to us, I watched the movie again last night and realized that we don't give this horse as much credit as he deserved, even though it has been many years ago, Michele