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The book Seabiscuit: An American Legend, tells the life story of Seabiscuit, one of the most famous race horses in America at his time and existence, along with the background story on Seabiscuit’s trainer who discovered and trained him. I like how the book captures Seabiscuit’s greatest moments while he continued to attract the nation's attention at the height of the Great Depression. The book made Seabiscuit the classic underdog in the story with a big heart come back from what could have been a career ending injury to win the handicap race Santa Anita in 1940. Seabiscuit was born in an age when horses were becoming less relevant for travel needs and farming needs due to the upcoming popularity of automobiles, Seabiscuit and other equine …show more content…

His son Frankie Howard was killed in an accident during a race, Ron never completely recovered from the death. His marriage collapsed not long afterwards the death of his son. Tom Smith, whom was Seabiscuit’s trainer, was an old man with a lot of cowboy routines to deal with horse psychology. His old ways of training helped deplinish Seabiscuit’s several bad habits such as his laziness and stubbornness. Once Seabiscuit broke from his habits, he showed extensive improvement on the track, everyone could notice there had been a big change in Seabiscuit in his next few …show more content…

His old ways of training helped get rid of Seabiscuit’s several bad habits such as his laziness and stubbornness. John Pollard, who was Seabiscuit’s underlying rider, was born in Edmonton, Alberta. John was a admirer of classic literature and had numerous talents. John lost the majority of his sight in one eye, conceivably due to an injury during his terse boxing career. Swing On, Seabiscuit’s mother, gave birth to Seabiscuit was born in late May 1933, so he was half a year younger than the majority of racehorses that he was competing against. Seabiscuit started off by racing against horses in low-stakes claiming races, he occasionally showed the speed associated with his desire, but it was the non-stop racing that kept him in priceless shape. After the Santa Anita loss, Seabiscuit went on to win seven stakes races in a row, those including the Butler Handicap and the Massachusetts Handicap. After winning the Santa Anita Handicap the next year, Ron Pollard continued as Howard's stable

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