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In this text I’m going to explain about how Red and Seabiscuit transcended their ''underdog'' label, and how Jason McElwain seized ''his'' moment. I’m going to link both stories and the underdog definition to a personal event in my life. First of all, the story of Red and Seabiscuit is a perfect example of an underdog because Red had a bad reputation of losing all the time, and he was five foot seven, too tall to be a jockey. While Seabiscuit, he has wobbly knees, his ribs are sticking out of his skin and he is always sleeping. But on top of all that, Red is blind in his right eye but he kept it a secret and if people knew about it, they wouldn’t let him race because it’s a huge weakness. One time, in a race, Seabiscuit and him were running

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