A crowd of 40,000 once crowded into Santa Anita just to see Seabiscuit work out. In 1938, in one of the most famous of confrontations in sports history, Seabiscuit defeated Triple Crown winner War Admiral in a match race at Pimlico. Because of a serious injury that left him lame and presumably retired, Seabiscuit ran only once in 1939, but he returned in 1940 to win the Santa Anita Handicap. I would like to know more about using a horse's breeding to help me handicap races. A knowledge of breeding can be helpful in handicapping.
Stallions tend to pass on their talent for handling the turf or the mud.
Many horsemen believe that a certain kind of foot equips a horse for the turf, another for the mud, and maybe that's what the stallions are actually transmitting to their offspring. Inc. All Rights Reserved. National Thoroughbred Racing Assn.