CoSB Chapter 4: A Stinging Loss

The win finally comes for Seabiscuit.

Seabiscuit’s recuperation lasts several months and then the decision is made to bring both him and Red out of retirement.

Owners, trainers, and jockeys meet together at Pimlico track for the race of the century.

This chapter chronicles the ups and downs of Seabiscuit’s East Coast attempt to run against War Admiral.

Seabiscuit doesn’t race for nearly all the weeks leading up to the Santa Anita race because of owner disagreements and Red’s injury. Two jockeys are tried and it is Sonny who rides in the Classic.

Seabiscuit finishes his wins in California, then head east to set track records and become the winner of the largest total prize money for a season.

Seabiscuit loses his run at Santa Anita, but redeems his reputation immediately after in a smaller stakes race but with a stunning performance.

Seabiscuit heals, gets stronger, and starts winning races—beginning in the East and then out West in California.

Seabiscuit is bought, slowly healed, and given the chance to change from irritable to grateful.

Seabiscuit’s birth and trials during his early years are chronicled up to the point in his life when an old cowboy, Tom Smith, recognizes a horse with “real stuff.”