Seabiscuit - Saratoga Springs, NY
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N 43° 04.560 W 073° 46.377
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A statue of the famous race horse Seabiscuit is located on the grounds of the National Racing Museum and Hall Of Fame at 191 Union Avenue in Saratoga Springs, NY.
Waymark Code: WM14K23
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 07/18/2021
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A life-size bronze statue of Seabiscuit depicts the race horse with his head turned slightly to the right while standing on all four legs on a bronze plinth with the inscription SEABISCUIT on the front. The statue was created by Tex Hughlette Wheeler in 1941 and placed at the newly created National Racing Museum in 1950. When the museum was expanded in 2000 it was once again relocated to the east side of the building.
The statue is set on a rectangular, polished, black granite base the front of which has a laurel wreath and the inscription:
SEABISCUIT
1933 - 1947
The side of the base has the inscription:
BISCUIT'S COURAGE, HONESTY AND PHYSICAL
PROWESS DEFINITELY PLACE HIM AMONG THE
THOROUGHBRED IMMORTALS OF TURF HISTORY.
HE HAD INTELLIGENCE AND UNDERSTANDING
ALMOST SPIRITUAL IN QUALITY.
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A nearby sign has a biography of Seabiscuit. It is inscribed:
Seabiscuit
Hughlette (Tex) Wheeler
Bronze, 1941
Gift: Heirs of Charles S. Howard
Seabiscuit was former claiming horse
who rose to fame the height of
América's Great Depression. In 1938 he
defeated Triple Crown winner War
Admiral in match race. Two years later
coming off what, should have been
career-ending injury, he matched this feat
by winning the world's richest race
Santa Anita Handicap. Seabiscuit retired
with-world-record earnings of $437,780.
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