Del Mar Racetrack Del Mar, California, United States
Inaugurated
1977 (as Citation Handicap at Hollywood Park Racetrack)
Race type
Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website
Del Mar
Race information
Distance
1+1⁄16 miles
Surface
Turf
Track
Left-handed
Qualification
Three-year-olds and older
Weight
Assigned
Purse
$200,000 (since 2023)
The Seabiscuit Handicap is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for three-years-old and older over a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles (8+1⁄2 furlongs) on the turf track scheduled annually in late November at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California. The event currently carries a purse of $200,000.
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The SeabiscuitHandicap is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for three-years-old and older over a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles (8+1⁄2...
defeat Seabiscuit won the San Juan Capistrano Handicap by seven lengths in track record time of 1:484⁄5 for the 1+1⁄8 mile event. Seabiscuit was rapidly...
incorporates actual black-and-white footage of Seabiscuit in races, including the 1940 Santa Anita Handicap and the 1938 match race against rival War Admiral...
7-year-old Seabiscuit to a win in the Santa Anita Handicap at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. It was Seabiscuit's last race. Pollard rode Seabiscuit 30...
hosted a $25,000 winner-take-all match race between Charles S. Howard's Seabiscuit and the Binglin Stable's colt, Ligaroti. In an era when horse racing ranked...
close battle with Seabiscuit, the Champion older horse. In 1938, War Admiral won eight major races, including the Whitney Handicap and Jockey Club Gold...
and race their horses. The Agua Caliente Handicap was only run twice more: in 1938, when it was won by Seabiscuit, and in 1958, when it was won by Round...
the Bay Meadows Handicap had been the longest continually run stakes event in California, having been started in 1934. Seabiscuit won this race twice:...
use. Probably the dominant figure in the early years of the race was Seabiscuit, as the race proved to be a metaphor for his career. In his first two...
Thoroughbred stallion racehorse foaled in 1942, sired by 1930s winner Seabiscuit, for owner Charles Howard. Although Sea Sovereign achieved moderate success...
2005 and was renamed during that period as the SeabiscuitHandicap and Seabiscuit Breeders' Cup Handicap. In 2006 the race was returned to Golden Gate...
Massachusetts Handicap was won by some of the biggest names in Thoroughbred racing history including Hall of Fame inductees Riva Ridge, Stymie, Seabiscuit, Eight...
recently acquired Seabiscuit got his first stakes race win for new owner Charles Howard's on September 7, 1936, in the Governor's Handicap at the Detroit...
completed the year by finishing second to Midnight Storm in the SeabiscuitHandicap. Bal a Bali had a disappointing six-year-old campaign, going winless...
Knightess, who had gained notoriety for her Massachusetts Handicap battle with Seabiscuit, won the race in 1937 and was soon purchased by Charles S....
named in his honor. He became known for riding the people's champion Seabiscuit to victories in 1938. After his early death resulting from a racing accident...
of the track moved the event back one week. Originally, the Santa Anita Handicap, San Felipe Stakes, Frank E. Kilroe Mile and Buena Vista Stakes were scheduled...
The 1938 running saw future Hall of Famer Seabiscuit put on a performance in the Havre de Grace Handicap that the New York Times described as "one of...
Jolson, and Harry Warner were all stockholders. In 1940, Seabiscuit won the Santa Anita Handicap in his last start. In 1942, racing at Santa Anita was suspended...
in its history. Other Butler Handicap winning horses who went on to have Hall of Fame careers were Assault, Seabiscuit, and Stymie. In 1942, Tola Rose...
winner Popcorn Deelites: the main horse who played Seabiscuit in the Oscar Nominated film Seabiscuit Potoooooooo: 18th-century thoroughbred racehorse who...
June 2020. Lowry, Paul (7 March 1937). "Seabiscuit Triumphs By Seven Lengths (1937 San Juan Capistrano Handicap – race 6: held 6 March 1937)". Los Angeles...
Special was host to one of American racing's most historic moments when Seabiscuit defeated War Admiral in a much anticipated match race. That race was covered...
served as a technical advisor, racing designer and actor in the 2003 film Seabiscuit. That same year he was hired by Magna Entertainment Corp. to serve as...
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