Seabiscuit
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N 42° 26.564 W 083° 06.979
17T E 325948 N 4701104
Located within the Michigan State Fairgrounds. I had to call to request access in the off-season. Go east from the Woodward Avenue entrance on Great Lakes Boulevard, just past the Hertel Coliseum at Blue Ribbon Boulevard.
Waymark Code: WM135A
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 12/31/2006
Views: 43
The January 11, 1939 San Francisco News reported that in 1938 Seabiscuit filled more newspaper space than Adolf Hitler or Franklin Roosevelt. The legendary thoroughbred had begun his career as a mediocre racehorse, but that changed in September 1936, here, at the Detroit Fairgrounds. Ridden for the first time by a little-known jockey named Johnny "Red" Pollard, Seabiscuit won the Governor's Handicap and then the Hendrie Handicap, his first major stakes victories. Here, with new owners Charles and Marcella Howard and new trainer Tom Smith, Seabiscuit was retrained into one of the greatest racehorses of the twentieth century. Seabiscuit's rise from obscurity, above all his 1938 triumph over Triple Crown winner War Admiral, made him a national hero during the Great Depression.
Historical Name: Seabiscuit, Johnny "Red" Pollard, War Admiral
Parking nearby?: yes
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website: [Web Link]
Registered Site #: State Site #693
Historical Date: Not listed
Description: Not listed
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