Breyer Horse Discontinued War Admiral

Breyer Horse Discontinued War Admiral (image 1/1)
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A son of the great racehorse Man o' War, War Admiral had much to live up to. Foaled in 1934, he was a small, plain brown colt without a speck of white that matured to just a shade above 15.2 hands. But as they say, good things come in small packages. Though Samuel J. Riddle, War Admiral's owner, felt that the timing of the ten-furlong distance of the Kentucky Derby came too early in the three-year-old's career, he allowed War Admiral to enter the field anyway. Never an easy horse to load in the starting gate, War Admiral held up the start of the Kentucky Derby for more than eight minutes. When the break finally came, War Admiral took the lead and held it to the end, winning the race by 1 3/4 lengths. He went on to win the Preakness and the Belmont Stakes, capturing the prestigious Triple Crown in 1937 along with the honor of being named Horse of the Year. But War Admiral had yet to meet the highly touted four-year-old underdog Seabiscuit, a grandson of Man o' War. After several attempted meetings, these two champions finally met in the Pimlico Special on November 1, 1938, a match race that has gone done in the history books as one of the greatest of all time. Battered by the Great Depression, people looked to racing to take their minds off their troubles. War Admiral went off heavily favored in the betting. But Seabiscuit broke cleanly read more
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