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American Experience "Seabiscuit"
SeabiscuitOn New Year's Eve, 1938, columnist Walter Winchell published his annual list of the year's top ten newsmakers. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was among those mentioned. So was British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. The tenth spot, however, went to a horse. Seabiscuit was dung-colored and boxy, with stumpy legs that wouldn't completely straighten, a straggly tail and an ungainly gait, but though he didn't look the part, he was one of the most remarkable thoroughbred race horses in history.
Air Date
Monday, 4/3 from 9-10 p.m. ET
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pbs.org/wgbh/amex/seabiscuit/
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