Gilcoyne traveled to New York City and Boston to see Seabiscuit, but never sought out the horse at Saratoga. Few did. "He was a very much overlooked horse in his Saratoga career," Gilcoyne said.

Seabiscuit took the goat in its teeth ... And the Santa Anita scenes were filmed at the track (as were the Saratoga scenes filmed at Saratoga.) "We were lucky. All we had to do was take out ...

Seabiscuit was one of the most remarkable Thoroughbred racehorses in history. From 1936 to 1940, Americans thronged to racetracks to watch the small, ungainly racehorse become a champion.