War Admiral
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Nov 2, 2026
Amber HuntHOST
He's considered one of the greatest racehorses that ever lived, though he didn't win the Triple Crown because it didn't exist then.
Amber HuntHOST
Though it should be noted that one of his sons, War Admiral, did.
Amber HuntHOST
Man O' War is still a legend, though.
Amber HuntHOST
It's now also the name of a road that wends its way through Lexington, which has a generous habit of naming a lot of its streets for the animals that put it on the map.
Erin HoganHOST
What a moment.
Erin HoganHOST
The match race won by whom, Jack Farrell? The match race against War Admiral.
Erin HoganHOST
The horse that couldn't be beaten.
Erin HoganHOST
Secretariat? Oh.
Erin HoganHOST
And movie.
Erin HoganHOST
The great Seabiscuit actually happened, because I can play this for you, from Pimlico Raceway back in 1937, heart of the Great Depression.
Erin HoganHOST
So War Admiral was this super horse that couldn't be beaten, and this little horse that was too small, and jockey was too big, and it was Great Depression.
Erin HoganHOST
It brought everybody back, and everybody showed up from everywhere at Pimlico to see this.
speaker_6HOST
We have Seabiscuit and his aunt.
speaker_6HOST
We have War Admiral riding around Melbourne.
speaker_6HOST
And here's another great picture.
speaker_6HOST
We have a dentist office down here, a chemist and a saloon all occupying this grand hotel.
speaker_2ADVERTISER
Here's a brief look at a few things that happened on this day throughout history.
speaker_2ADVERTISER
On this day in 1938, it was the famous match race between War Admiral and Seabiscuit.
EliseHOST
It was dubbed the match race of the century.
EliseHOST
War Admiral was a East Coast Triple Crown winner in 1937.
EliseHOST
Seabiscuit was a scrappy, knock-kneed West Coast horse that never raced in a Triple Crown race.
EliseHOST
The race was held at Baltimore's Pimlico Racetrack, with a distance of a mile and three-sixteenths.
EliseHOST
An overflow crowd of 40,000 sardined their way around the track, and an estimated 40 million more gathered around radios across the country.
EliseHOST
Charlie Kurtzinger was aboard War Admiral, and George the Iceman Wolf was atop Seabiscuit.
speaker_11NARRATOR
The film classic Cool Hand Luke opened in American theaters on this day in 1967, and it became especially known for Paul Newman's performance in one of his iconic antihero roles.
speaker_11NARRATOR
In a horse race that captured the imagination of Americans during the Great Depression, Seabiscuit defeated War Admiral by four lengths on this day in 1938.
Tiki JaneCORRESPONDENT
That's your weekly almanac.
Tiki JaneCORRESPONDENT
I am Tiki Jane.
Tiki JaneCORRESPONDENT
The film classic Cool Hand Luke opened in American theaters on this day in 1967, and it became especially known for Paul Newman's performance in one of his iconic antihero roles.
Tiki JaneCORRESPONDENT
In a horse race that captured the imagination of Americans during the Great Depression, Seabiscuit defeated War Admiral by four lengths on this day in 1938.
Tiki JaneHOST
That's your weekly almanac.
Tiki JaneHOST
I am Tiki Jane.
Jem DuducuHOST
mainly back in the 1920s.
Jem DuducuHOST
And Seabiscuit, terrible name for a horse, but his nemesis was War Horse.
Jem DuducuHOST
He had a nemesis horse.
Jem DuducuHOST
So there's like a grudge match against it.
Cody DeckerGUEST
I describe them as like sea biscuit.
Cody DeckerGUEST
You got to pull them back a little bit so we can see War Admiral's eyes so we can then just take off and beat the Dodgers by eight.
Tim MurrayHOST
Cody Decker joining us here.
Tim MurrayHOST
All right, I got to ask this because I know you're a big fan of, hey, you hit a home run, man.
Mike FasanoHOST
yeah
Frank FasanoHOST
um and it was just like hit that spot you know your cold beer some seafood on your way to the second round i mean you're just living at that you're living at that point yeah absolutely that was that was fantastic so sneaky pete's right on the water and then we made our way over again another maybe 10 15 minute drive from sneaky pete's over to glenn riddle golf club and at glen riddle the nice thing here is you've got two options for golf courses uh we played man of war uh there was also war admiral which were there and if those names sound familiar it's because they're the names of some very famous thoroughbred racing horses and the reason being is actually if you're kind of a history buff it's really cool Glenn Riddle Farm was the farm where these horses were raised and trained.
Frank FasanoHOST
And there are still remnants of that today, including the original starting gate, which is in play between tee boxes.
Frank FasanoHOST
And there's a cool, there's a plaque on it.
Frank FasanoHOST
It tells you how, you know, War Admiral and some of these other Man O' War, these famous horses raced and trained from that starting gate.
Frank FasanoHOST
And there's even a section of the original track there, as well as the original water tower.
Frank FasanoHOST
And if you dip into the clubhouse, which is cool, it used to be the stables.
Frank FasanoHOST
So you could also do your 36 there.
John ParkerHOST
You know, I think of it in terms of some of the great match races of horse racing.
John ParkerHOST
Seabiscuit and, and War Admiral.
John ParkerHOST
You know, if you had two top owners or trainers and they just wanted to...
John ParkerHOST
You know, they had two great dogs and they just wanted for bragging rights and so forth, just for spectacle as well, that they might, somebody might challenge and a, and a promoter or a bookmaker, you know-