By Karen - 12 August 2021
On New Year's Eve in 1938, the top ten news figures of the year in the United States were released. There were nine people on the list, including Franklin Roosevelt, Neville Chamberlain and Adolf Hitler. They were on the same list as the ocean. The biscuit horse-it was short and defective, and its jockey was impoverished.
However, together they created a miracle in the history of horse racing. In 1936, horse trainer Tom Smith bought a 3-year-old thoroughbred horse named "Sea Cake Biscuit". It was a horse dung-colored, short stature, protruding and asymmetrical knees, and it was not straight enough. It was completely flawed. The typical figure. Despite its extremely poor record, Smith still saw the uniqueness of this horse: "Seabiscuit reveals a kind of real self-confidence."
Under Smith's training, the sea biscuit has undergone a qualitative change. The sea biscuit really lived up to the high expectations. It and its jockey Bora Pola are almost invincible. In 1937, Sea Biscuits won ten important lottery games, and its annual income reached 144,000 US dollars, more than the most profitable horse racing in its heyday. On November 1, 1938, the game between Sea Biscuit and another prize horse king, the "Warlord", attracted the attention of all Americans. Even people who had never watched a horse race paid attention to the game. Seabiscuit, which won by four horses, was well-deservedly elected to the Horse Racing of the Year.
An accident on February 14, 1939 seemed to have ended the marine biscuit career-the suspensory ligament of the left front leg was ruptured, and it was likely that it would never be able to participate in the competition. Masbola's leg was also interrupted and reconnected for the third time.
Paula said: "Seabiscuit and I are a pair of lame men. We are all over." However, in the autumn of the same year, the owner of Seabiscuit made an amazing announcement: On March 2, 1940, the 7-year-old Sea Biscuit will be the last A challenge that it has been unable to conquer: the Santa Anita 100,000 Bonus Tournament. At this time, if Hongmao Pola's leg is broken again, she will be disabled for life. But Paula insisted that he could play. He said, "I have four good legs with the sea biscuit, so that's it."
The entire racing world is paying attention to Santa Anita and the comeback of Seabiscuit. It has twice passed the $100,000 bonus by a small gap. The results of the race shocked the entire United States. Seabiscuit ran the best result in the history of the Santa Anita Race, the second best result in the history of American horse racing, and broke the world record. The famous writer Julie Roger wrote: "How lucky I am to live to see this day."
Seabiscuit was injured and could hardly continue the game, but it overcame the injury and continued to compete until he was old and retired. Its jockey Paula has also had a tragic accident, but the lame old partners are all cheered up again, and they are stubborn and regaining their glory. For a country that has fallen into the anxiety and panic caused by the economic depression, this is definitely a brilliant dawn. Every protagonist in the story has the spirit of fighting, and the spirit and power to overcome difficulties and win success paved a road to success. This spirit is the cornerstone of success. The legendary story of Seabiscuit and Pola is the best portrayal of this spirit. The era of Seabiscuit was the era of the Great Depression in the United States. At that time, Seabiscuit succeeded in playing an idol that can pin the American spirit. The miracle of Seabiscuit has inspired countless Americans in anxiety and panic. Subsequently, the US economy also began to recover. From this perspective, the sea biscuit not only changed the fate of him and his master, but also inspired the entire country.
