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This is the true story of a former
bicycle repairman, Charles Howard (Bridges), who made his fortune introducing
the automobile to the American West, and who owned a small, knobbly-kneed horse
called Seabiscuit. Howard teamed up with a half-blind ex-boxing prize fighter,
Red Pollard (Maguire), who became the horse's jockey and a former "mustang
breaker" Wild West performer called "The Lone Plainsman", Tom
Smith (Cooper), who became the horse's trainer. As the United States struggled
through the Great Depression, people around the country followed with rapt
interest of the Seabiscuit story, leading to his win of the Horse of the Year
honors in 1938.
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