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 Tuesday, August 20, 2002

Racing Museum to Show Seabiscuit Documentary

The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame will host a sneak preview of "Seabiscuit, an American Experience" documentary for PBS, on Wednesday, August 21 and Thursday, August 22.

 Wednesday, August 14, 2002

Tobey Maguire Goes From Spider-Man to Seabiscuit

"Spider-Man" star Tobey Maguire has signed on to play jockey Red Pollard, who piloted the fabled Depression era horse Seabiscuit, in the major motion picture release of the Laura Hillenbrand book "Seabiscuit: An American Legend."

 Tuesday, August 06, 2002

Museum Employee Key to Missing Trophy Recovery

When Lori Fisher was hired as the curator of collections at the National Museum of Racing last summer, there was no mention that her new position would involve intrigue, amateur sleuthing, and solving a mysterious 50-year-old theft.

 Friday, June 28, 2002

Seabiscuit Trophy Donated to Hall of Fame

The trophy Seabiscuit won in the 1938 Agua Caliente Handicap, stolen in the early 1950s, was donated Thursday to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.

 Thursday, June 27, 2002

Stolen Seabiscuit Trophy Goes to Hall of Fame

The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame will announce June 27 the details of how a Seabiscuit trophy stolen in the 1950s was recovered. The trophy was stolen from the Howard family, which owned the famed Thoroughbred.

 Thursday, June 20, 2002

Seabiscuit Trophy Recovered; Headed to Museum

Officials at the National Musuem of Racing and Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., have called a press conference for next week to discuss the dramatic return of a Seabiscuit trophy stolen 50 years ago.

 Thursday, June 20, 2002

Seabiscuit (The Book) and Author Continue Winning Ways

Author Laura Hillenbrand and her best-selling book "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" continue their winning ways. In recent weeks, the book was named "Non-Fiction Book of the Year," by BookSense; hit No. 1 on the New York Times paperback non-fiction bestseller list for May 18; and was selected as this month's selection by the "USA Today Book Club."

 Friday, May 24, 2002

Coming Soon to a Bookstore Near You: More Horse Books

The success of Laura Hillenbrand's "Seabiscuit," which has more than 400,000 copies in print and is being made into a motion picture, is spawning more books on horse racing and breeding, according to USA Today.

 Wednesday, February 27, 2002

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 Tuesday, December 04, 2001

Another Win For Seabiscuit; Book Receives Top Award in England

"Seabiscuit", Laura Hillenbrand's best-selling book about the rags-to-riches story of a 1930s Thoroughbred champion and the colorful people associated with him, has been honored with the prestigious "William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award."

 Monday, November 26, 2001

Seabiscuit, the Book, Finalist For Prestigious Award

Seabiscuit, Laura Hillenbrand's best-selling book about the rags-to-riches story of a 1930s Thoroughbred champion and the colorful people associated with him, is a finalist for the "William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award."

 Friday, November 16, 2001

Seabiscuit and Best-Selling Author Featured on National TV

Seabiscuit, the rags-to-riches Thoroughbred hero of the 1930s, and Laura Hillenbrand, the author who wrote the best-selling book detailing the life of the horse and his connections, were featured Wednesday on ABC's "Good Morning America" program.

 Thursday, August 30, 2001

Seabiscuit Author's TV Appearance Bumped

Network television coverage of the Gary Condit-Chandra Levy case resulted in postponement of Friday's profile of Laura Hillenbrand and her book "Seabiscuit" on ABC's Good Morning America program.

 Friday, August 24, 2001

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 Thursday, August 23, 2001

Best-Selling Author, Turf Writer on NTRA Chat Session

Laura Hillenbrand, author of the best-selling book "Seabiscuit: An American Legend," will be the featured guest during a live chat at ntra.com from 7:00-7:30 p.m. (ET) today, April 11. Hillenbrand's book has climbed to the top of The New York Times best-seller list for non-fiction after just three weeks in the nation's bookstores.

 Wednesday, April 11, 2001

'Seabiscuit' Is Subject of NBC, NPR Segments

"Seabiscuit: An American Legend," the recently-released book by Laura Hillenbrand that will occupy the top spot on the April 8 New York Times bestseller list for non-fiction, will be the focus of a segment on the Thursday (April 5) edition of the "NBC Nightly News" with Tom Brokaw.

 Thursday, April 05, 2001

Seabiscuit Tops Another List

The great racehorse Seabiscuit took America by storm in the late 1930s. Now he has won a race of a different kind with the announcement that the book written about his career, "Seabiscuit: An American Legend," by Laura Hillenbrand, will occupy the top spot on the April 8 New York Times bestseller list for non-fiction after just three weeks in the nation's bookstores.

 Thursday, March 29, 2001

Book Buzz

By Ray Paulick -- We have what should be a runaway winner in one of the divisions of the annual Eclipse Awards, which honor the equine and human champions of our sport. Whether it's an Award of Merit, which is given to a worthy individual nearly every year, or a Special Award, which recognizes outstanding achievement when warranted, Laura Hillenbrand is deserving.

 Tuesday, March 27, 2001

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 Monday, March 05, 2001

Seabiscuit's Trainer Joining Hall of Fame

Because the people and horses elected to racing’s Hall of Fame are revealed each spring prior to the Kentucky Derby (gr. I), the induction ceremony in August at Saratoga is more of a celebration than a news-making event. But this year’s induction provided a surprise.

 Tuesday, August 08, 2000
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