Seabiscuit: An American Legend

Woolf’s fall: “The Iceman Dies in California,”

Blood-Horse

, February 23, 1946, p. 86; Bill Buck, telephone interview, January 28, 1998; Sonny Greenberg, telephone interview, December 24, 1999; Wad Studley, telephone interview, February 6, 1999.

7

friends heard Woolf’s head hit track: Wad Studley, telephone interview, February 6, 1999.

8

George’s friends turned away: Ibid.

9

George’s funeral: Bill Buck, telephone interview, January 28, 1998; “Turfdom Pays Final Tribute to Woolf,”

Los Angeles Times

, January 8, 1946; Mike Griffin, telephone interview, January 23, 1998.

10

“who has Woolf’s book?”: “A Report on Pollard,”

Blood-Horse

, March 9, 1946, p. 669.

11

“George Woolf is at Santa Anita …”: Jack Shettlesworth, “Woolf Statue Unveiled,”

Thoroughbred Record

, February 19, 1949.

12

Elizabeth Arden Graham: Bolus,

Remembering the Derby

(Gretna, La.: Pelican Publishing Company, 1994), pp. 179–96; “Lady’s Day in Louisville,”

Time

, May 6, 1946, pp. 57–63.

13

Riddle speaks to Smith: “Tom Smith Reminisces About Woolf, ’Biscuit,”

Daily Racing Form

, February 1953.

14

Smith accused of drugging horse: “Tom Smith and His Atomizer,”

Blood-Horse

, November 17, 1945, pp. 1007–9; “Tom Smith Ruling Stands,”

Blood-Horse

, February 23, 1946, pp. 521–28.

15

Smith not deserving of punishment: “Lady’s Day in Louisville,” p. 63.

16

Graham hires attorney, Jimmy Smith: Bolus,

Remembering the Derby

, p. 188.

17

“Those bastards …”: Ibid.

18

training one filly: Leonard Dorfman, interview, November 12, 1999.

19

Almost no one comes to Smith’s funeral: Tommy Bell, telephone interview, June 22, 1999.

20

“I’ll never throw a leg over another horse …”: David Alexander, “Four Good Legs Between Them,”